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Roundup (January 28, 2020)
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Frontiers, Gale, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Roundup
ARL Responds to US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information on American Research Environment Cambridge University Press Strikes First Major Read and Publish Agreement in Japan Conference Presentation: Technical Integration Of Data Repositories Status and Challenges Dimensions Releases Datasets as a New Content Source For All Users LYRASIS Announces 2020 Research Themes […]
From Cengage: Cengage today announced that it will offer an eTextbook option within Cengage Unlimited, giving students access to more than 14,000 ebooks, study tools and more for $69.99 a semester. Available in August 2020, Cengage Unlimited eTextbooks will also include free access to college success and career support, including activities in resume-building, financial literacy […]
$30 Million Renovation Will Transform DePauw Library Cengage Announces Top Colleges for Cengage Unlimited Savings Congress.gov Adds Ability to “Deep Link” Into a Section of Legislation Facebook Releases Revamped Privacy Checkup Tool Enforcing Against Manipulated Media (via Facebook) Media Coverage: “Facebook to Ban ‘Deepfakes'” (via BBC) Fresh Cambridge Analytica Leak “Shows Global Manipulation is Out […]
UPDATE June 9, 2020: New Chapter Begins for OverDrive as Part of Private Equity Firm KKR (Crain’s Cleveland Business) ||| OverDrive Blog Post From KKR: “KKR is delighted to be investing in OverDrive, a premier digital content platform that serves libraries and library patrons around the world,” said Richard Sarnoff, Member at KKR. [Clip] “OverDrive […]
College Bookstores Group Opposes Cengage-McGraw Merger (via Inside Higher Ed) Publisher Retracts Nearly 50 Papers at Once (via Retraction Watch) Russia to Invest $31 Million an a Local Wikipedia Clone (via ZDNet) University of Texas Libraries Pursuing Paths to Make Scholarly Material More Available After Receiving $2.7 Million in Recurring Funds (via The Daily Texan)
Roundup (November 14, 2019)
| Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Gale, Jobs, Libraries, News, Roundup
EPA’s ‘Secret Science’ Plan is Back, and Critics Say It’s Worse (via Science) Penn Libraries Acquires Archive of Renowned Author and Artist Ashley Bryan UC Berkeley Library Launches Scanning Service to Make Materials More Accessible to Scholars JUST IN: UK Government’s Competition and Markets Authority Announces McGraw-Hill Education / Cengage Learning Holdings Merger Inquiry University of […]
Announcing the Harvard Library Accessibility Initiative Amazon Alexa Announcements Milestone: Amazon Announces 100,000 Alexa Skills Now Available 16 New Products Amazon Introduced at Todays Launch Event – Earbuds, Glasses, a Ring, and More (via Voicebot.ai) Alexa-Integrated Glasses and Ring Debut (Video; via BBC) Free Financial Literacy Resources Now Available to Cengage Unlimited Subscribers New From […]
Digital Privacy News Roundup
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Gale, News, Reports, Roundup
California Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring ‘Data Brokers’ to Register (via Media Post) Gale Reports Data Breach Google Calendar Settings Gaffes Exposes Users’ Meetings, Company Details (via ThreatPost) Millions of Americans’ Medical Images and Data Are Available on the Internet. Anyone Can Take a Peek. (via ProPublica) New Today from the UK “The Cyber Threat to […]
From the Gale Web Site: Gale recently learned of an incident that exposed some individuals’ names and email addresses. This information was accessed via a publicly facing Gale website. Because there is no sensitive personal information provided at this website, no financial data or social security numbers were exposed. Upon learning this, we took immediate steps to […]
SPARC Urges U.S. Dept. of Justice to Block McGraw-Hill Cengage Merger
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Gale, News, Publishing
UPDATE August 17, 2019 Boston Textbook Publisher’s Merger Faces Antitrust Criticism (via Boston Globe) — END UPDATE — From SPARC: Today, SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) submitted a detailed filing to the U.S. Department of Justice urging federal antitrust enforcers to block the proposed merger between college textbook publishing giants Cengage and McGraw-Hill […]
