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Talking Tech at the STM Conference
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by Brandi Scardilli
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STM, the global trade association for academic and professional publishers, has 145 members from 21 countries. Its annual U.S. meeting was held April 24-26, 2018, in Philadelphia.
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Authors Guild Lawsuit Win Prompts Payout
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Associations Now reports, "It took 17 years, but the Authors Guild and other writers' groups scored a major win in a class-action lawsuit over digital reproduction rights that went to the Supreme Court twice. …"
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Thomson Reuters Publishes Latest Brexit Survey
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Thomson Reuters released the "CFO Brexit Survey: Spring 2018 Results," a study of 100 CFOs across the U.K. and Europe working at companies that generate from $100 million to more than $5 billion in revenue annually.
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FEDLINK Honors Winners of Federal Librarianship Awards
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The Library of Congress' Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) announced the 2017 winners of its national awards for federal librarianship.
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Ex Libris Creates Trust Center for GDPR Prep (and Other Information)
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Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, launched the Ex Libris Trust Center, which gives potential and existing customers "in-depth information about the security, privacy, compliance, and availability of Ex Libris solutions."
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ALA to Host Fight for School Libraries Summit
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ALA president Jim Neal will hold a Fight for School Libraries summit on May 23, 2018, at ALA headquarters in Chicago, for representatives from school, public, and academic libraries.
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What's New With Amazon
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Amazon has had a busy 2018 … well, it's always busy. It's Amazon. The president has continued to complain about the company, and Gizmodo speculates that his executive order calling for a review of the U.S. Postal Service's practices is another way to attack Amazon. There are reports of employee mistreatment, questionable (loose) associations with Breitbart and the National Rifle Association (NRA), and more controversies: pressuring its tenants in Seattle, ignoring scams in CreateSpace, and mismanaging the Kindle Store.
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