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NewsLink Spotlight |
| Foreseeing an Open Source Future With FOLIO |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| Libraries have always been spaces where members of a community can gather to gain knowledge, whether through books or through events and activities. But where can library staffers go to do their own learning? They need designated spaces too, which is why the Open Library Foundation is so important. This new organization encourages everyone in the library and library services communities to share their ideas for an open source future. |
Weekly News Digests |
| NFAIS Hosts Internet of Things Conference |
| The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is promoting a 1-day conference on Dec. 9, 2016: The Internet of Things: Impacting Scientific Data and Information Flows. |
| W3C Releases Report on Virtual Reality |
| The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published a report based on its web and virtual reality (VR) workshop held Oct. 19-20, 2016. |
| Internet Archive Enhances Its Search Functionality |
| The Internet Archive introduced two features that are designed to improve searching its 20 million items in various collections: faceted filtering and full-text search. |
| Organizations Plan New Subscription Service |
| Recode reports that News Corp, The New York Times, and Axel Springer invested in Scroll, a monthly subscription service that will provide a selection of stories from a variety of publishers. |
| Clarivate Analytics Announces 2016 Highly Cited Researchers |
| Clarivate Analytics unveiled its 2016 Highly Cited Researchers list, which comes from a citation analysis of scientists whose research has been determined by their peers to have a significant global impact on their field. |
NewsBreaks |
| As OCLC Nears 50, It Focuses on the Future |
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by Nancy K. Herther
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| On Oct. 1, 2015, OCLC ceased publication of catalog cards for libraries in the U.S. and across the globe. Although this milestone went relatively unheralded, it represented the end of an era in library systems management and user access. Libraries took a major step forward when OCLC introduced the first online shared cataloging system in 1971, and this is just one contribution that will be celebrated when the organization marks 50 years of service to the library profession in 2017. |
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