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From UNC University Libraries Announcement by Provost Bob Blouin and University Librarian Elaine Westbrooks: We are writing to let you know that, despite more than a year of sustained negotiations, the publisher Elsevier has failed to provide an affordable path for UNC-Chapel Hill to renew our bundled package of approximately 2,000 e-journal titles. As a […]
From a Letter by Laura Brown Posted on JSTOR News: I’m writing to share some personal news with you, and all of JSTOR’s participating libraries and publishers. I’ve made the decision to retire from my role as Managing Director of JSTOR and will be stepping into a new part-time role as Senior Advisor for ITHAKA […]
Two new documents were published today (April 9, 2020) by the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC). Below are excerpts from two LPC Blog posts by Melanie Schlosser along with links to access each document. 1) Library Publishing Research Agenda The Library Publishing Coalition Research Committee is pleased to announce the release of the Library Publishing Research Agenda. […]
From a PLA/ALA Release: As public libraries close their buildings to the public, staff continue to serve their communities in innovative ways. Those are among the chief findings the Public Library Association (PLA) announced today in the broadest survey of public libraries’ response to the pandemic to date, with 2,545 unique responses nationwide. Most respondents […]
From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): The IFLA Governing Board and Irish National Committee have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 World Library and Information Congress (WLIC). Dublin will instead welcome the 2022 Congress, following confirmation that the New Zealand International Convention Centre in Auckland – the previous planned […]
From the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism: In this factsheet we identify some of the main types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformation seen so far. We analyse a sample of 225 pieces of misinformation rated false or misleading by fact-checkers and published in English between January and the end of March 2020, […]
From ABC (Australia): Just to work from “A” to “ant” took the original Oxford English Dictionary team around 10 years. They thought they’d reach “Z” in that time — but gathering definitions for hundreds of thousands of words was a mammoth task, especially in the 1870s without the help of technology. “It is akin to […]
Note: $3 Million/CDN = $2.14 Million/USD From The Times Colonist/CP: Libraries across British Columbia are getting $3 million to enhance their digital services. The Ministry of Education says the one-time investment will permit greater access to online learning and reading resources. Direct to Full Text Article From the Government of British Columbia Libraries can use […]
From ALA: Patricia “Patty” M. Wong, city librarian at Santa Monica (Calif.) Public Library, has been elected 2021-22 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA). Wong received 6,718 votes, while her opponent, Steven Yates, assistant director, University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies, received 2,448 votes. As ALA president, Wong will be the […]
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Before launching infoDOCKET, Gary Price was a founder and senior editor at ResourceShelf.
This site is updated as often as possible during the week and at least once a day on the weekends. Gary is a native of Chicago and has an MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
You can contact Gary at: gprice@gmail.com
This site is updated as often as possible during the week and at least once a day on the weekends. Gary is a native of Chicago and has an MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
You can contact Gary at: gprice@gmail.com