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Tuesday, February 09, 2016
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Three More Librarian Bloggers to Follow
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by Brandi Scardilli
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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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OpenText Creates Presidential Election Website
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OpenText released Election Tracker '16, a solution that analyzes Big Data to provide monitoring, comparison, and visualization of the media coverage for the U.S. presidential election.
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LexisNexis Rolls Out New E-Discovery Tool
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LexisNexis Legal & Professional launched the Lexis DiscoveryIQ e-discovery platform, which features visual analytics developed by data analysis provider Brainspace.
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GPO Plans to Replace FDsys
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The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) introduced govinfo in beta, which is designed to replace the Federal Digital System (FDsys) in 2017. This site is a mobile-friendly, easy-to-use navigation system to information on the three branches of government.
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EBSCO Gains Penguin Random House Ebooks
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Penguin Random House agreed to provide EBSCO eBooks with its entire collection of 21,000 fiction and nonfiction ebook titles. The ebooks are featured in several collections, including Popular Adult Fiction; Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Fiction; and Popular Adult Nonfiction.
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SirsiDynix Pilots E-Resource Management Tool
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SirsiDynix announced the pilot release of BLUEcloud eRM, an electronic resource management tool in the BLUEcloud Campus product line. It follows the lifecycle of electronic resources from trial and acquisition to licensing and implementation.
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OA Community Unveils New Initiatives
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by Abby Clobridge
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Much has happened in the world of open access (OA) lately--a splashy potential merger between organizations and the launch of some new tools, resources, and websites that are of interest to the library, publishing, and information communities.
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Last Seen in Sea Isle
by Jane Kelly (A Meg Daniels Mystery, #7)
Meg Daniels should know by now that wherever she goes, mystery follows. Her fiancé is taking classes at Stockton University and has befriended Grace Grant, a fellow later-in-life student. Under false pretenses, Grace asks Meg to visit her lavish beachfront house in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, on the same weekend she’s hosting a reunion of pals from the summer of 1969. Meg discovers that Grace is hoping she’ll track down Guy—last name unknown—who disappeared from Grace’s life on the day of the moon landing.
2026 | ISBN: 978-1-940091-16-7 | 226 pp/trade paperback | $16.95
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