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Tuesday, February 02, 2016

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NewsBreaks
The Islamic State Group Attempts to Survive in the Information Age
by Woody Evans
States run on information, and if the Islamic State group intends to become one itself, then it too will have to get its philosophy on information straightened out. But there are barriers to its ability to do so that will prove insurmountable.

Weekly News Digests
Thomson Reuters Releases New Legal Products
Thomson Reuters launched two new products: eDiscovery Point and Practice Point. The eDiscovery Point platform gives law firms control over e-discovery from processing to production.
dtSearch Helps Organize Searches for SEC Filings
dtSearch Corp. partnered with AcademicEDGAR+ to integrate the dtSearch Engine into the latest version of the directEDGAR search, extraction, and normalization engine.
Copyright Service Gets Mobile Expansion
Bowker and Digi-Rights introduced a CopyrightsNow app for iOS and Android phones and tablets. The CopyrightsNow service simplifies copyright registration and protection for works by publishers, creators, and self-published authors.
Department of Commerce Launches Data Usability Project
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the Commerce Data Usability Project (CDUP), which aims to make the department's data easier to find and use, and to provide the information and tools that make the data accessible and actionable for all users.
ITHAKA Takes on Artstor
Artstor will now function under the umbrella of ITHAKA, which operates JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R. The organization has previously worked with JSTOR to build and preserve shared academic resources.

NewsLink Spotlight
Three More Librarian Bloggers to Follow
by Brandi Scardilli
Last year, NewsBreaks highlighted some librarian bloggers you may not have heard of in the hopes you'd find it worthwhile to read their perspectives on the library field. Now it's time to get to know another batch of librarians. Read on for some insight into why they started their blogs and what advice they'd give to those who are thinking about blogging. If these names are new to you, check out what you've been missing.

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