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Gale Announces New Initiatives

by Nancy K. Herther

On March 3, Gale announced "expanded product and services initiatives, [a] new publishing program and the addition of industry-leading STEM content from partners." According to the release, the updated strategies and partnerships "usher in a new era of resource development that will help libraries and their users thrive in today's education landscape."

Weekly News Digests

HID Global Helps Secure the Internet of Things

HID Global, a provider of secure identity solutions, released the cloud-based HID Trusted Tag Services platform, which combines trusted tags and existing secure cloud authentication services to allow mobile devices using near field communications (NFC) technology in Internet of Things (IoT) applications to read the identities of everyday objects.

Baker & Taylor Introduces Evidence-based Selection Planning

Baker & Taylor launched ESP (Evidence-based Selection Planning), a new service that is backed by data from collectionHQ and integrated with the TS 360 ordering system. ESP uses collectionHQ's data analytics to create a decision support system to help libraries chose which titles and quantities to order for their collections.

DOAJ Updates Application Form

The DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) announced a new application form for journals to be accepted into the DOAJ. The form now includes as many quality indicators as possible as well as extensive information about the journals that publishers need to supply.

NewsLink Spotlight

Who's Who in Ebook Subscription Services

by Brandi Scardilli

If you need a less expensive way to feed your e-reading habit than purchasing one title at a time at full price, you can opt to sign up for one of the ebook subscription services that have been gaining attention in the marketplace. These services offer a selection of ebooks at a set price that won't put too big a dent in your wallet, and most have thousands of titles from which to choose.

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CONFERENCE CALENDAR

Oct. 5, NISO Virtual Conference: Experts on E-Books
Place: Online only
Sponsor/Organizer: NISO (National Information Standards Organization)
URL: niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/oct5_virtualconf

Oct. 5–8, AoIR 2016
Place: Berlin
Sponsor/Organizer: Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
URL: aoir.org/aoir2016

Oct. 6–7, International Open Data Conference (IODC16)
Place: Madrid
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing committee
URL: opendatacon.org

Oct. 10–11, The 12th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM 2016)
Place: Vienna
Sponsor/Organizer: Austrian Computer Society
URL: ickm2016.ocg.at

Oct. 14–18, The 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Sponsor/Organizer: Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
URL: asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016

Oct. 17–19, Internet Librarian 2016
Place: Monterey, Calif.
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: internet-librarian.infotoday.com/2016

Oct. 18–19, Internet Librarian International (ILI) 2016
Place: London
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: internet-librarian.com/2016

Oct. 18–19, Taxonomy Boot Camp London
Place: London
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: taxonomybootcamp.com/london/2016

Oct. 19–23, The 68th Frankfurt Book Fair
Place: Frankfurt, Germany
Sponsor/Organizer: Exhibition Management
URL: book-fair.com/en/fbf

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