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NewsLink Spotlight |
| Pew Research Center Updates |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| NewsBreaks often covers the latest surveys and reports from Pew Research Center, "a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world." The following are some of the latest reports from each of its eight sections. |
Weekly News Digests |
| Google Announces New Features for Its 20th Birthday |
| Gerrit De Vynck and Nico Grant write for Bloomberg that Google is celebrating its 20th birthday by implementing a new feature: "A Facebook-like newsfeed populated with videos and articles the company thinks an individual user would find interesting will now show up on the Google home page just below the search bar on all mobile web browsers." |
| Arguments for Keeping the U.S. Copyright Office Part of the Library of Congress |
| Joshua Lamel writes for The Hill that the Library of Congress is "the rightful home of the U.S. Copyright Office. ... The Copyright Office's weak past performance and technology struggles should not be rewarded with more autonomy, but instead answered with continued oversight from the library." |
| Credo Revamps Its Information Literacy Product Offerings |
| Credo developed Learning Tools, a product suite that offers librarians new and updated resources for teaching foundational skills such as information literacy, critical thinking, and communication. |
| Libraries Can Now Order Alexander Street Movies Through OASIS |
| ProQuest's Alexander Street and OASIS (Online Acquisitions and Selection Information System) are teaming up for more streaming video access. |
| Library of Congress Debuts Virtual Screening Room for Historical Films |
| The Library of Congress introduced National Screening Room, a free collection of hundreds of hours of (mostly public domain) motion pictures dating from 1890. |
NewsBreaks |
| Let's Ring In American Archives Month |
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by Kelly LeBlanc
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| In the archival world, October has been recognized as American Archives Month. Join in the cross-country festivities by finding an event near you. |
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