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Day in Review (June 23, 2020)

Higher Education—Member Institutions

Indiana U. Tuition to Increase Again as Planned; Fall Class Statuses to Be Available by July 15
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2020/06/iu-tuition-to-increase-fall-class-statuses-to-be-available-by-july-15

University of Washington Spin Out AnswerDash, a Contextual Q&A Service For Customer Support, Acquired By Cloudengage
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/uw-spinout-answerdash-contextual-qa-service-customer-support-acquired-cloudengage/

Webinar Recording: “ACLS Humanities E-Book: A Re-Introduction from Michigan Publishing” (6/18/20)

 

 

Member Libraries

University of Cincinnati: Board of Trustees Removes Schott Name from Baseball Stadium and Space in Archives Library
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2020/06/n20926408.html

 

Libraries—Others

A Lawsuit Is Threatening the Internet Archive — But It’s Not As Dire As You May Have Heard
https://www.vox.com/2020/6/23/21293875/internet-archive-website-lawsuit-open-library-wayback-machine-controversy-copyright

EIFL Endorses Open COVID Pledge
https://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-endorses-open-covid-pledge

LIBER 2020: Opening Address—Reflections on the Impact of COVID-19 on Open Science
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHc8-4lH_4U

Library in Indonesia Is Testing the Use of Ultraviolet Light to Sterilize Books
https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/06/18/banyumas-library-uses-uv-light-to-sterilize-books.html

New Library Architecture Resource: Library Buildings in Europe (LibraryBuildings.eu)
https://libereurope.eu/blog/2020/06/22/just-launched-library-buildings-in-europe-website/

Search Is on for ORCID’s New Executive Director
https://orcid.org/blog/2020/06/23/search-orcid%E2%80%99s-new-executive-director

 

Education—Other

Urban Institute: For Students of Color, Remote Learning Environments Pose Multiple Challenges
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/students-color-remote-learning-environments-pose-multiple-challenges

United Nations: Universal, Inclusive Education “Non-negotiable”
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1066942

New Report: “Inclusion and Education: All Means All”
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000373718

 

Research Related

New Director Takes Helm at National Science Foundation
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=300793

New Report Released on High School Student Expectations for Careers in STEM
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2020/2020167.pdf

New Trump Appointee Has Put Internet Freedom Projects in Crisis Mode
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/23/21300424/open-technology-fund-usagm-circumvention-tools-china-censorship-michael-pack

Wellcome Trust “Our Trans Inclusion Policy Is The Latest Step in Making Wellcome More Inclusive”
https://wellcome.ac.uk/news/our-trans-inclusion-policy-latest-step-making-wellcome-more-inclusive

 

Data and Tools

Elsevier Releases 2019 CiteScore Metrics
https://blog.scopus.com/posts/citescore-2019-now-live

RIT Researchers Create Easy-To-Use Math-Aware Search Interface
https://www.rit.edu/science/news/rit-researchers-create-easy-use-math-aware-search-interface

 

Funding

National Endowment For the Humanities (NEH) Announces $40 Million In CARES Act Grants
https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-announces-40-million-cares-act-grants

 

Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst Librarian
http://infoDOCKET.com
@infodocket

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