Roundup (April 23, 2019)
ALA, PLA Select First Round of Libraries Lead with Digital Skills Awardees
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
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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.