Roundup (January 16, 2018)
1. Canadian Federation of Library Associations Sends Letter of Support to Vancouver Public Library re: Community Use of Library Space Issues (2 pages; PDF) |||| Statement From VPL ||| Press Report From Last Week: “Trans Advocates Rally Against Controversial Feminist Speaker Meghan Murphy” (via CTV; Jan 11, 2018)
2. Looking Back at Google’s Research Efforts in 2018 (via Google AI Blog)
3. UK University in Social Media Blackout – and Urges Students To Do Same (via The Evening Standard)
4. Software To Identify Islamic State Propaganda Developed By Georgia State Researcher, Collaborators
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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. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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