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Roundup (June 10, 2019)

July 10, 2019 by Gary Price

Three News Items From the United Kingdom

Five  Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL)  Institutions Achieve 93% of More of Their Students Agreeing that Their “Library Resources (E.G. Books, Online Services And Learning Spaces) Have Supported My Learning Well”

Misuse of Closed Circuit Television System at National Library of Wales Being Investigated by UK’s Data Watchdog (via BBC)

on a Related Note: UK: Information Commissioner’s Office Publishes Annual Report Covering an ‘Unprecedented’ Year ||| Direct to Full Text Report (114 pages; PDF)

Scholars Portal From Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) Launches Dataverse Blog

University Of Kansas Libraries Announce 2019 Research Sprints Participants

Filed under: Data Files, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Reports, 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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