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Tuesday, February 12, 2019
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| Net Neutrality Is Back Before Courts and Congress |
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by George H. Pike
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| For nearly 5 hours in a federal courthouse on Feb. 1, 2019, Net Neutrality advocates and critics traded arguments in the case of Mozilla Corp. v. FCC over the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 2017 decision to rescind Net Neutrality rules. |
| Weekly News Digests |
| EBSCO Information Services Announces Acquisition of Stacks |
| EBSCO Information Services acquired Stacks, whose platform was released in partnership with EBSCO in 2016. This hosted content management system for libraries simplifies content creation, enables the marketing of library programs and services, and facilitates conducting surveys and polls, among other tasks. |
| CLOCKSS Recruits More Publisher Partners |
| CLOCKSS partnered with 11 more publishers to preserve their digital content for the future, including the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA), the Canadian Dental Association, Georgia Southern University, IntechOpen, iScience Notes, Quantum Publishing, and Spandidos Publications. |
| Yewno Discover Indexes Peter Lang Publishing Group's Content |
| All books and journals from the Peter Lang Publishing Group, which specializes in the humanities and social sciences, are now discoverable via the Yewno Discover platform. |
| 'When Amazon Went From Big to Unbelievably Big' by Alexis C. Madrigal |
| Alexis C. Madrigal writes for The Atlantic, "The past three years have seen a new Amazon emerge as the company's physical footprint balloons." |
| 'Amazon Sells Way Fewer Books to Academic Libraries Than People Think' by Adam Rowe |
| Adam Rowe writes for Forbes about a new study from Ithaka S+R, "Library Acquisition Patterns." |
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| Librarians Discuss the Oscar Nominees |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Congratulations to this year's winners! Take a look back at what librarians and reviewers thought of each Best Picture contender. |
| The Oscars at the Library |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| Libraries celebrate Oscar season in a variety of ways. |
| Why Librarians Love Movies |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| Librarians express what it is about movies that makes them so personal, affecting, and important. |
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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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| 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. Streaming Media Blog – www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Blog – the go-to destination for opinion, analysis, and insights into the entire online video ecosystem, from glass to glass. |
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This newsletter is published by Information Today, Inc. Editor: Brandi Scardilli Website: http://www.infotoday.com/NewsLink Email: bscardilli@infotoday.com |
