Emma Whitford writes: “As fall semester classes get underway, colleges and universities have faced a cascade of so-called swatting calls—false reports of serious crimes intended to trigger a large police response and the deployment of SWAT teams.” The false reports frequently, though not exclusively, focused on library buildings, including at University of South Carolina in Columbia, University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Kansas State University in Manhattan, Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, University of Colorado Boulder, University of New Hampshire in Durham, West Virginia University in Morgantown, and University of Kentucky in Lexington. The Association of College and Research Libraries and Core have a LibGuide on safety and security.