Roundup (May 10, 2021)
News
- Call for Nominees for Two Open Library Foundation Board Positions (via OLF)
- Internet2 Network Milestone: 1 Exabyte of Data Moved Between January and May 2021 (via Internet2)
- LA Times Op/Ed by Naomi Barron: “When Reading to Learn, What Works Best For Students — Printed Books or Digital Texts?” (via LA Times)
Note: Also by Naomi Barron: Why We Remember More by Reading – Especially Print – Than From Audio or Video (via The Conversation) - More Than 40 Attorneys General Ask Facebook to Abandon Plans to Build Instagram For Kids (via CNBC)
See Also: Full Text of Letter (via National Association of Attorneys General)
Resources
- Database of New York State Economic Incentives (Projects Funded by Empire State Development) Now Available Online (via Times-Union)
- Map: A County-by-County Look at the Broadband Gap (via The Verge)
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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.