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| Pew Research Center News |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| The latest Pew Research Center reports cover topics such as the public's priorities for U.S. foreign policy, how people get their news, Gen Zers versus Millennials, Congress members' religious affiliations, Facebook's personal data collection, how Americans view evolution, Latino concerns about the president, and international fears of cyberattacks. |
Weekly News Digests |
| What's Up With the NFAIS-NISO Merger |
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by Dave Shumaker
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| The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have announced plans to merge, contingent on approval by the NFAIS membership. |
| The University of California Breaks Ties With Elsevier |
| Lindsay Ellis reports for The Chronicle of Higher Education, "The University of California system is calling it quits with Elsevier, one of the biggest academic publishers in the world, after months of contract negotiations." |
| W3C and the FIDO Alliance Announce Standard to Make the Web More Secure |
| The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the FIDO Alliance announced that the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) specification has become an official web standard. |
| Clarivate Analytics Studies Impacts of Plan S Initiative |
| Clarivate Analytics' Institute for Scientific Information released the second report in its Global Research series, "The Plan S Footprint: Implications for the Scholarly Publishing Landscape," which uses Web of Science journal data to help pose questions for stakeholders in the research community. |
| The American Museum of Natural History Celebrates 150th Anniversary |
| The American Museum of Natural History in New York is marking its 150th anniversary with a multiyear series of events, including programs, exhibitions, and projects. |
NewsBreaks |
| News and Programs Compete for Attention at NFAIS |
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by Dave Shumaker
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| Rich programs and a major news announcement shared center stage at the NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) 2019 Annual Conference, which was held Feb. 13-15 in Alexandria, Va. |
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