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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
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W3C Meeting Prepares for the Future of the Web
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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) hosted its annual Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee (TPAC) Meeting for 550 web technology experts Sept. 19-23 in Lisbon, Portugal. They discussed the challenges and opportunities surrounding the future of the web.
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Thomson Reuters Predicts 2016 Nobel Prize Winners
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The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters released its 2016 list of Citation Laureates prior to the announcement of Nobel Prize winners, which begins on Oct. 3.
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Funds for Learning Provides Information on the E-rate Program
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Funds for Learning, a consulting and support services firm for E-rate program participants, published the "2016 E-rate Trends Report." Composed of funding data and information from a nationwide survey, it is designed to help policymakers, administrators, and other stakeholders "shape the future of the program."
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Springer Nature Peer Reviewers Will Help Provide Safe Water
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Springer Nature's Environmental Earth Sciences journal started an initiative to help people in developing countries access clean drinking water. For every peer review completed for a paper in this journal in 2017, Springer Nature will donate one household water filter on the reviewers' behalf to the Filter of Hope.
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EBSCO Gives Libraries More Control Over Their Websites
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EBSCO Information Services and Stacks, Inc. announced the release of Stacks, a web content management system for libraries. EBSCO is an exclusive reseller of this platform, which allows libraries to change the look and feel of their websites.
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A Big To-Do List for the New Librarian of Congress
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by Corilee Christou
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Carla Hayden began her 10-year term as the 14th Librarian of Congress on Sept. 14, when she was sworn in during a well-attended ceremony at the Library of Congress' (LC) Thomas Jefferson Building. ... Hayden steps into the position of director of the world's largest library, with a collection of more than 160 million works, a staff of 3,200, a budget of more than $620 million--and a historically mandated mission to serve Congress. On what should Hayden focus as she attempts to bring the LC into the 21st century?
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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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