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NewsLink Spotlight |
| Technology and Creativity Collide at Tulsa City-County Library |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| The ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award is presented to an organization that plans, develops, and applies a patron-training program that explores IT in a library setting. The 2019 winner is Tulsa City-County Library, for its Digital Literacy Lab. I spoke with Kimberly Johnson (the library's CEO) and Kiley Roberson (the library's chief strategy officer) to learn about the lab and its most distinctive feature: flight simulators. |
Weekly News Digests |
| Cybersecurity Boot Camp to Start at University of Pennsylvania |
| Colin Wood reports for EdScoop that the engineering and professional studies schools at the University of Pennsylvania are joining forces to host a cybersecurity boot camp, with courses beginning on Nov. 12, 2019. ... |
| Airtasker Looks at the 21st-Century Workforce |
| Airtasker posted a review of 21st-century workers on its blog. It states, "Jumping into the workforce has never been so open-ended." |
| The Digital Reader Chimes In on Macmillan Controversy |
| Nate Hoffelder writes the following on his The Digital Reader blog: "It seems a lot of people in publishing are convinced that library ebooks are responsible for retail ebook sales being down." |
| SAGE Research Methods Foundations Launches |
| SAGE introduced SAGE Research Methods Foundations, which covers "all aspects of research methods and the research process for the social sciences." |
| HighWire and BMJ Commit to Improvements in Publishing |
| HighWire entered into a new journal-hosting agreement with BMJ that spans the next 5 years. In addition, the two organizations are developing a partnership innovation lab that will unite "some of the best minds from BMJ and HighWire to explore future initiatives in scholarly publishing." |
NewsBreaks |
| The Decline and Potential Regrowth of the School Library |
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by Corilee Christou
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| These are trying times for libraries, and librarians, in the K-12 space. School districts across the country are struggling with library closures and layoffs--in Washington, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, to name just a few. |
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