| FEATURES | 
       
       
         Toward Greater Accessibility in the Physical and Digital Library 
           by Jessica Hilburn | 
         Page 17 | 
       
       
         Bonvenon! ĝuu ĉi tiun artikolon pri inventitaj lingvoj (Esperanto for “Welcome! Enjoy This Article on Invented Languages”) 
    by Anthony Aycock  | 
         Page 22 | 
       
       
         | SHORT TAKES  | 
       
       
         Editor’s Note 
              A Welcome Space for All  
             by Brandi Scardilli  | 
         Page 1  | 
       
       
         | Product News | 
         Page 27 | 
       
       
         | Fear Words  | 
         Page 31  | 
       
       
         | COLUMNS | 
       
       
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               A Day in the Life 
               Don’t Be Afraid to Try New Things  
               Helen Balfour
 
                 Interviewed by Justin Hoenke   | 
         Page 4 | 
       
       
          We the People  
               An Entrepreneur Creates a Product to Benefit an Endangered Species: Journalists 
                by Terry Ballard   | 
         Page 6  | 
       
       
         The Help Desk 
      Road-Testing May Mobility 
          by Sophia Guevara   | 
         Page 8  | 
       
       
          The Sporting Life  
                   Negro Leagues Legends Were Just a Little Too Early for Social Media  
         by David King  | 
         Page 9 | 
       
       
          EDI Perspectives 
                   A Profusion of Diversity Statements  
         by Gwen M. Gregory  | 
         Page 10 | 
       
       
          In Other Words 
                   ‘Read’ Letter Days  
         by Lauree Padgett  | 
         Page 11  | 
       
       
         Legal lssues 
                   Copyright Claims Board About to Launch  
         by George H. Pike  | 
         Page 26 | 
       
       
         International Report 
                 Children in the Netherlands Get Free Library Access  
             by John Charlton   | 
         Page 28 | 
       
       
           Database Review  
                   Chapman Survey Tracks American Fears 
         by Mick O’Leary   | 
         Page 30   | 
       
       
         | CONFERENCES | 
       
       
         | Information Today, Inc. Conferences | 
         Page 12 | 
       
       
           Report From the (Home)Field 
      NISO Plus 2022: The Name Doesn’t Say It All 
         by Dave Shumaker  | 
         Page 12 | 
       
       
           Report From the (Home)Field 
      Building Trust: An Interview With the National Library of Medicine’s Patricia Flatley Brennan 
         by Dave Shumaker  | 
         Page 14 | 
       
       
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         Is the Metaverse an Idea Whose Time Has Come?  
           by Kashyap Kompella  | 
         Page 32 | 
       
       
         What the Future of the Metaverse May Hold for the Information Field 
         by Larissa Pack  | 
         Page 34 | 
       
       
         Outside the Box  
               Five Programs to Help You Get Started With Email Marketing  
          by Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig  | 
         Page 36 | 
       
       
          Let’s Get Strategic   
             Best Practices for Finding and Vetting Experts 
         by Linda Pophal  | 
         Page 38 | 
       
       
          AI Ethicist
		  
		 Transgender Bias in AI 
               by Kashyap Kompella  | 
         Page 40  |