Roundup (April 29, 2020)
Arizona State University: Librarian’s Gift to Advance Archival Research at ASU
Audit Critical Of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library And Museum (via NPR Illinois)
Microsoft Teams Now Has 75 Million Daily Active Users, Adding 31 Million in Just Over a Month
Move Over, Zoom. This Magic Interface is the Future of Videoconferencing (via FastCompany)
New Cluster of SCOSS Pledges Mean DOAB and OAPEN are at 40% of Their Funding Goal
Publishers Open Up Digital Backfiles For Research4life Users Unable to Visit Their Libraries
US Consumers Are Flocking to TikTok (via eMarketer)
The Short-Video App Added 12 Million Unique Visitors In March, Up Nearly 50% Since January
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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.