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11923	Varnum, Kenneth J.	Letter from the Editor (December 2019)	2019-12-16	1	.pdf	application/pdf	337	25	51	Letter from the Editor (December 2019) Letter from the Editor Kenneth J. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES | DECEMBER 2019 1 HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.6017/ITAL.V38I4.11923 Earlier this fall, I had the privilege of participating in the Sharjah Library Conference, a three-day for how much the issues I spend so much of my professional time on—information access, equity, The experience reinforces the importance of important open access publications such as Information Technology and Libraries. While "open access" doesn't remove every possible barrier to accessing the knowledge, experience, and lessons contained within in its virtual cover, it does remove the all-important paywall. Our open access status gives this journal a vibrant platform for sharing knowledge, experience, I hope you find this issue's contents useful and informative, and will share the items you find most knowledge and experience to our collective wisdom through a contribution to the journal. Varnum, Editor varnum@umich.edu https://www.sibfala.com/program http://www.sba.gov.ae/ http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/iro https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/about mailto:varnum@umich.edu	./cache/11923.pdf	./txt/11923.txt