EDITOR'S NOTES
Summertime and the Reading Is Meaty
by Dick Kaser
We’re breaking from our usual thematic format this issue to bring you a sampling of readings on a panoply of tech subjects, each meant to tantalize your taste buds and stimulate your mind as you lounge on the beach. Well, maybe the salivating part is a bit much, but this issue is, in a word, meaty. Jessamyn West shares tips from her personal privacy toolkit for teaching patrons about online privacy. You might learn a few things about protecting your personal privacy too.
Jeremiah Kellogg tells you how he used IT project management software to quantify the work he does as a systems librarian. You might emulate his model to better understand or defend your own job.
Rachel Evans and Sharon Bradley evaluate and rate four timeline apps that will help you tell your library’s story or any story that can be documented using your archives.
Senovia Guevara reviews the Khan Academy learning platform and its application in K–12 schools. But it’s for everyone, and you may find a free course that will help you master the skills you need.
Jennifer Bruneau discusses how small libraries have particular challenges when it comes to IT management, noting various approaches and recommending ways to get help right now.
Sarah Sawicki and her colleagues at Richland library, Diana Keane and Phillip Higgins, describe their work in developing an open source solution for event management. It turned out to be a platform for truly engaging patrons. They want to share the love by inviting you to partner.
Cal LaFountain challenges the static book club model by suggesting many ways that other media can be used to enrich the book club experience and engage new participants in literary discourse at your library.
I hope you find this issue is a tasty sampler with many tantalizing ideas to pursue before the summer ends.
Dick Kaser, Executive Editor
kaser@infotoday.com
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