Tom Brady Photo Leads to Court Decision Limiting Linking

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NewsBreaks

by George H. Pike

Linking to copyrighted text and images through Twitter and other social media platforms just got a whole lot more complicated thanks to a recent decision by a federal judge in New York.

Weekly News Digests

EBSCO eBooks Offers DRM-Free Titles

EBSCO Information Services is making 70,000 titles from its EBSCO eBooks platform DRM-free so libraries can offer their patrons access to high-quality ebooks without limiting what they can do with them. ...

ProQuest's Ebook Central Enhances User Experience With Syndetics Unbound Enrichments

ProQuest integrated its Academic Complete ebook solution with its Syndetics Unbound enrichment service so that Academic Complete subscribers can give their patrons an improved experience in its Ebook Central platform.

Black Panther Inspires NoveList to Add Afrofuturism Category

NoveList announced that to celebrate the release of Black Panther, it has created a new searchable genre: Afrofuturism and Afrofantasy.

DPLA Provides New Primary Source Sets

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) rolled out 21 new Primary Source Sets, which give libraries, archives, and museums access to resources that are classroom-ready. ...

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Donates 100 Millionth Book

NPR reports that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has delivered its 100 millionth book to a young reader. "Every month, the nonprofit program mails a free book to more than a million children--from infants to preschoolers. ..."

NewsLink Spotlight

The Latest From Pew Research Center

by Brandi Scardilli

NewsBreaks often covers the latest surveys and reports from Pew Research Center, "a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world." The following are some reports from each section that were published in late 2017 and early 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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