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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
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Information Literacy in the Cosmic Order
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by Woody Evans
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On Feb. 7, 2018, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made history again. An Innovation Hub, with the ability to daily host 120 app makers, coders, hackers, builders, tinkerers, and others, opened in Abu Dhabi--the first makerspace of its kind and of such scale in the Middle East. ... It is a good time to think about the degree to which information skills are embedded in these innovations at the hub of the Middle East.
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'Libraries Versus Communities of Hate' by the Annoyed Librarian
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The Annoyed Librarian published a tirade against people "who want all LGBT-themed books banned from the public library."
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Cengage and Chegg Team Up to Provide Free Student Tools
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Cengage entered into an exclusive partnership with Chegg to give Cengage Unlimited subscribers free 30-day access to Chegg's learning services beginning in August 2018.
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The Future of College Bookstores
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In "Rethinking College Stores," Publishers Weekly explores whether independent college bookstores can survive amid the shrinking textbook market and competition from companies such as Barnes & Noble Education and Follett.
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ARL Promotes Fair Use With Shareable Infographic
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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) put out a free infographic showing "how fair use advances innovation, creativity, and scholarship, ultimately allowing new knowledge to be created and shared."
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OCLC Unveils Syndeo Collaboration Management System
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OCLC launched Syndeo, a suite of services for facilitating library collaborations by supporting cooperative cataloging, resource sharing, and library management services.
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Semantic Enrichment and the Information Manager: Turning Content into Insight
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"Information managers must balance the needs of multiple internal constituencies to support information discovery and manage subscription usage and budgets," according to Copyright Clearance Center's new white paper. "The challenge is that more than 90% of organizational data is unstructured, as is nearly all the peer-reviewed scientific research." Download the white paper to find out how semantic enrichment can help structure that data.
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Oscar Nominees Through a Librarian Lens
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by Brandi Scardilli
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The next Oscars ceremony is coming up on March 4, so let's take a look at this year's Best Picture nominees and how they have been interpreted to relate to what's currently going on in the world.
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