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These institutions are using the Bath Protocol to remedy the outdated Z39.50 protocol. S. R. Ranganathan’s (“RUNG-guh-nah-thun’s”) fifth rule of these institutions (10[1])calls them “growing organisms.” (10[1])Many of these institutions are moving from proprietary ILSes (“I-L-S’s”) like Voyager to open-source Koha (-5[1])and Evergreen for their next-generation OPACs, called discovery systems. MARC standards are used at these institutions to standardize machine-readable records, supporting authority control. Information from these institutions is collected in union catalogs (10[1])like OCLC’s WorldCat. (10[2])Study of these institutions, (10[1])which is grouped with information science, involves understanding acquisitions, (10[1])circulation, and reference. These institutions are organized by the Dewey (10[1])Decimal System. For 10 points, name these institutions that loan patrons books. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: libraries [or library; prompt on archives; reject “bookshop(s)” or “bookstore(s)”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Liberty A (Grad)2010
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)Roanoke College A (DII)2410
Kevin Jiang (UG)Duke A (UG)GWU A (UG)38-5
Minh Nguyen (DII)Virginia A (UG)Maryland B (UG)7010
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Virginia B (UG)7310
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)Liberty C (DII)7310
Bhargav Garre Venkata (DII)Virginia C (UG)Liberty B (DII)7710
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)8610
Alice Zhong (DII)UNC D (DII)JMU B (UG)9610
Ethan Cohen (UG)GWU A (UG)Duke A (UG)10910