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Brian Schottlaender Wins Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award
Brian E. C. Schottlaender, the Audrey Geisel university librarian at the University of California (UC), San Diego, has been named the 2015 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award....
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AHRQ, NASA, USDA Release Plans for Public Access to Funded Research
Three US Government agencies—the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)—recently released their plans for increasing...
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Analytics and Privacy: A Proposed Framework for Negotiating Service and Value Boundaries
Universities and libraries are increasingly moving to use the data streams created by their constituents in order to provide the best services and resources possible, but the use of this...
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Research Awards Available from American Folklife Center
The American Folklife Center is accepting applications through March 9, 2015, for two research awards: the Blanton Owen Fund Award and the Gerald E. and Corinne L. Parsons Fund Award....
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President Obama Releases FY 2016 Federal Budget Proposal
On February 2, President Obama released his proposed FY 2016 Budget of the US Government, which focuses on “middle-class economics.” This budget would increase federal spending for many higher education...
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Let Me Google That for You Act Introduced in US House
In late January, Representative Bridenstine (R-OK) introduced H.R. 443, the Let Me Google That for You Act, formerly known as the To Streamline the Collection and Distribution of Government Information...
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Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform Reintroduced in US House and Senate
Bills to reform the outdated Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) were reintroduced on February 4, 2015, in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate with bipartisan support....
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FCC Proposes New Rules to Protect Net Neutrality
On February 4, 2015, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed long-anticipated rules governing the open Internet, also known as net neutrality, which is critical for education, research,...
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Ford Foundation Requires Creative Commons Licenses for Funded Projects
The Ford Foundation has adopted a policy, effective February 1, that requires its grantees and consultants to use the Creative Commons license CC-BY 4.0 for all projects and research funded...
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John O’Brien Named EDUCAUSE President and CEO
The higher education technology association EDUCAUSE has appointed John O’Brien president and CEO, effective June 1, 2015. O’Brien is currently senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs for Minnesota...
