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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
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The Copyright Alliance Unveils Easy-to-Use New Website
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by Corilee Christou
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Fiddling with a website's design is not always a good idea, but in this case it's a welcome change. The newly redesigned site for the Copyright Alliance, which went live on Oct. 5, represents a truly excellent reshaping project. It provides users with a one-stop shop for copyright information, including resources on copyright law; issues and policy; education; and how to find a copyright attorney, creator services, or a copyright owner, as well as news and events.
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The Opportunity Project Gets New Tools and Support
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The White House is expanding the Opportunity Project, which President Barack Obama launched in March 2016 to facilitate the creation of tools that will leverage the expertise of technologists, local governments, and community leaders who are using open data to expand the public's access to digital information about affordable housing, quality schools, jobs, and more.
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Simba Information Releases Report on OA Publishing
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Simba Information published a report, "Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020," which finds that the number of OA articles published each year is growing at double the rate of the total amount of articles and that OA articles already represent about one-third of all articles published.
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Current Publishing's Magazines Go Digital
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Exact Editions and Current Publishing launched a digital expansion that provides a new subscription option for Current's heritage-focused magazines: Current Archaeology, Current World Archaeology, and Military History Monthly.
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IMLS Begins Study of Public Library Data Collection
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) joined forces with COSLA (Chief Officers of State Library Agencies) to develop Measures That Matter, a project that will examine, evaluate, and map the landscape of data collection for public libraries in the U.S.
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Overleaf Makes Journal Submission Easy
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Authors who write for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's (ASBMB) Journal of Biological Chemistry can now access a custom authoring template on Overleaf's cloud-based, collaborative writing and reviewing tool. ...
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