The May 2013 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. Thanks to everyone who joined us in Indianapolis for ACRL 2013. It was a great conference! If your experiences inspired you to share your great ideas and projects with your peers, make sure to read Trudi Bellardo Hahn and Paul T. Jaeger’s article [...]

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The April 2013 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. As graduation season approaches, the thoughts of many LIS students turns to the job search. Librarians at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro helped prepare a cohort of students for this process through a series of mock phone and in-person job interviews. Agnes K. [...]

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The March 2013 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. With the coming of spring, many students are hitting the road for the traditional spring break excursions. But academic and research librarians are pretty adept at travel, as well. This month’s issue features two articles with different perspectives on librarians traveling to work [...]

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The February 2013 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. Benn Joseph kicks off our second issue of 2013 with an overview of how Northwestern University took advantage of a digitization initiative from a local consortium to scan and make available online archives of the Purple Parrot humor magazine, along with other materials. [...]

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The January 2013 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. Recruiting, developing, and evaluating human resources is an essential part of maintaining quality services. To encourage and support staff working towards MLIS degrees, the University of Alaska Anchorage developed an informal discussion forum to connect students with degreed librarians. Daria O. Carle, Christie [...]

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The December 2012 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. The research projects academic and research librarians undertake to improve their libraries can sometimes have unintended benefits. Andrea A. Wirth and Margaret Mellinger discuss how a study at Oregon State University helped librarians develop a water resources research guide in their article “Improving [...]

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The November 2012 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. As the move towards greater accountability on campus increases, many libraries are exploring new and creative ways to demonstrate their value. In their article “A programmatic approach,” Nicole Pagowsky and Jaime Hammond discuss ways in which Naugatuck Community College and the University of [...]

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The October 2012 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. With the new term in full swing, library instruction schedules are starting to fill with requests for classes. Allison Hosier discuses implementing team-based learning in the information literacy classroom in her article “When teachers are taught to learn.” Assessing the success of library [...]

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The September 2012 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. With the new academic year comes new roles and opportunities for many librarians, both at their institutions and in their professional associations. In the first edition of a yearlong series, ACRL President Steven J. Bell encourages academic and research librarians to launch “A [...]

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The July/August 2012 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. As noted in last issue’s “2012 top ten trends in academic libraries” report, scholarly communication issues continue to be a major focus in our profession. Micah Vandegrift and Gloria Colvin provide valuable advice for developing awareness of open access and scholarly publishing issues [...]

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