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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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SAGE's Lean Library Adds Academic Browser App
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SAGE's browser extension, Lean Library (which delivers library services directly to patrons), introduced a new iOS app, Academic Browser. It "enables patrons conducting research using search engines, direct links, or their library's digital platform to access their library's resources, open access alternatives, and support via a popup."
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Apple Helps Black College Students Thrive in STEM Settings
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Apple is expanding its partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by adding 10 HBCU regional coding centers. They will serve as technology hubs for their campuses and broader communities, including K-12 schools and local governments.
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DPLA Works on Black Women's Suffrage Collection
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The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) joined forces with five libraries and archives to help with its national Black women's suffrage collection, announced in November 2019.
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ALA President Goes on Virtual Tour of U.S. Libraries
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ALA's president, Julius C. Jefferson Jr., will embark on a 10-day, 12-stop virtual Holding Space tour of libraries across the U.S. "At each stop on the tour, Jefferson will meet with library leaders, state and local partners, elected officials and other community influencers to cover a vast terrain of issues facing a broad range of institutions, including libraries at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, other academic libraries, school libraries, Tribal libraries and public libraries," ALA notes.
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ACS Rolls Out an Open Science Resource Center
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Division is offering "a curated set of materials on its new open science resource center," helping to deepen "its commitment to open science and open access."
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EBSCO Enters Into New Partnerships
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by Dave Shumaker
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Early this year, EBSCO Information Services announced two groundbreaking partnerships that extend the scope of its involvement in the scholarly information community. Its new partners, protocols.io and Code Ocean, both offer information-sharing services for scholarly researchers that complement EBSCO's traditional focus on scholarly articles and other published literature.
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