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NewsLink Spotlight |
| Teaching Emerging Tech at NCSU Libraries |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| Imagine that you notice a need for technical skills training at your university. You think that students, faculty members, and staffers should know how to interact with tools such as 3D printers and virtual reality, as well as understand topics such as data science and visualization, if they're going to be able to compete in our digital world. If this sounds familiar, check out what North Carolina State University Libraries (NCSU) is doing: It runs a program called Emerging Digital Information Skills Workshops to provide training on campus. |
Weekly News Digests |
| Library 2.018 Conference Adds Event on Social Crisis Management |
| The Library 2.018 Worldwide Virtual Conference introduced a free online mini-conference, Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World, which will be held on Oct. 17, 2018. |
| IMLS Announces Newest Grant Awardees |
| The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is offering 45 grants totaling more than $8 million for U.S. libraries. They are part of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. |
| EveryLibrary Hosts Funding Drive With Help From ByWater Solutions |
| EveryLibrary and ByWater Solutions created a monthly donor drive with the aim of raising $1,500 in new monthly donations for EveryLibrary by Oct. 1, 2018. |
| GlobalData Studies Company Spending on Emerging Technologies |
| GlobalData released research that "reveals a significant shift toward Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data platform spending among IT practitioners." |
| GOBI Library Solutions Joins Forces With the TIND ILS |
| EBSCO Information Services' GOBI Library Solutions partnered with TIND, an ILS provider, to streamline GOBI acquisitions for TIND libraries. |
NewsBreaks |
| Controlling the Social Media Juggernaut |
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by Nancy K. Herther
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| It isn't easy to wrap your mind around the global adoption of social media. No other technology has grown so much, so fast, and become entrenched so deeply into the global habits and patterns of human beings across the world. The implications of this revolution are mind-boggling. |
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