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Private-Public Collaborative Group Advocates for Library Funding

Associations Now

Through the Corporate Committee for Library Investment, organizations and businesses are banding together to help protect and secure federal funding for America’s libraries. Libraries are thus very much critical national infrastructure: ubiquitous, indispensable, and economically essential.”.

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Higher Logic Acquires Kavi: Powerful Collaboration for Thriving Communities

Higher Logic

Last month we announced our acquisition of Socious, bringing the best minds in member engagement together to lead in product innovation and the community industry. It includes capabilities such as versioning, voting and ballots, and library resources that fit seamlessly in the community ecosystem. Community and Collaboration.

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Tech, Trade, and Library Groups Form Copyright Mega-Coalition

Associations Now

The Re:Create Coalition brings together various groups from the technology, trade, and library industries. The alliance will advocate for less-stifling copyright laws that foster innovation. A group of library, technology, and trade organizations have joined together to advocate for simpler and more transparent copyright laws.

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Hack Your Association

Reid All About it

David Metcalf and two of his students brought it to digitalNow for The “Maker Society,” their session with Jenny Levine , Strategy Guide at the American Library Association. . At the American Library Association (ALA), they’re experimenting with new approaches to membership issues. Is that a desirable path?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.21.18

Reid All About it

Association Adviser shares the story of Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate , Chief Innovation and Information Officer for NCARB, who created Lineup, a software platform that helps organizations efficiently manage talent and form teams (and committees) with diverse strengths. The end of the year is a time of reflection—at home and at work.

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Conference Circuit: American Psychiatric Association

Associations Now

Committee and allied group meetings: 200 plus. The Mental Health Innovation Zone is APA’s showcase for the advancement of mental health technologies that are dedicated to answering the question, “What’s next?” Rundown Attendees: 15,000 plus. Scientific sessions: 400 plus. Exhibit booths: 300.

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How to Delight Meeting Attendees in 2020

Associations Now

opted to host its Key Professionals Association Committee for the first time in Cleveland, Ohio, wowing this select group of executives with one-of-a-kind venues and sunset views over dinner on the city’s Cuyahoga River. The Association of College & Research Libraries was drawn to Cleveland’s affordability and accessibility.

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