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The article provide examples and instruction on how to make acquisitions process of libraries more efficient with the use of technology-driven acquisitions model as compared to paper-driven acquisitions model. Topics discussed include retrieving the desired record in the cataloging module, using Google tools for filing, tracking and filtering and implementing time-saving strategies at one time.

The article reports on the author's initiative to design and share fun, paper-based math games for diverse age groups, utilizing tools like LibreOffice Calc, and details the evolution of the Pairs Math Game, its varied versions, and potential uses in educational and community settings. The author also emphasizes promoting playful conversations about numbers and fostering a sense of agency in students to invent their math questions.

The article focuses on the challenges and complexities associated with citations in research papers. It highlights the importance of citations in validating information and guiding further research, but acknowledges the confusion and difficulties students face in understanding different citation styles and formats. It also discusses the role of citation generators in helping students create accurate citations and mentions several popular citation generator tools.

The article offers information on the intersection of AI, research, and its impact on scientific literature. Topics include concerns about the ethical implications of AI-generated content, fraudulent research papers created by paper mills, and the increasing retractions of scientific literature. The author reflects on the potential consequences of the rise in spurious publications on research impact metrics and raises concerns about research integrity.

The article offers information on San Joaquin Valley in central California is home to our nation's largest agricultural region, and a disproportionate number of our residents live in poverty and how can we guarantee access for all of our students and children when their families and communities cannot provide the services they need. Topics include the group of dedicated library educators has decided to take on the challenge has presented this news paper headline in spring 2018.

The article informs about how digital storytelling allow the students to share their voices and also to become more competent with technology. Topics include how storytelling tools let students take charge of their learning in ways that are meaningful and creative, and that help them develop critical thinking skills; and how through digital storytelling students can express what they have learned, as they are willing to create a storyboard for a commercial rather than to write a paper.

The article discusses the Digital Commons @ EMU, online institutional repositories (IRs). Topics include providing opportunity for the library and the institution which impact on student and faculty research papers; containing collections from 244 disciplines such as social and behavioral sciences and business; and views of Julia Nims, scholarly communications librarian at EMU on place for sharing materials in university's history.

The article offers information on the Computer Library industry as of June 2022. Topics discussed include Springer Nature is set to secure a transitional OA agreement for Nature, Nature research journals, and Palgrave journals; Elsevier has entered into an agreement to acquire Interfolio, which provides advanced faculty information solutions for higher education; and Aries Systems Corp. and Figshare have entered a partnership to promote and facilitate sharing the open data from academic papers.

The article reports that eLife, will no longer make accept/reject decisions after peer review. Instead, every paper will be published as a reviewed preprint, which combines the manuscript with eLife's peer reviews and a brief assessment of the findings' significance and evidence quality.

The article focuses on lending of equipment is which governed by an Equipment Lending Agreement form that students complete each academic year which governs usage of laptops, tablets, handheld video recorders, microphones and wireless presenters. Topics discussed include expansion in Wi-Fi and bring your own device policies (BYOD), lending high-tech, high-price equipment such as video cameras, box cameras, and audiorecording and paper-based records into integrated library system (ILS).

The article highlights impact of open access (OA) on preparing for changes in scholar publishing. Topics discussed include research papers which published on library-managed websites that operated at cost of print subscriptions; the scholarly publishing industry on navigating the transition from print to digital formats; and OA gaining on involving advance payment of article-processing charge (APC).

The article offers information the U.S. Census Bureau, a free data mine available through the internet. The U.S. Census Bureau offers a number of opportunities including improved collection management, improved library programming and enhance grant proposals. Data being provided by Census include school projects and homework, professional reports and college research papers.