Volume 46, Number 1 - January/February 2022
EDITORIALFrontLines Page 4 Without access, knowledge is unavailable. Without digital skills, knowledge may be unobtainable. By Marydee Ojala DEPARTMENTSPage 8 Search Engine Update Page 30 Conference Corral Internet Librarian Connects FEATURESPage 10 Digital transformation has been a hot topic for several years, but the pandemic brought urgency to the process. Dobrica Savic identifies the enablers and drivers of digital transformation. He then describes four potential impacts on libraries, from products and services to customer centricity. Although digital transformation places new demands on workers, done well, it can keep libraries relevant both now and in the future. By Dobrica Savić Page 16 Enhancing Online Access to Academic Conferences and Seminars Online databases and web searching have long addressed the issues of finding journal and news articles, along with many other forms of information. What has been missing is an aggregated approach to surfacing presentations from academic conferences and seminars. Several companies are now tackling these sources of research and discussion, as Barbie Keiser explains. By Barbie E. Keiser Page 26 The rules have changed in the negotiating world. Librarians not only want to know about pricing, licensing restrictions, and content, but also about how the content reflects diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and whether the vendor's values align with DEI. University librarian Elizabeth Speer has developed an approach to vendor communications to meet these new negotiation challenges. By Elizabeth Speer COLUMNSInternet Express Page 33 New Year, Same Old Challenges: Helpful Applications and Tech for Keeping Resolutions If you fall into the same routine of making resolutions each January only to have them fall by the wayside by February, Carly Lamphere's first 2022 column may help you stay the course. She has found a range of apps to keep you organized in and out of the office, use role-playing games to make some resolutions habit-forming, and turn potential hobbies, from writing to knitting, into productive activities. By Carly Lamphere InfoLit Land Page 36 Teaching Faculty to Develop Student Researchers Librarians are committed to information literacy and diligently teach info lit to students. Yet it's the faculty who also need competency if they are to develop good student researchers. To that end, Bill Badke developed a series of workshops for faculty on information literacy. By William Badke The Dollar Sign Page 39 Beyond Socially Responsible Investing: Corporate Sustainability Increasingly, investors are taking social responsibility into account when they decide where to put their money. Marydee Ojala looks into how individuals and businesses can determine the social responsibility and sustainability of companies with which they do business. By Marydee Ojala Metrics Mashup Page 42 Measuring the Impact of Research From Grey Literature and Preprints With grey literature and preprints growing as sources for the latest research, it's important for metrics analysis to move beyond its traditional boundaries of peer-reviewed literature to determine impact and value. By Elaine M. Lasda Hard Copy Page 45 Recommended Reading on Liaison Librarianship, Deficit Thinking, Planning and Assessment, and Scholarly Publishing By Jennifer A. Bartlett Online Spotlight Page 48 Info Pros as a Service Now that we've seen the rise of Everything as a Service (XaaS), Mary Ellen Bates suggests that information professionals capitalize on their agility and flexibility to provide insights and connections. By Mary Ellen Bates |
