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Item From the Editor's Desktop(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Comer, Alberta DavisWelcome to the winter 2006 issue. As you can tell by the name at the top of the page, Indiana Libraries has a new editor. I started my position this past August and am excited about the opportunity to bring you informative and interesting articles about libraries. Emily Okada from IU-Bloomington has graciously agreed to continue as assistant editor. Joining her are two new assistant editors, Marissa Priddis from Alexandrian Public Library and Julie Moline, school librarian in Franklin Township. I hope that having assistant editors from diverse libraries will allow us to offer articles from across the spectrum of librarianship.Item In Step With Indiana Authors... This Month Featuring an Interview With Michael Koryta(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Comer, Alberta DavisIt is appropriate that the inaugural issue of this column features an author whose first book was published when he was 21. Michael Koryta's first novel, Tonight I Said Goodbye, published a mere two years ago, has won two prestigious awards, the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First Private Eye Novel award in 2003, before publication, and the Great Lakes Book Award for Mystery/Intrigue in September 2005. His book was also a finalist for the Edgar award for best first novel. His new book, Sorrow's Anthem, should be out in February and he is hard at work on a third novel.Item Studying Indiana Public Libraries' Usage of Internet Filters(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Comer, Alberta DavisA lot of literature from the past few years has discussed the importance of bridging the digital divide that exists between those with Internet access and those without. Public libraries have often declared themselves to be that bridge. This article looks at how Indiana's public libraries allow the citizens they serve access to the Internet. With a grant from the University Research Committee of Indiana State University, I studied the use of filtering software and other restrictions that have been placed on patrons' computer usage. To determine Internet policies and usage here, I mailed a survey to all 434 Indiana public libraries (239 main and 195 branches) in the autumn of 2003. Thirty-three percent (144 of the 434 mailed) of the surveys were returned.