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The article offers information on the use of streaming media to build digital libraries. Topics discussed include outreach potential of streaming video of shared digital collections; patron-driven-acquisition (PDA) model of Kanopy; and use of Kanopy to watch thousands of free videos through libraries.

The article focuses on the changing digital library user expectations amid the latest advances in open access repositories, with a focus on the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library at the University of California-Berkeley. Other topics include an overview of the library's venture into digital publishing, challenges associated with conforming to content management system (CMS) standards, and advantages possessed by the library profession.

The article looks at what other knowledge workers do to get things accomplished and what they find out about their own professional environments. Topics mentioned include the effort to integrate the essence of online discovery from other fields into journalism school (J-school) curriculum, the similarity between J-schools an information schools, and the book "Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science," by economics professor Clair Brown.

The article focuses on the current state of the electronic books, the file format and influence of authors. It highlights conversation between American Library Association's Digital Content Working Group (DCWG) and the Book Industry Study Group. It presents two forecasts related to ebooks which include continuous changes in ebook format; and threat to publisher from ebook which will force them to change their business model.

The article discusses how digital library development has become an important component of professional practice. Topics include new synergy between digital collection development and educational initiatives, creation of collections using generous grant funding, and linking of web repositories to online public access catalog (OPACs).

The article discusses several aspects of politics and storytelling within digital libraries in the context of technological change. It mentions battle-hardened academic librarians are accustomed to ideological warfare in the marketplace of ideas. It also mentions phenomenon of storytelling is gaining special attention from European regulators; and need for faculty members to learn from their students.

The article focuses on the role of data management in the Brexit vote, the U.S. presidential election, and swings in voter opinion across the European Union (EU). Topics discussed include unstructured data is a whole lot harder to analyze than anyone anticipated, improving discovering strategic advantages from data both big and small and forecasting concrete actions based on known behaviors by predictive analytics.

In this article, the author discusses the library technology trends and skill to watch during 2017. Topics discussed include research on artificial intelligence (AI) presented by him at Internet Librarian International, data from the Internet of Things (IoT) that can create applications such as sensors and design of highly trafficked websites by his library.

Communications to the author should be addressed to Terence K Huwe, Director of Library and Information Resources, Institute of Industrial Relations Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2521 Channing Way #5555, [...]

The article discusses digital publishing as the next skill in U.S. libraries. It claims that digital publishing is evolving quickly but the profession has yet to view library-based publishing projects as a new form of innovation or a potential library skill. It looks at what constitutes the publishing process and how the skills to publish have become more accessible. It talks about publishing skills overlapping library expertise, scholarly marketplace initiatives, and library-based strategies.

The article examines the impact of meaning-based computing (MBC) on businesses. It discusses how MBC unites advances in text pattern recognition and language-context analysis with the power of modern search protocols. It highlights the value demonstrated by MBC for enterprise computing. It details the development of MBC by Autonomy founder Michael Lynch, and highlights the benefits offered by the technology.