EDITOR'S NOTES
Creating Efficient Solutions
by Brandi Scardilli
Librarians are experts at learning from each other. They find resources and adapt them to their own needs. Then, they turn around and publish (or speak about) their process to show others how they can repeat the success in their own communities. An efficient way to share is to create a framework for newcomers to follow and to list the infrastructure that librarians will need to have in place to implement that plan. In this issue, five authors provide frameworks for accomplishing a library task and describe the infrastructures they use to do so. Although mostly geared to academia, their advice can be applied in any library setting. There’s that knack for adaptation coming into play!
Susan McClellan (University of Pittsburgh) takes readers into the world of deepfakes, explaining why it’s so important for students to learn how to spot them and describing strategies for how libraries can effectively teach that skill. Debra Bernstein (Hofstra University) guides her fellow health sciences info pros toward ethical AI use by modifying an existing framework she found helpful. Bernstein’s insights on how she tailored the framework and is now implementing it show librarians how to think clearly about AI. Connie Stovall (Virginia Tech) and Doug Dechow (Chapman University) highlight some free tools for assessing research impact and fostering research intelligence. They provide concrete examples for leveraging the tools in various settings. Writer and speaker Cal LaFountain shares his perspective on how the solid reliability of libraries thrives in a world of flashy tech giants in terms of time awareness, redundancy and continuity, talent management, resource sharing, and ignoring hype in favor of reliability.
Sincerely,
Brandi Scardilli,
Editor in Chief
bscardilli@infotoday.com
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