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Roundup (June 28, 2019)

June 28, 2019 by Gary Price

60 Libraries of State University of New York (SUNY) Launching New Ex Libris-Powered LMS on July 2nd, Most Overdue Fines Also Eliminated  (via U. of Buffalo)

Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Top 20 Articles of 2018 (via LIRT News; June 2019)
List found on pages 15-25.

ORCID and Funder Workflows – An Update

Publishers Urge FTC to More Closely Scrutinize Dominant Online Platforms (via Assoc. of American Publishers)

Qwant Maps: Opensource and Privacy-Preserving Map Launches Beta

Filed under: Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Ex Libris, Libraries, Maps, News, 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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