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VOLUME 43 • ISSUE 2 • Summer 2026
Information Today
The Newsmagazine for Users and Producers of Digital Information Services

*Look for select content from this issue at newsbreaks.infotoday.com*
FEATURES
Semi-What? History Resources to Celebrate the United States’ 250th by Anthony Aycock	Page 13
Knowledge Is Power: Why Democracy Needs Libraries More Than Ever by Jessica Hilburn	Page 16
James Madison’s Legacy: The Past, Present, and Future of FOIA by Kurt Brenneman	Page 20
For an additional article on the America250 theme, see the NewsBreak: "America at 250: A Republic of Algorithms" by Kashyap Kompella
*SHORT TAKE*
*Editor’s Note* Birthday Wishes by Brandi Scardilli	Page 1
In Memoriam	Page 2
*COLUMNS*
A Day in the Life Resilience in the Wake of IMLS Upheaval Dennis Nangle Interviewed by Justin Hoenke	Page 4
*Database Review* Nationhood Lab Advances the American Nations Model by Mick O’Leary	Page 6
*Help Desk* Going Beyond Voicemail by Sophia Guevara	Page 9
We the People Public Libraries at Our Nation’s 250th Birthday by Phil Shapiro	Page 10
After Hours Tracking Hidden History by Thomas Pack	Page 12
DEI Perspectives What Library Checkout Records Reveal by Marci Wilding	Page 24
*CONFERENCES*
Information Today, Inc. Conferences	Page 8
*Report From the Field* On the Ground at Computers in Libraries 2026 by Brandi Scardilli	Page 8

Archivists and AI: Ethical Concerns and the Hidden Cost by Marcella Lees	Page 26
Let’s Get Strategic Trust Before the Transaction: Content Marketing’s 250-Year American Story by Linda Pophal	Page 28
*Mobile Content* Balancing Usability and Ethics to Build Better Apps by Marianne Kay	Page 29
Outside the Box Celebrating America’s History via Technology by Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig	Page 31

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