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Internet Librarian 2019

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NewsLink Spotlight
A New Take on the U.S. Constitution
by Brandi Scardilli
What the Constitution Means to Me, a 100-minute play written by and starring Heidi Schreck, opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theater on March 31, 2019. ... Schreck [says] that the play explores how her female relatives' lives "had been shaped by this document, circumscribed by this document, and, in some ways, harmed by this document."

Weekly News Digests
Register for ALA's Webinar on Diversity in Comics
ALA's Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table and organization president Loida Garcia-Febo are hosting a free webinar on June 12: Libraries, Comics and Superheroes of Color: Strengthening Our Reading Communities.
W3C and WHATWG Team Up to Combine HTML and DOM Specifications
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) signed an agreement with the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) to work toward a single version of the HTML and DOM specifications.
Ex Libris Debuts App Center for Enhancing Its Products
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, introduced the Ex Libris App Center, "an open hub providing customers with a single place to find ways to complement and extend their Ex Libris solutions."
WIRED Explains the European Union's New Copyright Law
Matt Reynolds writes for WIRED, "Big changes are coming to online copyright across the European Union. After years of debate and negotiations, politicians have passed sweeping changes following a final vote in the European Parliament."
SAGE Report Explores How to Measure Impact in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
SAGE published a report, "The Latest Thinking About Metrics for Research Impact in the Social Sciences" (registration required), on ways to improve the measurement of impact in the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) field.

NewsBreaks
IntechOpen Strives to Be at the Forefront of OA Publishing
by Terry Ballard
In 2004, two graduate students working in robotics were dissatisfied with their level of access to the research in their field, so they founded IntechOpen, a company that would get the latest data out in OA journals and books. The company grew at a steady pace, and then, seemingly, at an exponential speed.

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