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Weekly News Digest
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April 4, 2017 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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IFLA Embarks on Mapping the World's Libraries
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is working on the IFLA Library Map of the World, which is planned for release in August 2017. It is “a representative source of basic library statistics and a robust tool for providing a worldwide comparison of different library performance metrics, mapped by country level data,” according to the map’s About page. In March 2017, IFLA distributed a survey to gather a basic set of performance metrics from all types of libraries in as many countries as possible, such as the number of libraries a country has, how many provide internet access, the number of staffers and volunteers at each library, and libraries’ number of registered users, visitors, and loans.For more information, read the About page.
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