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VOLUME 37, NUMBER 5
NOVEMBER 2025 TM
ISSN: 1043-2094
“Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians”
AI in Libraries a Year In: Real World Implementations and Implications Guest Edited by Gwendolyn Reece, PhD (Director of Research, Teaching and Learning, American University Library) Begins on Page 14
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If Rumors Were Horses Updates from Katina Thank you to all of you who have called, emailed, texted or wrote to wish my family good luck in WinstonSalem. It is indeed a great town, and our daughter Ileana Jacks has thought of anything and everything we will need! It’s also really great to be so close to some of the grandchildren! Of course, we miss all our friends in Charleston and Sullivan’s Island, but, hey! we’ve got email and text to keep in touch! It’s amazing to see all the changes that are still happening in Charleston. We have subscribed to the Post & Courier online so we can try to keep up! I also send much thanks to everyone who helped with the move especially Sharna Williams, my long-time right-hand assistant! To all y’all — please come and visit in person or virtually! All the email and virtual addresses still work! 2828 Wesleyan Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, katina.strauch@gmail.com, kstrauch@comcast.net And talk about indispensable, Leah Hinds is keeping it all going — ATG, Rumors, etc. the Conference in Charleston and Charleston in Between in Berlin and a new conference next year in Bangkok, not to mention Katina Magazine! Whew!! Gosh! Do y’all know that between all this, Leah’s two children, Maddie and Jacob, are both getting ready to graduate from college, and Maddie got married last December and Jacob got engaged in April! What a whirlwind!! continued on page 8
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THIS ISSUE: AI in Libraries a Year In............ 14 Libraries and GenAI.................. 15 Building an AI Plane While Flying It....................................... 17 Navigating Complexity............. 19 Embedded AI in Practice.......... 23 Crisis at Isla Nublar................... 27
REGULAR COLUMNS Bet You Missed It....................... 10 Reader’s Roundup..................... 31 Booklover.................................... 35 Questions and Answers............ 36 Seeing the Whole Board.......... 38 Wandering the Web.................. 40 Libraries, Leadership, and Synergies.................................... 43 Biz of Digital – Outlook, Email, and Teams....................... 45 Biz of Digital – Leveraging Static Web Technology............. 48 The Digital Toolbox.................. 50 Optimizing Library Services.... 51 Back Talk..................................... 62
INTERVIEWS María R. Estorino....................... 53 Innovator’s Saga — Interview with Sol Rosenberg................... 56
PROFILES ENCOURAGED People, Library and Company Profiles........................................ 58 Plus more...................... See inside