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Give Your Library the Edge
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by Barbie E. Keiser
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The Edge Initiative is a strategic planning and resource allocation toolkit designed to help public libraries "demonstrate how their work adds value and supports strong outcomes" in the communities they serve. Developed by the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and in partnership with 12 library and local government associations, Edge was launched in late January 2014. Today, "over 1,700 public libraries are using Edge to explore the strategic needs of their community and align their public technology services with critical community priorities." (That's nearly 20% of all public libraries in the U.S.)
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EBSCO Adds Medical Ebook Collections
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EBSCO Information Services rolled out three new Medical Featured Collections on its EBSCO eBooks and Audiobooks platform that libraries can purchase individually or as a collection.
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Springer Adopts Updating Service for Articles
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Springer Science+Business Media announced that it will implement CrossMark, a service from the CrossRef organization that will identify updates to forthcoming Springer journal articles.
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Columbia Rare Book Library Augments Journalism Collection
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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) at the Columbia University Libraries/Information Services acquired the papers of Rafael Steinberg, an author and foreign correspondent who reported on U.S. foreign relations during the Cold War.
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Free Language Learning Tools at the Library
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Learning a second language can be a challenge, especially for people who only need to get by on a business trip or family vacation—it's difficult to decide whether a standard translation dictionary will be enough or if online education is the way to go. Even people who want to become fluent in a new language may think twice about investing in expensive language-learning tools. That's where the library comes in.
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