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News Roundup (March 31, 2021)

March 31, 2021 by Gary Price

EBSCO Announces Launch of Panorama™ Analytics Platform

Kanopy Launches New DEI Collection

Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden to Keynote OverDrive’s Digipalooza ’21 Conference

Lack of Awareness Sees Michigan Schools and Libraries Miss Out on E-Rate Funding: State Coordinator (via Broadband Breakfast)

OCLC and LIBER Launch Virtual Workshop Series on How Librarians Can Develop Strategic Relationships Across Their Universities to Advance Open Scholarship (via OCLC)

Filed under: EBSCO, Funding, Libraries, 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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