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Thursday, September 26, 2013
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Top Back-to-School Apps
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by Donovan Griffin
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Many educators believe that classroom time and cellphone time are two independent entities and never the twain shall meet. They're right in thinking that the most commonly used apps among students (we're looking at you Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit) can be distracting in a classroom. But let's not be too hasty. Here are a few digital tools that might change the landscape for getting organized, whether you're in school or in the office.
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Thomson Reuters and 4DD Tackle Big Data
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Thomson Reuters and 4DD Software agreed to a yearlong partnership that allows their customers to manage Big Data. Now, customers have a way of dealing with large volumes of information and can control multiple ecosystems of data. Government agencies, banks, academic institutions, large law firms, and other Thomson Reuters customers can form patterns using key data and see the complete picture of their research, as well as get real-time information to help them in decision making.
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LibLime Introduces Koha 4.16
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LibLime, a division of Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc., recently released LibLime Koha 4.16 to the public after completing alpha and beta testing. This enhanced version of its web-based, open source ILS software was created using input from LibLime library partners, many of whom sponsored features in version 4.16.
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Accessible Archives Adds More Weekly News to Collection
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Accessible Archives, Inc. announced that Part III of Frank Leslie's Weekly, a 16-page newspaper published 1855-1922, has been added to its digital collection. The third segment of the fully searchable, high-resolution page images from Frank Leslie's Weekly highlight the era between 1862 and 1866. Research institutions can subscribe to this resource for insight into the Civil War as well as daily life during that time.
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OverDrive Adds Penguin Ebooks to Offerings
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OverDrive Marketplace is once again offering Penguin ebooks: More than 17,000 titles are now available for purchase in a one-copy/one-user lending model for a 1-year term. Prices for backlist titles range from $5.99 to $9.99, while frontlist titles cost as much as $18.99.
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A Sea Change for Public Data
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by Peggy Garvin
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The U.S. federal statistical program first began with the 1790 Census. Its establishment was an innovation ... A few decades passed and another innovation, gerrymandering, opened up new uses for census data and any other public or private data that might further the goal of favorable redistricting. Today, the Association of Public Data Users (APDU) guides professional statisticians and social scientists through the constant change and innovation that is happening inside and outside of federal statistical programs.
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