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Roundup (June 22, 2022)

June 22, 2022 by Gary Price

Coherent Digital Reaches Major Agreement with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)

The Role of Open Access in Developing African Research and Publications (via Digital Science)

W3C Joins Leading Standards Organizations and Companies to Coordinate Interoperability Standards for an Open and Inclusive Metaverse (via W3C)

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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