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VOLUME 37, NUMBER 4
SEPTEMBER 2025 TM
ISSN: 1043-2094
“Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians”
Opening the Digital Stacks: Accessibility and Discoverability Across Disciplines This issue is Sponsored by AM Edited by Holly Francis (Associate Head of Marketing, AM) Begins on Page 14
If Rumors Were Horses
W
ell, here we are sliding into September already — can you believe it? The summer has been full of changes and chatter in our little corner of libraries and publishing. As always, I’ve gathered a few tidbits, rumors, and bits of news to share with you all. There’s a lot going on so let’s dive right in!
Hurricane Anniversary Commemorations We recently passed the 20-year anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina (frequently mistaken for my name). The city of New Orleans has created a remembrance called “KATRINA K20: Still Standing, Still New Orleans” with community events taking place across the city. https://katrina20. nola.gov/home/ There was also a documentary on Netflix called “Katrina: Come Hell and High Water” featuring interviews with survivors who reflect on the disastrous storm that forever changed their lives and the systemic inequities it exposed. One of our former conference directors, Jack Montgomery, and his wife Lesley, column editor for Wandering the Web, live in New Orleans but moved there after the storm. We’re also coming up on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene, whose flood waters devastated western NC following landfall in the Florida big bend region. The East continued on page 8
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THIS ISSUE: Opening the Digital Stacks..... 14 How to Position Archives to Different Student Groups........ 16 From the Archive to the Screen: Unlocking Knowledge and Expanding Research................. 19 What Powers Discoverability and Accessibility at the Heart of Your Library?.......................... 22 Archives in Science: Using Colonial Records........................ 24 Curiosity and the Critical Role of Primary Sources in Building Career-Ready Graduates.......... 26
REGULAR COLUMNS Bet You Missed It....................... 11 Reader’s Roundup..................... 40 Booklover.................................... 43 Questions and Answers............ 44 And They Were There............... 47 Seeing the Whole Board.......... 52 Libraries, Leadership, and Synergies.................................... 55 Wandering the Web.................. 59 Biz of Digital............................... 63 The Digital Toolbox.................. 66 Librarian Luminaries................ 68 Back Talk..................................... 78
INTERVIEWS Martha Fogg............................... 70 Katina Strauch........................... 72 Lord Tim Clement-Jones.......... 74
PROFILES ENCOURAGED People, Library and Company Profiles........................................ 76 Plus more...................... See inside