EDITOR'S NOTES
I Wish I Had Thought of That
by Dick Kaser
Contributors to this issue were faced with a challenge and found an innovative tech solution. Given the increased emphasis librarians have placed on online solutions in response to the pandemic, many of these accounts focus on remote learning, virtual communication, and online access—all of which are aspects of library services that are here to stay.
Among the eureka moments is the story of how Sarah Kantor (University of Tennessee–Chattanooga) found herself creating a portable sound studio to lend out to remote learners from, of all things, a cat bed.
Shannan Prukop and Matthew Loaiza (teen services librarians at the San Antonio Public Library) describe how they wanted to provide teens with a remote space as liberating as the one inside the library. By adopting and deploying the communication platform Discord, they did just that.
Ed Bromiel, Lauren Gonzalez, and Cindy Khatri (Downers Grove Public Library) describe how they created podcasts to reach out to their community regarding equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) issues.
Stephen Fadel (business librarian at California State University–Monterey Bay) shares his tips for making better video tutorials by using TechSmith’s Camtasia Studio software.
Hyun Kim (Kennesaw State University) describes how she and her teammates used collaborative documents to visualize the new workflows in database acquisitions and digital content subscriptions following two major reorganizations that kept the departments involved at a distance from each other.
Whether you are back at the shop or still working remotely, I hope you find inspiration in these many creative and inventive approaches using tech to reach patrons wherever they are.
Dick Kaser, Executive Editor
kaser@infotoday.com
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