EDITOR'S NOTES
Achieving Diverse Library Goals
by Dick Kaser
This issue contains case studies and best practices articles by librarians who were aiming to achieve their library’s top priorities. Health sciences librarian Sadie Davenport (Blaisdell Medical Library at the University of California–Davis in Sacramento) talks about how she utilized the LibGuides platform and developed a set of resources for instruction and outreach. Davenport found that LibGuides could do much more than she imagined.
Solving a digital content delivery challenge, Theresa Carlson and Rita Baladad (librarians at Northern Arizona University’s Cline Library) discuss the issues and best practices involved in acquiring streaming media resources to support academic curriculum, often one item at a time.
Improving the usability of the library’s recording studio was the aim of Michael Standard (University of Tennessee), who shares his advice for better assisting library users in podcasting and other recording projects.
Intrepid library security expert Steve Albrecht discusses how to keep your library secure after receiving a bomb threat. You may be surprised at his practical and logical advice for responding safely without panicking.
In the EDTECH section, teacher and author Julie Darling shares some tips from her new guidebook for teaching computer science concepts to early childhood learners.
Columnist Suzanne LaPierre (Fairfax County Public Library) shows how you might address accessibility issues with your physical collection. And Marshall Breeding takes on the current issues regarding library services platforms in academia.
In this issue, we say farewell to Mary Ellen Bates, who has a written a column for us for 3 decades. We will miss her wit and wisdom and wish her nothing but the best.
That’s it for this year. Happy Holidays—see you in 2025!
Dick Kaser, Executive Editor
kaser@infotoday.com
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