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Skip Prichard Named OCLC President and CEO
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by Paula J. Hane
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Following a nearly yearlong search, David "Skip" Prichard, a well-known and experienced senior executive in the information services market, was named the next OCLC president and CEO. He will succeed Jay Jordan, who will retire June 30 after 15 years as OCLC president and CEO. Prichard will serve as OCLC president-elect, effective June 3, and will officially become president and CEO on July 1.
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D&B Introduces Hoover’s Analytics for Small Business Customers
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D&B, a source of commercial information and insight on businesses, introduced Hoover's Analytics, a new product to help small businesses segment and evaluate their customers and prospects to identify new growth opportunities. In addition to the D&B predictive analytics solutions launched earlier, this new product gives small businesses the edge to anticipate tomorrow's opportunities today.
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EBSCO and Data-Planet Provide Statistical Data Via EBSCO Discovery Service
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EBSCO and Data-Planet reached an agreement that for the first time provides statistical DataSheets within a discovery service. A growing collection of more than 5,000 summary-level data records from Data-Planet will be available within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), allowing mutual customers to link directly to Data-Planet DataSheets.
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UNESCO Publications to Be Free Under Open License
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a specialized agency of the U.N., announced that it will make its digital publications available to people around the world free of charge with an open license. Following a decision by the Executive Board in April, UNESCO became the first member of the U.N. to adopt such an open access (OA) policy for its publications.
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Useful Browser Extensions
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by Paula J. Hane
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Over the years, I've migrated from one web browser to another as needs and changing technology dictated. For me, that's included Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and my latest browser of choice, Google Chrome. Once I adopted Chrome—on both my PC and my Android phone—I began to encounter all manner of browser extensions that have offered me enhanced functionality. I'd like to share some of these treasures that have improved the browser experience for me. There are similar extensions for Firefox and other browsers, but I'll focus on those I use on Chrome.
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