Gale Gathers Primary Sources on Political Extremists

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NewsBreaks

Gale Gathers Primary Sources on Political Extremists

by Nancy K. Herther

Political extremists have existed throughout history, but without access to primary documents, being able to understand their reasoning, the work of their groups, and their movements was left to coverage in recorded histories or biographies--until recently.

Weekly News Digests

NAMLE's Media Literacy Week Will Showcase the Importance of Media Literacy Education

The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) announced that the 4th annual U.S. Media Literacy Week (#MediaLitWk) will be held Nov. 5-9, 2018.

Cengage and Authors Resolve Their Dispute

Cengage reached a resolution with the two authors who had filed a U.S.-based federal class action lawsuit against the company. They had argued that the Cengage Unlimited subscription service violated their publication contracts and would reduce their royalty incomes.

Clarivate Analytics and UNSILO Work on AI for Scholarly Publishing

Clarivate Analytics joined forces with UNSILO to pilot AI capabilities in Clarivate Analytics' ScholarOne submission and review system.

ACS and Elsevier Sue ResearchGate for Copyright Infringement

'This lawsuit focuses on ResearchGate's intentional misconduct vis-a-vis its online file-sharing / download service, where the dissemination of unauthorized copies of PJAs [published journal articles] constitutes an enormous infringement of the copyrights owned by ACS, Elsevier and other journal publishers.'

Riffyn Gives Nonprofits Free Access to Its Scientific Development Environment

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Pew Research Center Updates

by Brandi Scardilli

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The 5 Steps of Data Analysis for Public Libraries (3:41)

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Conference Connection

CONFERENCE CALENDAR

Oct. 10–12, The 2nd International Conference of Information Management & Libraries
Place: Lahore, Pakistan
Sponsor/Organizer: Department of Information Management, University of the Punjab
URL: pu.edu.pk/iciml

Oct. 10–13, AoIR 2018
Place: Montreal
Sponsor/Organizer: Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
URL: aoir.org/conferences/aoir2018

Oct. 12–13, SCOUG Library Shark Tank Weekend
Place: Monterey, Calif.
Sponsor/Organizer: Southern California Online Users Group (SCOUG)
URL: scougsharktank.weebly.com

Oct. 16–17, Internet Librarian International 2018
Place: London
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: internet-librarian.com/2018/default.aspx

Oct. 16–17, Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2018
Place: London
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: taxonomybootcamp.com/London/2018

Oct. 16–18, Internet Librarian 2018
Place: Monterey, Calif.
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: internet-librarian.infotoday.com/2018

Oct. 17, Library 2.018: Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World
Place: Online only
Sponsor/Organizer: San Jose State University School of Information
URL: library20.com/page/socialcrisis

Oct. 23–26, The 12th International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR'18)
Place: Limassol, Cyprus
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing committee
URL: mtsr-conf.org

Oct. 24, That Cutting Edge: Technology’s Impact on Scholarly Research Processes in the Library (NISO Virtual Conference)
Place: Online only
Sponsor/Organizer: National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
URL: niso.org/events/2018/10/cutting-edge-technologys-impact-scholarly-research-processes-library

Oct. 30–31, The 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS-2018)
Place: Limassol, Cyprus
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing committee
URL: cyprusconferences.org/ds2018/index.html

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