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Apple WWDC20: The Platforms Grow and Change
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by Justin Hoenke
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At the recent Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC20), the company focused its presentation on multiple platforms—iOS, macOS, watchOS, and iPadOS—and delivered a number of new features, tweaks, and key adjustments that will help every Apple developer and user interact with the world in new and exciting ways.
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EveryLibrary Details the Plans for its Library Advocacy and Funding Conference
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EveryLibrary announced that its Library Advocacy and Funding Conference (LAFCON), to be held online Sept. 14-16, 2020, will have all pre-recorded sessions to make it easier for anyone around the world to view them at any time of day.
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Adam Matthew Rolls Out Archive on British Society in the 1980s
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Adam Matthew introduced the first module of its primary source collection, Mass Observation Project: 1981-2009. This social history archive, digitized for the first time, covers topics such as Thatcherism and the AIDS crisis, events such as the royal wedding of Charles and Diana, and "mundane" everyday life in the U.K.
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Emerald and ScienceOpen Create Collections Focused on Sustainability and Equality
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ScienceOpen and Emerald Publishing partnered to produce three new collections from Emerald that were inspired by the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
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TLC Integrates Syndetics Unbound Into its Library Management Software
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As of the latest release of Library-Solution, the Library Corp. (TLC) is incorporating ProQuest's Syndetics Unbound catalog enrichment resource into the software "with a deliberate and unique integration, leveraging the enriched elements for both patron discovery and staff usability."
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COVID-19 NEWS: 'ALA Summons Support for Library Stabilization Fund Act'
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ALA issued a statement praising the introduction of the Library Stabilization Fund Act in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, which aims to "establish a $2 billion fund, administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, to address financial losses and bolster library services, with priority to the hardest-hit communities. …"
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Calls for Equity and Diversity at ALA Virtual
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by Brandi Scardilli
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The ALA Annual Conference is such a massive event that I was skeptical an online version could convey all of its aspects properly. Despite a few technical hiccups in the beginning, I think the organization succeeded admirably with ALA Virtual, held June 24-26.
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