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Information Today September 6, 2012	Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Acquires BSI BSI is a provider of international tax, legal, business, and investment information and advances Wolters Kluwer's portfolio of international information.
Information Today September 6, 2012	ZoomInfo Expands Coverage, Develops New Technologies Business information provider ZoomInfo reached a new milestone, expanding to include detailed, just-verified profiles of 65 million businesspeople and 6 million businesses.
Information Today September 6, 2012	OCLC Member Libraries Can Contribute Metadata to Europeana.eu Portal OCLC member institutions will be able to contribute metadata derived from OCLC's WorldCat database to the Europeana.eu portal in a manner that is consistent with OCLC's WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities for the OCLC Cooperative.
Information Today September 6, 2012 Paula J. Hane	Apple-Samsung Case Highlights America's Troubled Patent System The jury finding in this case has triggered an onslaught of commentary and has also brought up many questions about the nature of the U.S. patent system. The comments have ranged from "software patents are evil" to the U.S. has a "broken patent system."
Searcher September 2012 Barbara Quint	Searcher's Voice - Equality Is Overrated When I see a new information service emerging that proudly proclaims it will accept any input from any interested party, I tend to worry.
Searcher September 2012 Irene E. McDermott	Internet Express: Household Tips on the Web When she wants general housecleaning tips, my colleague Tera Forrest, youth services librarian, turns to websites that offer a full array of advice.
Searcher September 2012 Peter B. Hirtle	Feature: When is 1923 Going to Arrive and Other Complications of the u.s. Public Domain The public domain has always existed, but the rise of digital and networked technologies has made it particularly important. Our copyright laws represent an agreement among powerful publishing and media interests that is intended to work for their mutual benefit.
ONLINE Sep/Oct 2012 Marcy Phelps	Visualization Tools for Turning Information Into Insights Rather than delivering a compilation of articles or pages of text, research professionals add value by turning the information into insights and helping clients understand what it means to them.
ONLINE Sep/Oct 2012 Marydee Ojala	Value, Vision, and Big Data Librarians understood Big Data before Big Data was cool -- and before it gained such popularity. Information professionals must seize these opportunities and convince those outside the profession that we bring significant value to the Big Data world.
Information Today August 30, 2012 Abby Clobridge	MOOCs and the Changing Face of Higher Education Massive Open Online Courses can expand access to learning opportunities, eliminate many geographic and economic barriers to education, create more diverse learning communities, transform lifelong learning, and augment face-to-face and traditional education in new ways.
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