The September 2025
<https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/issue/view/1393> issue of the
open-access journal Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL, a
publication of the American Library Association’s Core division) is now
available. This issue contains the following peer-reviewed articles:

Unlocking the Digitized Historical Newspaper Archive: Exploring Historical
Insights with Deep Learning
<https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17292>, by
Vincent Wai-Yip Lum and Michael Kin-Fu Yip describes a project to utilize
historical newspapers through the application of computer vision and
machine/deep learning to extract the headlines and illustrations from
newspapers for storytelling.

The Invisible Default: Examining Representation in Digital Collections
<https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17306>, by
Kaylee P. Alexander, Dorothy Terry, Jasmine Kirby, Rachel Jane Wittmann,
and Anna Neatrour, investigates the representation of race and ethnicity
within the J. Willard Marriott Digital Library at the University of Utah
and introduces a novel approach to metadata analysis that may guide future
digital collection initiatives toward enhanced diversity and inclusion.

Finding Aids Unleashed: Iterative Development of a Portable Publication
System <https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17328>,
by Deb Verhoff, Joseph G. Pawletko, Donald R. Mennerich, and Laura Henze,
describes a redesign for their finding aids publishing service to replace
an outdated XSLT stylesheet publishing method and presents the overall
systems design for the suite of microservices used to automate and scale
this process.

From Weberian Rationalization to JavaScript Components: Modularism in
Academic Library Software
<https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17357>, by Mark
E. Eaton, considers modular approaches to building library software and
situates these practices within the context of the rationalizing logics of
modern programming.

MAPping out the Future from the Past
<https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17363>, by
Teresa K. Hebron, traces the history of Mountain West Digital Library's
metadata application profile, compares five published standards to date,
and focuses primarily on decisions and changes made in the most recent
version, published in early 2020.

Using Springshare’s LibCal to Move Librarians off the Reference Desk
<https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/16935>, by Karen
Munro, provides a practical case study in implementing a service model
change, with emphasis on how the library adapted LibCal to support the
service to serve librarians and students.

This issue also has our regular contributed columns:

From the Field: Uncovering the Works by Early Modern Women Printers: An
Experiment with Generative AI
<https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17525>, by Tang
(Cindy) Tian and Daniela Rovida, presents a project that uses ChatGPT-4o to
identify contributions of women to the printing trade during the hand press
era.
ITAL & …: Free Online Graphic Design Software: Canva versus Adobe Express
<https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17532>, by Jess
Barth, compares two free online graphic design programs to help choose one
over the other.

We invite all readers to contribute to the journal. If you are involved in
any aspect of libraries—we consider this an inclusive scope, including
cultural memory institutions such as museums, archives, and more—we welcome
submissions for peer-reviewed articles or communications. *Information
Technology and Libraries* is proud to be diamond open access—that is, it is
free to read for all, charges no article processing fees to authors or
their institutions, and content is published under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/>. Want to know more? See
our Call for Submissions
<https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/call-for-submissions>. If you
have questions or wish to propose a topic, get in touch!

Sincerely,

Ken Varnum, Editor
*Information Technology and Libraries <https://ital.corejournals.org/>*