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NewsLink Spotlight |
| With Litographs, You Can Wear Your Favorite Book |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| If you've ever thought about getting a tattoo inspired by your favorite book, but you weren't sure if you wanted to make a lifetime commitment, look no further than Litographs. Its line of temporary tattoos features designs inspired by 30-plus works of literature, including Beowulf, Moby Dick, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. |
| Download Our December-January Editorial Sampler |
| Want to review some articles from our library publications? Download the free December-January content sampler (PDF) of recent articles and a discount subscription offer for Online Searcher. |
Weekly News Digests |
| NFAIS Conference Adds Keynote Speakers |
| The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) announced the lineup of keynote speakers for its 2016 annual conference (Feb. 21-23). |
| LexisNexis Acquires Legal Analytics Provider |
| LexisNexis Legal & Professional acquired Lex Machina, whose Legal Analytics Platform helps lawyers predict strategic outcomes by mining, tagging, categorizing, and enhancing federal court documents. |
| Gale Provides Online Access to Early Arabic Texts |
| Gale launched the first module of Early Arabic Printed Books From the British Library, the first major text-searchable online archive of Arabic books printed before the 20th century. |
| DPLA Helps Make Audiovisual Collections Searchable |
| The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) partnered with Pop Up Archive to offer discounts that help the DPLA hubs and their partners use Pop Up Archive to make their audiovisual collections searchable. |
| FIZ Karlsruhe and Thomson Reuters Introduce Updated Patent Resource |
| FIZ Karlsruhe and the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters added the Derwent Markush Resource to the STN International service for research and patent information. |
NewsBreaks |
| Digital Developments at the Wellcome Library |
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by John Charlton
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| With an average of nearly a terabyte of data preserved every month, the Wellcome Library, a medical-related archive (part of the Wellcome Trust charitable foundation), pays particular attention to the issues of data growth and obsolescence. Located just a stone's throw from the British Library, the Wellcome Library contains a huge collection of material, much of it in digital form. |
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