TikTok's User Data Security Becomes a Political Issue

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TikTok's User Data Security Becomes a Political Issue

by Nancy K. Herther

TikTok is a smashing success—it is "one of the most popular social platforms among Generation Z [with] more than 2.3 billion all-time downloads, and 100 million users in the US alone." Earlier this year, TikTok was able to surpass Facebook and WhatsApp to be the most downloaded nongaming app. ... Despite the platform's popularity, the current presidential administration is very concerned about the relationship between TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.

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Matrix Integration and Cisco Help Schools With E-Learning

Matrix Integration partnered with Cisco to give K–12 school districts an e-learning solution for building the "Classroom of the Future"—as well as one that deals with the current reality of the pandemic.

Reprints Desk and FIZ Karlsruhe Introduce the AutoDoc Academic Program

Reprints Desk, a subsidiary of Research Solutions, teamed up with FIZ Karlsruhe—Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure to roll out the AutoDoc Academic Program.

'A New Moment for Black Bookstores' by Eugene Holley Jr.

Eugene Holley Jr. profiles four Black booksellers for Publishers Weekly in "A New Moment for Black Bookstores."

W3C Launches 2020 Diversity Fund for Its TPAC Online Meetings

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is now accepting applications for the Diversity Fund for its TPAC 2020 virtual meetings, scheduled for various dates in October.

koha-US Plans Annual Virtual Conference

koha-US is hosting its annual conference virtually from Sept. 22 to 24, 2020. ... With the theme Online Together, the conference will be streamed via YouTube for the first 2 days, with the third day taking place in a private Zoom room.

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Rolling Out the Welcome Mat at Broward County Library

by Brandi Scardilli

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 2020 winner is Broward County Library system in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., area, for its use of Amazon Echo devices in its branches as part of its Project Welcome initiative, which helps English-language learners and newcomers to the region get comfortable with library services.

Common Records Management Roadblocks

Enterprise knowledge consultant Angela Pitts discusses access, technology, and other barriers to effective records management in this clip from her presentation at KMWorld 2022.

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