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Amherst College launches open-access scholarly press

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Benedict XVI (Pontifex) on Twitter

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For New Acquisitions, UMD Libraries Choose Ebooks by Default

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Scrooge Is My Brother

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Senior Tech #1: How To Master Texting

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