MyScienceWork Is Transforming Global Scholarship

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NewsBreaks

by Dave Shumaker

MyScienceWork, a 15-person company, was voted winner of the Startup Shootout at the February 2017 National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) annual conference. Recently, I checked in with co-founder Virginie Simon to learn more about the company's background, mission, and products and to find out what it's been doing since the NFAIS conference.

Weekly News Digests

'Why University Students Still Need Public Libraries' by Kate Stericker

Kate Stericker, micro-course developer at Minute School, writes about the importance of going to both the on-campus university library and the local public library while in college.

RedLink Releases Report on Scholarly Journal Usage

RedLink published "The 2018 RedLink Index," which provides benchmarks and comparisons of usage patterns for more than 1,700 journals during the 2017 subscription year.

Censored Planet Works Toward 'Internet Freedom'

In Fordham University's News portal, Janet Sassi shares a new project from the University of Michigan called Censored Planet, which is "enlisting 400,000 servers around the world to monitor censorship and network interference."

Ex Libris and HighPoint Solutions Develop App for Campus Services

Ex Libris Group entered a strategic partnership with HighPoint Solutions to create an app for higher education students that covers campus administration as well as teaching and learning.

IMLS Rolls Out 5-Year Strategic Plan

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) unveiled "Transforming Communities," its new strategic plan for 2018 to 2022. It outlines four goals for the agency's programs and services to follow.

NewsLink Spotlight

A Day in the Life of Five Librarians, Part 1

by Justin Hoenke

Here's a look at Hoenke's columns from September 2017 to January/February 2018 (originally published Jan. 9, 2018).

How to Fix Facebook's Fake News Problem (4:16)

The Accidental Data Scientist author Amy Affelt discusses leading technology experts' recommended remedies for fixing Facebook's fake news problem in this clip from Computers in Libraries 2018.

ITI Blogs

If you regularly read blogs, add these to your reader:

ITI Conference Blog – libconf.com – covering ITI's library conferences worldwide.

ILI365/InfoToday Europe Blog – infotoday.eu – news and ideas for, and by, innovative info pros from around the world, throughout the year.

destinationCRM Blog – destinationcrmblog.com – a blog from the editors of CRM magazine, dedicated to providing Customer Relationship Management information in a timely manner to connect decision makers and providers.

SpeechTech Blog – speechtechblog.com – updates on speech technology and its applications in daily life, covering everything from ASR to VUI, with lots of links, threads, and even a few pictures thrown in for good measure.

ITI News

Edited by Robert Berkman, The Information Advisor’s Guide to Internet Research explores, evaluates, and provides critical analysis of free and fee-based information resources, web-based services, and search strategies to help you maximize your time and keep you up-to-date on the internet's role in research.

IAG

In addition to at least one feature by business specialist Berkman, each issue of The Information Advisor’s Guide to Internet Research includes an in-depth article by Ran Hock, author of The Extreme Searcher book series and well-known seminar speaker, who checks out a major web resource.

Four regular columns are rotated; two appear each issue and give readers suggestions for cool internet tools to check out (Brian Smith McCallum, M.L.S., public and academic librarian); sites to turn to for more scholarly research needs (Briana McGuckin, reference and instructional librarian); sites to go to that provide information for the common good (Susan Fingerman, retired librarian instructor, STEM); and sites that give you “big data” facts and figures on a range of topics (Jackie Shane, former reference librarian).

Download your free copy of the June 2018 issue now!

Computers in Libraries magazine has posted its 2019 editorial calendar and has issued a call for article proposals at infotoday.com/cilmag/contrib.shtml#themes.

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