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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.

Knowledge Graphs vs. Property Graphs (2:54)

TopQuadrant senior semantic solutions architect Daniel Mekonnen explains the differences between knowledge graphs and property graphs in this clip from his presentation at Enterprise Search & Discovery 2019.

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