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The article describes the challenges faced by printing companies in the U.S. The industry has been affected by paper shortages and the rapidly rising cost of paper. Several printers are experiencing financial difficulties, including Cenveo, which filed for bankruptcy in February 2018. Consolidation efforts in the industry have increased, including the purchase of Webcrafters, a printer for the educational and catalogue markets, by the CJK Group.

The article reflects on impact of newsprint tariffs on workers in the U.S. the publishing and paper industries. It mentions that newsprint tariffs are driven by a strategy of North Pacific Paper Co. to manipulate U.S. trade policy. It presents views of Joel Quadracci, chairman of Quad Graphics, on the same.

The article focuses on SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION. Topics discussed include COVID-19 has taken commodity prices and availability on a roller coaster ride that is only in the nascent stages of its journey; and the views of " Diana Haytko, professor and chairperson of the department of marketing and sup ply chain management at the East Carolina University College of Business, on it.

The article discusses the move of the paper industry in the U.S. to recover ubiquitous tree biopolymer. It states that paper companies use improved separation technology to recover the burned lignin. It mentions that the paper companies remove lignin from cellulose in two ways, the sulfite pulping process and acid precipitation.

The article focuses on the digestability of Paper and paperboard (PPB) in the anaerobic digestion in the U.S. It mentions that the PPB is typically fabricated by processing wood through a series of mechanical and chemical steps. It also mentions that generic steps in the papermaking process include pulping, to separate and clean the fibers.

The article discusses the impact of rising costs and supply shortages of paper on publishers in the U.S. Topics covered include increase in price of paper per ton, according to a report by printer Quad Graphics, factors contributing to the reduction in paper supply such as shutdown of some Canadian paper mills and reduced imports from China, factors driving up paper prices, and the need for U.S. publishers to look for alternative sources of paper.

The article reports that a U.S. court has awarded Elsevier BV 15 million dollars in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub and a similar website, both of which provide free access to pirated scientific journal articles. The American Chemical Society (ACS) has filed its own lawsuit against Sci-Hub. Elsevier filed its lawsuit against Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, and their operators in 2015.

The article reports on the publication of the white paper titled "Implementing and Managing Streaming Media Services in Academic Libraries" as announced by "Choice" in its June 30, 2021 statement.

The article focuses on American Library Association's (ALA) Joint Digital Content Working Group is tasked with advising ALA regarding opportunities within its purview, including the provision of equitable access to digital content for all. Topics include the improvements in content access the experience have occurred in the last decade, the paper notes that serious issues complicate acquisition of, and the COVID-19 has been a catalyst and increasing digital demand that promises to be long-term.

The article discusses leakage of Panama papers that exposed a widespread system of global tax evasion. Topics discussed include involvement of several politicians from various countries that were find stashing large sums of money; comparison of the U.S. shareholders and beneficiaries of shell firms; and views of Alexandra Wrage, corruption expert at TRACE International, on the same.

The article reports on the resilience of the toilet tissue brand White Cloud despite previous efforts to eliminate it. Canadian manufacturer Kruger Products is cited as the brand's savior by relaunching it in 2017 with new packaging and a marketing campaign handled by Empower MediaMarketing in Cincinnati, Ohio. A brief history of the brand, which goes back to 1913 based on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records, is also presented.

The article informs that paper "From Information to Intelligence" by Dhanashree Date and Ayesha Mallik was named as best contributed paper at the Special Libraries Association 2017 Annual Conference in Phoenix. Topics discussed include growing involvement of the information center at Tata Consultancy Services; impact of data on effective business outcomes; and building new competencies and marketing for the same.

Problem/Condition: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States. Most tobacco product use begins during adolescence. In recent years, tobacco products have evolved to include various smoked, smokeless, and electronic products. Period Covered: 2019. Description of System: The National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) is an annual, cross-sectional, school-based, self-administered survey of U.S. middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students. A three-stage cluster sampling procedure is used to generate a nationally representative sample of U.S. students attending public and private schools. NYTS is the only nationally representative survey of U.S. middle and high school students that focuses exclusively on tobacco product use patterns and associated factors. NYTS is designed to provide national data on tobacco product use and has been conducted periodically during 1999-2009 and annually since 2011. Data from NYTS are used to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive tobacco use prevention and control programs and to inform tobacco regulatory activities. Since its inception in 1999 through 2018, NYTS had been conducted via paper and pencil questionnaires. In 2019, NYTS for the first time was administered in schools using electronic data collection methods. CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Center for Tobacco Products, analyzed data from the 2019 NYTS to assess tobacco product use patterns and associated factors among U.S. middle and high school students. Overall, 19,018 questionnaires were completed and weighted to represent approximately 27.0 million students. On the basis of self-reported grade level, this included 8,837 middle school questionnaires (11.9 million students) and 10,097 high school questionnaires (15.0 million students); 84 questionnaires with missing information on grade level were excluded from school-level analyses. Results: In 2019, an estimated 53.3% of high school students (8.0 million) and 24.3% of middle school students (2.9 million) reported having ever tried a tobacco product. Current (past 30-day) use of a tobacco product (i.e., electronic cigarettes [e-cigarettes], cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, hookahs, pipe tobacco, and bidis [small brown cigarettes wrapped in a leaf]) was reported by 31.2% of high school students (4.7 million) and 12.5% of middle school students (1.5 million). E-cigarettes were the most commonly cited tobacco product currently used by 27.5% of high school students (4.1 million) and 10.5% of middle school students (1.2 million), followed in order by cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, hookahs, and pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use also varied by sex and race/ethnicity. Among current users of each tobacco product, the prevalence of frequent tobacco product use (on ≥20 days of the preceding 30 days) ranged from 16.8% of cigar smokers to 34.1% of smokeless tobacco product users. Among current users of each individual tobacco product, e-cigarettes were the most commonly used flavored tobacco product (68.8% of current e-cigarette users). Among students who reported ever having tried e-cigarettes, the three most commonly selected reasons for use were "I was curious about them" (55.3%), "friend or family member used them" (30.8%), and "they are available in flavors, such as mint, candy, fruit, or chocolate" (22.4%). Among never users of each individual tobacco product, curiosity and susceptibility (a construct that can help to identify future tobacco product experimentation or use) was highest for e-cigarettes (39.1% and 45.0%, respectively) and cigarettes (37.0% and 45.9%, respectively). Overall, 86.3% of students who reported contact with an assessed potential source of tobacco product advertisements or promotions (going to a convenience store, supermarket, or gas station; using the Internet; watching television or streaming services or going to the movies; or reading newspapers or magazines) reported exposure to marketing for any tobacco product; 69.3% reported exposure to e-cigarette marketing and 81.7% reported exposure to marketing for cigarettes or other tobacco products. Among all students, perceiving no harm or little harm from intermittent tobacco product use (use on some days but not every day) was 28.2% for e-cigarettes, 16.4% for hookahs, 11.5% for smokeless tobacco products, and 9.5% for cigarettes. Among current users of any tobacco product, 24.7% reported experiencing cravings to use tobacco products during the past 30 days and 13.7% reported wanting to use a tobacco product within 30 minutes of waking. Moreover, 57.8% of current tobacco product users reported they were seriously thinking about quitting the use of all tobacco products and 57.5% reported they had stopped using all tobacco products for ≥1 day because they were trying to quit. Interpretation: In 2019, approximately one in four youths (23.0%) had used a tobacco product during the past 30 days. By school level, this represented approximately three in 10 high school students (31.2%) and approximately one in eight middle school students (12.5%). Since 2014, e-cigarettes have been the most commonly used tobacco product among youths. Importantly, more than half of current youth tobacco product users reported seriously thinking about quitting all tobacco products in 2019. However, established factors of use and initiation, including the availability of flavors, exposure to tobacco product marketing, curiosity and susceptibility, and misperceptions about harm from tobacco product use, remained prevalent in 2019 and continue to promote tobacco product use among youths. Public Health Action: The continued monitoring of all forms of youth tobacco product use and associated factors through surveillance efforts including NYTS is important to the development of public health policy and action at national, state, and community levels. Everyone, including public health professionals, health care providers, policymakers, educators, parents, and others who influence youths, can help protect youths from the harms of all tobacco products. In addition, the comprehensive and sustained implementation of evidence-based tobacco control strategies, combined with FDA's regulation of tobacco products, is important for reducing all forms of tobacco product use among U.S. youths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the white paper of Onvia describes the U.S. State, local and education (SLED) government contracting market titled "Sizing Up the $1.5 Trillion State & Local Contracting Market." Topics discussed include huge market fragmented with five distinct levels of government with increased purchasing entities; purchases and planned purchases at public agencies by government contractors; and Onvia's datasets that can help businesses determine top agencies in the market.

The article reports that Onondaga County Department of Social Services (DSS) in Syracuse, New York, has transitioned from a paper-based system to a digital workflow. It mentions that the system depends on 800 desktop scanners from management solution provider Kodak Alaris. It mentions KODAK ScanMate i1150 Scanners from Kodak.

The purposes of this paper are to: (1) examine the advantages and disadvantages of state regulation of the wind industry; (2) evaluate different methods of regulation; (3) identify what entity would be best suited to regulate the industry; and (4) offer a suggestion for what route Texas should take in regards to regulation. The specific issues are primarily evaluated in an intrastate context, with some examination of regulatory schemes adopted by the federal government. Extensive examination of what other states have done is also utilized and evaluated as to the persuasiveness of using similar measures in Texas. This paper focuses primarily on on-shore wind development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents interviews with various publishers including Tim Timmons, chief executive officer of "The Paper of Montgomery County," Trevor Vernon of "The Eldon," and Ron Hasse, president of Southern California News Group. They discuss on how they overcame the challenges in 2017. Timmons, Vernon and Hasse provides an outlook for the industry for 2018 and beyond.

The article features the American rock band The Raconteurs. Background on the first collaboration between Jack White and Brendan Benson and their eventual formation of the band is presented. The success of their song "Steady, As She Goes," which is the result of White and Benson's collaboration, is cited. Information is also offered on the band's new album "Help Us Stranger," to be released on June 21, 2019. INSET: PEN TO PAPER.

The article discusses an analysis of the 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), a cross-sectional, school-based, pencil-and-paper questionnaire administered to U.S. middle school and high school students to determine how frequently U.S. middle school and high school students used cigarettes, e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products. A high level of multiple tobacco product use was seen even among students who use e-cigarettes, cigarettes or cigars on 1-5 of the preceding 30 days.

The article discusses the benefits of attending conferences and trade shows and in obtaining funding for future conferences,. Topics discussed include varied reasons to attend these conferences; significance of communicating with the management; and suggests to write a brief paper that describes the sessions attended.

The article discusses the Electronic Health Record (EHR's) focusing on benefits and suggests ways to help transition from paper records to EHR easier. Topics discussed include Meaningful Use policy by U.S. federal government for doctors while using the EHR, initial steps in transition to EHR system, and details of the auto-coding feature of the EHR. INSETS: Taking the First Few Steps Without a Giant Leap;Auto-Coding Doesn't Mean Correct Coding;A Crash Course on Meaningful Use;Achieving Meaningful Use Through Team Meetings

An interview with Special Libraries Association (SLA) member, Sarah Shujah is presented. When asked about what inspired her to write her paper on Library Hackfest she said that the topic would help in computer science, engineering librarians, and integration of information literacy. Shujah spoke about her interest in libraries from childhood and how she realized her long term goal of becoming a librarian. She discussed about her plans for 2015 and her interests in information literacy.

The article focuses on issues concerning plastic bag policy in the U.S. It discusses the efforts of the local and state governments to manage single use plastic bag waste, using bans, fees, improved recycling, and compostable bags as several nongovernmental organizations and environmental activists are pressuring the government in reducing plastic bag consumption.

The article focuses on the Zero Waste Facility Certification program of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council (USZWBC) which promotes diversion from waste to energy through organic recycling. It highlights the goals of the government including to achieve zero waste, reduce greenhouse gas emission and provide renewable energy sources. It also cites several recyclable materials which include cardboards, aluminum and wood pallets.

The article reports on the U.S. demands for greater market access for its food in Great Britain following Brexit, as stated in a negotiating paper published by the U.S. Trade Representative on March 1, 2019. In the paper, the U.S. says it aims to secure comprehensive market access for agricultural goods by eliminating or reducing tariffs.

The article discusses the report "Book Industry Environmental Trends 2016" issued by the Book Industry Environmental Council (BIEC) on the sustainability efforts of the U.S. publishing industry. Topics covered include obstacles facing publishers in their efforts to improve on their environmental practices, the lack of available recycled paper as the biggest challenge facing the industry, and the reasons cited by the report for the decline in the use of recycled paper.

The article discusses the comments on the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee's interconnection white paper submitted by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) in 2014. The white papers were issued by the committee as part of its efforts to modernize laws governing the communications and technology sector. A background on the TIA is also presented.

The article discusses the American Library Association's (ALA's) report titled "National Impact of Library Public Programs Assessment (NILPPA), Phase 1: A White Paper on the Dimensions of Library Programs and the Skills and Training for Library Program Professional."

The article offers news briefs on the book industry in the U.S. as of August 22, 2016. Bookstore sales increased by 6.1 percent to 5.44 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2016. "New York Times Book Review" editor Pamela Paul has expanded her role to include all book coverage for the paper. Online reading and writing community Wattpad has launched the advertising revenue program Futures for writers.

The article offers legal news brief which includes , a Franklin Circuit Court judge who has ruled that the Kentucky State Police must provide the paper with its entire database of 8 million citations and arrests since 2003; and Devin Nunes files defamation lawsuit against McQatchy Co.

The article offers comments from several editors and publishers. Topics discussed include allowing witnesses to speak so that one may accurately reflect findings, but do not join in their emotions; a publisher comments on spending money to provide more quality journalism as advertising has its place to promote newspapers; and also discusses that the only effective method for monetizing news is through plain old ink-on-paper.

The article focuses on several aspects of getting knowledge. It mentions that rules developed governing the inquiries and arguments about beliefs became nuanced and sophisticated in the U.S. It also mentions about Anti-vaxxers' refusal to get their children vaccinated because of a claim from a retracted, fraudulent paper puts all children at risk.

The article focuses on increase in the use of digital version of news papers in the U.S. than the paper publications. Topics discussed include the challenges faced by paper version from the digitization of publications, the advantages offered by digital publications like the ability to access more related articles online and paper books preferred over electronic books by teenagers in the U.S.

An interview with metro columnist Mark Wood, of Florida Times-Union news paper. The topics discussed include his motivation for the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation's Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship, his affection to national parks and his dreams of being a park ranger, his admiration of Grand Canyon as favorite park and his views on what are the biggest threat in the future of parks.

The article offers technology industry news briefs as of May 2018. The Library of Congress (LC) announces the online availability of the papers of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton that include their correspondence, speeches, and materials from the Seneca Falls Convention in New York. Gale Small Business Builder comprehensive tool is offering integrated access to its business and legal resources. Solutions provider bibliotheca debuted its open library solution in North America.

The article offers information on the use of beach nourishment by oceanside communities, specifically communities in Dare County, North Carolina, to protect infrastructure and buildings from the forces of waves and tides. Topics discussed include the effectiveness of the beach nourishment according to a paper from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, the increase of nourishment projects, and the beach nourishment projects in the county.

The article presents suggestions for the protection of intellectual property (IP) in cultural festivals. Various factors that are involved in IP includes patents, trademarks and copyright. Other topics discussed includes clauses related to IP protection in the U.S. Constitution, research paper published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and copyright management strategy.

The article discusses issues related to the ownership of copyrighted works of songwriters in the U.S. Topics covered include the future royalties that artists should receive from their works and the income that they could get from their copyrighted works. Also mentioned are the factors to be considered when filing termination papers from music companies.

The article reports on the exploration of the implementation and modification of plastic bag bans in a number of major metropolitan areas in the U.S. It mentions the preliminary approval given by the city council of Coral Gables, Florida to ban the use of plastic bags in retail stores, the approval of plastic bag bans by the city council of Newport, Rhode Islands, and the vote of the city council of Malibu, California to improve the ordinance for plastic bag ban.

Information about several papers discussed at the annual meeting of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) held in Washington, D.C is presented. Topics include the transit safety issues, the ongoing debate regarding whether Federal Aviation Administration should cede private management of air-traffic control infrastructure, and political climate. The meeting featured several speakers including Ken Mead, Jack Schenendorf, and Brian Ray.

Several statistics about presidential libraries in the U.S. are presented, including the number of hours of recorded telephone conversations collected by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, the number of pages of historical records and papers at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, and the year the Presidential Library system started.

The article offers information on several student opportunities in the U.S. ceramics industry. Topics include the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and its support for an intern in the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering 2017 program, the Electronic Materials and Applications (EMA) 2017 which will feature student papers and posters, and the ACerS Nuclear and Envieronmental Technology Division (NETD) which is sponsoring four stipends for attending the ACerS 118th Annual Meeting.

The article profiles journalist April Bethea's career development. These include her participation in the National Association of Black Journalists and became part of intern group placed in newsrooms around the U.S., her role as diversity chairperson in the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and her experiences working with the hometown paper "The Charlotte Observer" which led her the use of the social media platform Twitter in getting news and posting it to their government blogs.

The article announces several personal changes and awards related to librarians in the U.S., as of June 2016, including appointment of Krishna Nathan at S&P Global, Cheryl A. Middleton at Oregon State University, and presentation of Springer's Howard E. Brandt Best Paper Award to Mun Dae Kim.