Letter from the Editors (September 2023) Letter from the Editors Kenneth J. Varnum and Marisha C. Kelly INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES | SEPTEMBER 2023 https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v42i3.169XX The September 2023 issue marks the first at our new URL, https://ital.corejournals.org/. After more than a decade of generous sponsorship by Boston College, Information Technology and Libraries is now hosted by ALA Production Services. From the reader perspective, very little other than the domain name has changed. Most links to pages and articles at the earlier site (https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital) redirect to their new locations, as do DOIs for already published articles. However, if you spot anything that seems off, please let us know! In July, ITAL’s Editorial Board began meeting with its new cohort. We welcome Cindi Blyberg, Joanna DiPasquale, John Klima, Ellen Schmid, and Le Yang to the Editorial Board and are excited to have them join us. The Board’s focus over the next few months will be to review and update the journal’s mission statement to make sure that it reflects the audiences we hope to reach and the range of topics that are of most interest to readers. We will be providing updates over the coming issues. Rest assured that the focus of the journal—the intersection of technology and libraries and other cultural memory institutions—will remain at the forefront. In this Issue Peer-reviewed articles in the current issue are listed here: • “Redesigning Research Guides: Lessons Learned from Usability Testing at the University of Memphis,” by Jessica McClure, Carl Hess, and David Marsicano • “Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Mobile Application for Academic Library Services: A Study in a Developing Country,” by Hamid Reza Saeidnia, Marcin Kozak, Brady Lund, Nishith Reddy Mannuru, Hamid Keshavarz, Bakthavachalam Elango, Afshin Babajani, and Ali Ghorbi • “DSpace 7 Benefits: Is It Worth Upgrading?” by Matus Formanek • “Privacy Audit of Public Access Computers and Networks at a Public College Library,” by Katelyn Angell • “From ChatGPT to CatGPT: The Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Library Cataloging,” by Richard Brzustowicz The September contribution to our regular “Public Libraries Leading the Way” column, “Automating the Diversity Audit Process” by Rachel Fischer of the Cooperative Computer Services, a public library consortium in Illinois provides a discussion of tools that can help describe the diversity of a library’s collections. Be a Part of a Future Issue As the U.S. academic year hurdles to a close this spring, it’s a great time to think about the work you’ve accomplished and what you might share with your library colleagues near and far. Our Call for Submissions outlines the topics of interest to the journal—basically, if the submission discusses the intersection of libraries/archives/museums and technology, it’s potentially in scope—and the process for submitting an article. We’d love to consider your article for publication. Or, if you have an idea you’d like to discuss with ITAL’s editors, contact either of us at the email addresses below. Kenneth J. Varnum, Editor Marisha C. Kelly, Assistant Editor varnum@umich.edu marisha.librarian@gmail.com https://ital.corejournals.org/ https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/15535 https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/15535 https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/15977 https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/15977 https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/16209 https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/16233 https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/16295 https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/16925 https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/call-for-submissions mailto:varnum@umich.edu mailto:marisha.librarian@gmail.com In this Issue Be a Part of a Future Issue