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Roundup (April 23, 2019)

April 23, 2019 by Gary Price

ALA, PLA Select First Round of Libraries Lead with Digital Skills Awardees

Agreement Between BCI and the University of Toronto to Extend OCUL’S Research Data Repository Service to Quebec Researchers

Facebook’s New Chief Lawyer Helped Write the Patriot Act (via The Verge)
||| Why Facebook Hired a Patriot Act Author and Privacy Activist (via Politico)
||| Official Facebook Announcement

Nine Universities Team Up to Create Global Infrastructure for Digital Academic Credentials (via MIT) ||| Direct to Digital Credentials Website

OCLC Awarded Grant for Wikipedia + Libraries Training in Mexico

Filed under: Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Roundup

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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