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These institutions are using the Bath Protocol to remedy the outdated Z39.50 protocol.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 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 with information (10[1])science, involves (10[1])understanding acquisitions, circulation, and reference. These institutions (10[1])are organized by the Dewey Decimal 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
Martin AlfayaKentuckyVanderbilt A7310
Caden HausteinHardingAlabama7710
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech BSouth Carolina8210
Jack LewisMTSUGeodesic8410
Nathaniel MuncyTennesseeVanderbilt B9110