News Roundup (October 29, 2018)
1. Twitter’s Rumored Killing of the “Like” Button Highlights Its Misplaced Priorities (via Vox)
2. Google Engineers Are Organizing a Walkout to Protest The Company’s Protection of an Alleged Sexual Harasser (via Buzzfeed)
3. Washington State University: Libraries’ Journal Subscriptions Receive Budget Support From President, Provost, Additional $150,000 Added to Library Budget
4. Open Scholarly Communication: Europe: OpenAIRE Becomes A Fully Fledged Organisation
5. The Hunt for IoT: Multi-Purpose Attack Thingbots Threaten Internet Stability and Human Life (via F5)
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.