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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
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The News of 2016: The Year in Review
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Happy new year! As we ring in 2017 and look forward to what is sure to be another eventful year for libraries, information professionals, and information services, it's time to reflect on the major industry happenings in 2016. Here's an overview of the topics NewsBreaks covered in the past year.
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Pew Puts Out New Fact Sheets
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Pew Research Center rolled out a new set of fact sheets on key trends in digital technology: Internet/Broadband, Mobile, and Social Media. They will be updated as the organization collects new data.
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Cambridge University Press Strengthens MARC Records
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Cambridge University Press is starting a project designed to improve the discoverability of resources and ensure better MARC records for ebooks. So far, it has enhanced the metadata of more than 24,000 titles in its collections. ...
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DPLA Will Expand Access to Ebooks
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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation granted the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) $1.5 million to help the organization expand public libraries' access to ebooks for their collections, making them more easily available to readers.
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ProQuest Encourages Use of Alexander Street Content
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The ProQuest platform and Alexander Street's Academic Video Online: Premium collection of 50,000-plus videos can now be searched together to provide researchers with a comprehensive list of content such as documentaries, training videos, news, dissertations, and ebooks.
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EveryLibrary Lays Out Its 2017 Agenda
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EveryLibrary released its agenda for 2017, which focuses on bringing its expertise to coalitions that support library patrons. ... Areas of concern for 2017 include voter rights and ballot access, protections for public sector workers and pension reform, [and] media literacy. ...
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Elsevier's CiteScore Metrics Compete With the Journal Impact Factor
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by Nancy K. Herther
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In December, Elsevier announced the release of Scopus' new journal metrics system, CiteScore, which it describes as providing "comprehensive, transparent, current insights into journal impact." The company calls CiteScore a new standard "that will help you guide your journal more effectively in the future."
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