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Tuesday, October 01, 2019
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Marion Stokes' Gift to the Future: 33 Years of TV News
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by Nancy K. Herther
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Information professionals have long been aware of the changing and vital role of news information. However, one librarian prophetically saw not only the value, but also the ephemeral nature of information and knowledge in our era--and decided to do something about it.
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How Oprah's Book Club Fits Into Apple’s New Entertainment Strategy
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Apple announced that it is bringing Oprah's Book Club to its streaming service, Apple TV+, and its e-reading app, Apple Books.
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NISO Plans a New Conference in 2020
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NISO (National Information Standards Organization) introduced the NISO Plus Conference, a new event scheduled for Feb. 23-25, 2020, in Baltimore.
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diginomica Provides an Update on GDPR Compliance
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Stuart Lauchlan writes for diginomica that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is more than a year old, "but organizations in 2019 are less confident about their compliance capabilities than they were in 2018."
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The Good and Bad Sides of AI
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Molly Wood writes the following for WIRED: "I don't know about you, but every time I figure out a way of sharing less information online, it's like a personal victory. ..."
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Cengage Unlimited Begins Offering Financial Literacy Resources
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Cengage Unlimited now features free financial literacy resources to give subscribers "more confidence in their ability to manage their money," says Michael E. Hansen, Cengage's CEO.
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Recent Pew Research Center Reports
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by Brandi Scardilli
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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." Here are some of the latest reports from each of the eight topic sections.
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How Public Libraries Can Access Political Influence (4:19)
Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL) executive director Stephen Abram explains how libraries can engage with and wield influence in the affairs of their communities in this clip from his presentation at Computers in Libraries & Internet Librarian 2020.
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Online Teaching in K-12: Models, Methods, and Best Practices for Teachers and Administrators Edited by Sarah Bryans-Bongey and Kevin J. Graziano Foreword by Norman Vaughan
Online Teaching in K–12 is the essential hands-on reference and textbook for education professionals seeking success in the planning, design, and teaching of K–12 online courses and programs.
2016/352 pp/hardbound | ISBN 978-1-57387-527-1 Regular Price: $65.00 | Web Orders: $58.50
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