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Internet Librarian 2017
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NewsBreaks
Wikitribune Sets Out to Practice Evidence-Based Journalism
by Woody Evans
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales (along with collaborators Lawrence Lessig, Guy Kawasaki, Jeff Jarvis, and Lily Cole) is attempting to attack the problem of fake news by starting his own journalism outfit. With high-level advisors for the presidential administration famously confused about the nature of truth, with social media acting as a platform for the viral spread of hearsay and conspiracy theories, and with more and more Americans accessing fewer and fewer news sources, it would seem to be a good time to work on fixes for fake news.

Weekly News Digests
Federal FY2018 Budget Looms Large
Various organizations continue to sound off about the president's proposed FY2018 budget as the Government Publishing Office (GPO) makes the full text available on govinfo and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) releases information on how it will begin closing down if the budget passes.
EIFL Rolls Out Annual Report
EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) released its 2016 annual report, which shows that the organization helped more than 8.5 million people through its network of libraries in 50-plus developing and transitional countries.
D&B Releases Findings on International Supply Chains
D&B studied how supply chains are affected by ideological, military, and localized conflicts happening around the world.
CCC Adds Semantic Search Workflow to RightFind
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) updated RightFind XML for Mining, its cloud-based solution for obtaining full-text XML articles.
Crusoe App Saves the Connections You Make in Your Notes
A new app called Crusoe launched as "the only mobile app designed to do the hard part [of research]: meaningful recollection of your notes."

NewsLink Spotlight
Turning Students Into Readers With the LightSail Literacy Platform
by Brandi Scardilli
Even if we liked reading as a kid, we all have memories of slogging through at least one assignment that just wasn't speaking to us. (CliffsNotes is popular for a reason.) The LightSail literacy platform for grades K-12 aims to make all books entertaining and educational by capitalizing on the gamification of learning and making it easy for students to find their next curriculum-approved read.

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Bookshelf
The Accidental Taxonomist, 3rd edition
The Accidental Taxonomist, 3rd edition
by Heather Hedden
Foreword by Stephanie Lemieux
The Accidental Taxonomist is the most comprehensive guide available to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden—a leading taxonomy expert and instructor—walks readers through the process, displaying her trademark ability to present highly technical information in straightforward, comprehensive English.

In this fully revised third edition, Hedden adds an entirely new chapter on ontologies, emphasizes the SKOS model of concepts over the traditional thesaurus model of terms, and provides new insights into taxonomy development techniques. She presents fresh survey data; new screenshots and examples; and updated information on software, career opportunities, and resources for taxonomists.

2022/502pp softbound/ISBN 978-1-57387-586-8 | $47.50


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