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Supreme Court to Address Standing to Sue for Data Breaches and Privacy Violations
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by George H. Pike
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The ability of individuals to seek legal recovery for data breaches or the posting of inaccurate information or to defend their privacy rights may soon be impacted by the Supreme Court of the United States. It has agreed to consider whether a person can sue for the posting of incorrect information--in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)--in the absence of proof that the person was specifically harmed by the incorrect information. The court will explore whether the absence of specific harm means that the person does not have "standing" to file a lawsuit, even though the poster of the information clearly violated the FCRA.
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Open Library of Humanities Gains Participants
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Three universities joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy (LPS) system: Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Exeter, and the University of Sussex. LPS aims to help secure open access (OA) practices--unlimited online dissemination and reuse--for the humanities disciplines.
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LinkedIn Now Offers Analytics for Publishing
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LinkedIn introduced analytics for publishing on its platform that provide insights into who reads and engages with users' posts. Users can evaluate the audience they're reaching, which posts resonate with readers, and other information about content they share on LinkedIn.
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HathiTrust Premieres New Dataset
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The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) released the HTRC Extracted Features Dataset, which was sourced from 4.8 million public domain volumes from the HathiTrust Digital Library collection. These volumes contain more than 734 billion words in dozens of languages, as well as works from multiple centuries.
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EBSCO Rolls Out Newsletter Builder
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EBSCO Information Services launched Newsletter Builder, a tool that helps corporate librarians and information professionals customize enewsletters for sharing information across their organizations. It imports research results from EBSCO Discovery Service as well as from EBSCOhost databases and external sources to facilitate the creation of article lists and links to resources and the addition of commentary.
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CERN and U.S. Strengthen Partnership
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CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) made an agreement with the U.S. to renew their collaboration in particle physics and advanced computing. The U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and CERN signed the agreement during a ceremony at the White House.
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How to Start a 3D Printing Program at Your Library
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by Brandi Scardilli
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If you're thinking about installing a 3D printer in your library, there are a lot of things to consider before you do so. You have to decide on a model, find a place to put it, and figure out whether (or how much) to charge for its use. Three library representatives share their experiences with implementing a 3D printing program at their institutions.
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Download Our May Editorial Sampler
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Want to review some articles from our library publications? Download the free May content sampler (PDF) of recent articles and an exclusive offer for a free book with a subscription to Computers in Libraries magazine.
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