BLACK HISTORY NCSU App n CLOSED? Dental Library n 2012 Year in Review JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION The Conversation Starts in Seattle PLUS n Manufacturing Makerspaces n 10 Tech Tips n Foreclosures Not a Foregone Conclusion Midwinter Preview and Dining Guide 9 by Random House Audio 9 by Recorded Books 9by by Recorded Recorded Books Books at www.recordedbooks.com/oneclickdigital informationcall 1-877-828-2833or visit us For more Visit usat ALAMid-WinterBooth#1641! 9 by AudioGo 9 by Macmillan Audio Your Source forQualityeAudio Source Your eBookscomingsoon! Live multi-accesstitlesanywhere collectionof thelargest Offering tolibrariesineAudio for100%ofthe Theonlysource New York Times New York 9 by Tantor Audio 9 by Books on Tape technical supportforpatrons 9 by Harper Audio 9 by Blackstone Audio best-sellersavailable 9 by Recorded Books 9 by AudioGo CONTENTS AMERICAN LIBRARIES | January/February 2013 Features 44 2012: YEAR IN REVIEW 34 Our recap of industry highlights BY THE EDITORS UNLOCKING THE RICHES 40 OF HATHITRUST It’s a whole new world for digital access A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH KAREN COYLE, ­bARBARA FISTER, AND JAMES GRIMMELMANN MANUFACTURING MAKERSPACES 44 Products, resources, and models to help your library get started BY TRAVIS GOOD AND THE EDITORS 50 10 GREAT TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES FOR YOUR LIBRARY Want to incorporate new ideas into your library’s digital strategy? Here are some tips 56 BY ELLYSSA KROSKI LIBRARIES HELP HOMEOWNERS 56 FIGHT FORECLOSURE With free clinics and expert panelists, one library 34 has been at the forefront of helping residents find relief during the housing crisis BY DENIZ KORAY SEATTLE: FOOD HEAVEN 68 Your dining guide to Midwinter 2013 BY CONNIE ADAMS 40 COVER STORY 60 THE CONVERSATION STARTS HERE 2013 Midwinter Preview BY STEPHANIE KUENN Art design by Krista Joy Johnson. CONTENTS AMERICAN LIBRARIES | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 | VOLUME 44 #1/2 | ISSN 0002-9769 Departments 68 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 32 IN PRACTICE E-Discovery with QR Codes BY MEREDITH FARKAS PEOPLE 74 CURRENTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 80 YOUTH MATTERS Teacher Librarian Tips BY MICHELLE LUHTALA AND DAN AMBROSIO 81 OUTSIDE/IN Develop Your Emotional Intelligence BY DAVID LEE KING AND MICHAEL PORTER 82 Librarian’s LIBRARY Updates and Trends Disaster Recovery, Going Green, Protecting 10 ALA Privacy: How We Do Librarianship 18 PERSPECTIVES BY KAREN MULLER 83 ROUSING READS 28 NEWSMAKER: Jenica Rogers Hot Country BY BILL OTT Special News Reports 84 SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES OPINION AND COMMENTARY 17 ALA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: 4 FROM THE EDITOR LEADING TO THE FUTURE Engaging Our Communities BY LAURIE D. BORMAN 6 executive director’s MESSAGE Reenvisioning ALA BY KEITH MICHAEL FIELS 8 President’s MESSAGE What You Can Do about Ebooks and Libraries BY MAUREEN SULLIVAN 30 ON MY MIND 50 60 Libraries as Safe Spaces BY SHAWN VAILLANCOURT 17 31 ANOTHER STORY Why Do Publishers Hate Us? 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Check out surprising Managing Editor Pew Research Center stats, the truth about ebook pricing, the Sanhita SinhaRoy • [email protected] • x4219 Senior Editor launch of Google Fiber at the library, and the new Andrew Car­ George M. Eberhart • [email protected] • x4212 Senior Editor negie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. 2012: It Beverly Goldberg • [email protected] • x4217 Associate Editor was an exciting, though admittedly sometimes challenging year. Phil Morehart • [email protected] • x4218 If I were predicting a library theme for 2013, it would be commu­ Advertising and Marketing Specialist Katie Bane • [email protected] • x5105 nity engagement. Libraries and librarians are looking for ways to design and production better serve the needs of their local populations, whether that com­ Managing Editor, ALA Production Services Chris Keech munity is a city, a campus, or a school. Senior Production Editor Kirstin Krutsch Senior Production Editor Krista Joy Johnson Libraries and librarians This issue of American Libraries re­ publishing department flects part of that broad spectrum of Associate Executive Director Donald Chatham are looking for ways to Marketing Director Mary Mackay engagement efforts. For example, we Rights, Permissions, Reprints Mary Jo Bolduc • x5416 better serve the needs of found libraries across the country are scaling back the stacks and even put­ columnists their local populations, Meredith Farkas, Joseph Janes, David Lee King, Will whether that community ting trailers in parking lots to make Manley, Karen Muller, Bill Ott, Michael Porter room for makerspaces (see story on p. membership development is a city, a campus, or a 44). There’s a long history of making Director Ron Jankowski things in libraries, beginning with school. advisory committee quilting clubs and crafting classes. If Chair Paul Signorelli, Brian Coutts, Luren Dickinson, Brenda Pruitt-Annisette, Sarah Rosenblum, you’re planning a makerspace for your facility, we cover three mod­ David Tyckoson, Susan M. Weaver; Interns Sian Brannon, Molly Krichten els that work and provide a list of practical resources, including Editorial policy: ALA Policy Manual, section 10.2 types of equipment, and price tags. Libraries can engage with those who need help staying in their advertising representative Doug Lewis • [email protected] • 770-333-1281 community too. The feature on page 56 explains how the San Diego Acceptance of advertising does not constitute endorse- County (Calif.) Public Library joined forces with Housing Opportu­ ment. ALA reserves the right to refuse advertising. nities Collaborative, a nonprofit foreclosure­prevention organiza­ indexed tion, to help local financially strapped residents keep their homes. 1996–2010 index at americanlibrariesmagazine.org. 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