Roundup (January 22, 2020)
A More Detailed Look at the Library Boycott of Macmillan EBooks (via Readers First)
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – Briefing for Libraries (via IFLA)
Bloomsbury to Preserve eBooks and Digital Collections with Portico
Cambridge’s Shakespeare Publishing Steps Onto The Digital Stage
IOP Publishing Signs New Open Access Agreements With Dutch Universities
NERL Executive Board Approves Support for the MIT Framework for Publisher Contract
Op/Ed: Embargoing Libraries: A Losing Proposition for All (via InfoToday)
UK: Penguin Random House Pulls Out of Unlimited Access Subscription Models (via The Bookseller)
VIDEO: Works in Progress: “Responsible Operations—Shaping a Community Research Agenda for Data Science” (Recorded Jan. 14, 2020; via OCLC Research)
- Presentation Slides
- Responsible Operations: Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Libraries
- Institutional Stakeholders in Research Support
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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.