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60 Minutes Reports: “The HistoryMakers: Documenting Untold Stories of African American Achievement” & More News Headlines

February 20, 2023 by Gary Price

Iowa: University of Iowa Student Cheats the System With AI Program ChatGPT (via The Daily Iowan)

Montana State University (MSU) Library Receives $75,000 Grant for Tribal College Librarians Institute (via NBCMontana)

Oregon: Multnomah County Library Projects Set to Expand Buildings, Upgrade Technology (via OregonLive)

60 Minutes: The HistoryMakers: Documenting Untold Stories of African American Achievement (via CBS News) ||| Direct to The HistoryMakers

Utah: Salt Lake City Public Library Celebrates 125 Years (via KSL)

Filed under: Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports

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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