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Following two previous studies in 2010 and 2013, this study intends to identify current trends of Sam Houston State University students' technology and communication needs and preferences regarding library services and resources. Drawing comparisons to two previous local studies and national data sets, such as those from Pew Internet Research and the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR), the findings revealed, among other things, a decline in tablet usage and interest, continued need for library computers, and a complex relationship between social media usage and engagement with the library. The results of this survey will inform and guide the library and the profession to most efficiently and effectively offer desired library services and engage students on appropriate social media platforms.

In chapter 13, Sarah P. C. Dahlen and Jeff D. Corrigan describe how their library developed an assessment tool to determine the information literacy skills and library knowledge of their transfer students to better understand and support them. This, combined with the fact that transfer student populations are growing, motivated the editors to encourage other librarians to share their transfer student programming success stories. Edited by Nancy Fawley, Ann Marshall, and Mark Robison. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information of Austin Harbutt MacCormick who may be best known in Texas for conducting a comprehensive survey of the Texas Prison System in 1944. Topics discussed include the sweeping reforms that followed his survey revitalized Texas penitentiaries and the manner in which prisoners were supervised; and 1974 Carasco Siege of the Huntsville Unit and the Ruiz lawsuits in the 1980s often overshadow Austin MacCormick's story.