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The Corporate Committee for Library Investment Defends Libraries to Congress
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by Corilee Christou
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Libraries, particularly public and school libraries, are currently in crisis, facing extreme budgetary challenges as the current administration hopes to eliminate key federal funding support programs, most notably the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy Program (IAL).
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Pew Research Center Looks at the Future of the Internet of Things
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Pew Research Center's Internet & Technology division published "The Internet of Things Connectivity Binge: What Are the Implications?" This report is based on a study of 1,201 technologists, scholars, practitioners, strategic thinkers, and others by Pew and Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center.
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Forbes Insights and D&B Study Businesses' Relationships to Analytics
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Forbes Insights and D&B released "Analytics Accelerates Into the Mainstream," which explores how analytics drives the activities, including strategies and operations, of 300-plus companies in North America, Britain, and Ireland.
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SSRN Introduces BioRN
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SSRN launched the Biology Research Network (BioRN). Biology researchers can use it to post preprints and working papers, share ideas, and collaborate, as well as read abstracts and full-text papers for free.
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bepress' Digital Commons Network Reaches Half a Billion Downloads
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bepress announced that OA scholarship available in its Digital Commons Network of full-text articles has been downloaded more than half a billion times from 500-plus institutions from around the world, including universities, liberal arts colleges, healthcare networks, law schools, and research institutes.
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New York Academy of Medicine Library Debuts New Website
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The New York Academy of Medicine Library rolled out its new digital collections and exhibits website. Anyone from around the world can use it to explore highlights of the library's collections on the history of medicine and public health.
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The Avengers in the Stacks
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Which comic book adaptations are you planning to see at the movies this summer? There's usually at least one, and this year, you've got DC's Wonder Woman and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming. If any of those options appeal to you, you're the perfect candidate to get hooked on comic books--if you aren't already, that is. After all, comics are a mainstream form of entertainment these days, and libraries have taken notice.
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