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NewsBreaks
NISO Project Brings Scientific Evaluation Into the 21st Century With Altmetrics
by Nancy K. Herther
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced a new, two-part project on June 20 "to study, propose, and develop community-based standards or recommended practices in the field of alternative metrics." The two-part project is funded by a $207,500 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and is expected to take 2 years to complete.

Weekly News Digests
Gale Debuts Four Archives for 19th-Century Research
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, added four archives to its collection of 19th-century research. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO), Gale's worldwide, multiyear digitization program, offers rare 19th-century primary sources such as newspapers, maps, and photographs from more than 80 institutions around the world.
EBSCO and Ingram Combine Ebook Collections
EBSCO Information Services partnered with Coutts Information Services Ltd., Ingram Content Group, Inc.'s academic ebook company that provides resources to libraries. More than 400,000 ebooks from EBSCO's academic collection are now available on Ingram's Online Acquisitions and Selection Information System (OASIS) platform.
OCLC Creates Metadata API to Improve WorldCat Cataloging Services
OCLC recently launched the WorldCat Metadata API (application programming interface) in response to member libraries' requests. The API helps OCLC members and partners build applications that allow them to catalog their collections on the OCLC WorldShare Platform, which supports OCLC's cloud-based services and applications worldwide.

NewsLink Spotlight
Top Mobile Apps for Productivity
by Paula J. Hane
In last month's Spotlight article, I highlighted some browser extensions that I find to be very useful. The article has proven popular with readers, and I've even benefitted from readers' suggestions. So, now I'd like to cover some of the mobile apps that I've found to be the most helpful. I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone running Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), and the apps I'm including here are available for Android devices (at the Google Play Store), and some are also available for Apple iOS at the Apple iTunes store. I trust you will find these to be handy and serve as a starting point to look for others. (If you have others in your toolkit that you'd like to share, let me know.)

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