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NewsBreaks
Open Access Meeting Reflections—SPARC 2012
by Abby Clobridge
Ten years after the movement was launched through the Budapest Open Access Initiative, open acess (OA) is thriving, flourishing, and becoming a core element in the broader "Open Knowledge" movement that includes Open Educational Resources (OER), Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), Open Data, and Open Science among others, all of which share the common goals of providing free, unrestricted access to different types of information and knowledge. This year's Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Open Access Meeting was an opportunity to reflect on the progress of OA over the past 10 years, discuss recent battles over proposed legislation that would undermine and set back OA, and most importantly, focus on current and emerging issues. The SPARC Open Access Meeting was held March 12-13, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo. More than 200 people attended to discuss a host of OA themes including policy issues, author rights, OA publishing, and repositories.

Weekly News Digests
New Agreement Adds Britannica Content to EBSCO Discovery Service
Encyclopaedia Britannica agreed to join the list of content providers for EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement between EBSCO Publishing and Britannica Digital Learning adds metadata to the EDS Base Index and allows full-text searching of Britannica Online School, PreK-8, Public Library, 21st Century Explorer, and Academic Editions.
ebrary Announces New Strategic Approach to Ebook Acquisition
To help libraries meet the research needs of their entire institutions and maximize their budgets, ebrary, a ProQuest business, announced a strategic new approach to ebook acquisition based on three steps: transition, diversify and streamline. Libraries that transition a greater percentage of their budgets from print to electronic, diversify acquisition models, and streamline ordering processes will see a much greater and faster return on their ebook investments.
Ex Libris and Bibliotheca Collaborate to Provide RFID Solutions to Libraries
Ex Libris Group announced its partnership with Bibliotheca, a developer of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology for libraries. The agreement enables Ex Libris to provide seamless integration between Ex Libris solutions and Bibliotheca's circulation, security, and material-handling products.

NewsLink Spotlight
Update on Political Fact-Check Websites
by Paula J. Hane
As I write this, the U.S. is in the midst of a hotly contested GOP presidential primary. The countdown to "Super Tuesday" is 6 days, and the countdown to the election is 251 days. Some days, I think I've just had enough election news. It's exhausting for a voting individual to examine all the claims and statements made by the candidates. How do we keep up with who said what and check to see if it contradicts their earlier statements or twists the facts/statistics? Hardly a day goes by that I don't see an article that questions or outright refutes something said in a speech or debate. But which sites can we believe?

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