Seeking Opportunities: An Interview With Code Ocean's Marty Kahn

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NewsBreaks

by Dave Shumaker

As the winner of NFAIS' (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) Miles Conrad Award, Martin ("Marty") Kahn, chairman of Code Ocean, gave the annual Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture at the NFAIS 2019 Annual Conference. ... He has been responsible for a variety of important initiatives that have shaped the information industry. After the lecture, we sat down for a conversation about information services' past, present, and future.

Weekly News Digests

ARL Promotes Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week Resources

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) posted a roundup of highlights from the sixth annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, held Feb. 25-March 1, 2019.

EdTechnologyFunds Rolls Out E-rate Documentation Manager

EdTechnologyFunds introduced ErateDocX, a cloud-based app that facilitates E-rate documentation management for compliance with the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 10-year documentation retention policy.

CNN Content Is Now Available via ProQuest's Academic Video Online

ProQuest announced that more than 450 documentaries, interviews, and special films that were originally released by CNN have been added to the Academic Video Online streaming video collection. ...

Adam Matthew Unveils Globe Theatre Archive

Adam Matthew published Shakespeare's Globe Archive, which provides "a comprehensive insight into Sam Wanamaker's dream reconstruction of the original 1599 Globe Theatre. ..."

Advance Plans to Buy Turnitin

Advance is acquiring Turnitin, whose products use machine learning, computer vision, and advanced AI to check for plagiarism in writing and code assignments. ...

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Pew Research Center News

by Brandi Scardilli

The latest Pew Research Center reports cover topics such as the public's priorities for U.S. foreign policy, how people get their news, Gen Zers versus Millennials, Congress members' religious affiliations, Facebook's personal data collection, how Americans view evolution, Latino concerns about the president, and international fears of cyberattacks.

Machine Learning, Relevancy, and Google (4:15)

Online Searcher editor-in-chief Marydee Ojala explains how some behind-the-scenes machine learning capabilities have effectively replaced advanced search features in Google in this clip from her presentation at Computers in Libraries 2019.

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