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These institutions are using the Bath Protocol to remedy the outdated Z39.50 protocol. S. R. Ranganathan’s (10[1])(“RUNG-guh-nah-thun’s”) fifth rule of these institutions calls them “growing organisms.” Many of these institutions are moving from proprietary ILSes (“I-L-S’s”) like Voyager to open-source Koha 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 like OCLC’s WorldCat. (10[1])Study of these institutions, (10[1])which is grouped (10[1])with information science, involves understanding acquisitions, circulation, and reference. These institutions are organized by the Dewey Decimal (10[1])System. For 10 points, name these institutions that loan patrons books. ■END■

ANSWER: libraries [or library; prompt on archives; reject “bookshop(s)” or “bookstore(s)”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsVassar1510
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BRowan7310
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayNYU B7710
Halle FriedmanNYU APenn8010
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia AHaverford9710