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U Calgary Libraries Recognized for Dedication to Students
On May 2, 2014, the University of Calgary Students’ Union presented a Presidential Citation to Tom Hickerson, vice-provost for Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) at Calgary, recognizing LCR for outstanding achievement...
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Dana Rooks Honored by TXLA with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Texas Library Association (TXLA) presented its 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award to Dana C. Rooks during the TXLA Annual Conference in San Antonio in April. Rooks is dean of libraries...
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Sarah Thomas Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sarah Thomas, vice president for the Harvard Library and Roy E. Larsen librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard, has been elected to the American Academy of...
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Boston Library Consortium Calls Out Publishers on Price Gouging
On May 27, 2014, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a letter to the editor entitled, “Ebook Pricing Hikes Amount to Price-Gouging.” As a result of announced price increases that...
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FCC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Net Neutrality
At an open meeting held on May 15, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the issue of “Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet,” or net neutrality. The FCC voted...
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Barbara Dewey Receives Multicultural Leadership Award
The Pennsylvania State University’s Council of College Multicultural Leadership (CCML) recently presented Barbara I. Dewey, dean of university libraries and scholarly communications at Penn State, the Award for University Administration...
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CLIR Board Elects New Members
The board of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) elected eight new members at the spring 2014 board meeting: Dan Cohen, executive director, Digital Public Library of America...
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Stanley Wilder Named Dean of LSU Libraries
Louisiana State University (LSU) has appointed Stanley Wilder as dean of LSU Libraries, effective July 1, 2014, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. Wilder is currently university librarian...
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EDUCAUSE President and CEO Diana Oblinger to Retire
Diana G. Oblinger, EDUCAUSE president and CEO, announced that she will retire in March 2015. Oblinger joined EDUCAUSE, a higher education technology association, in 2004 as a vice president and was named...
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U Iowa Named a Library of the Year by US GPO
The University of Iowa (UI) Libraries has been named a “Library of the Year” by the US Government Printing Office (GPO). The UI is one of four libraries in the...
