ACRL announces the publication of Past or Portal? Enhancing Undergraduate Learning through Special Collections and Archives, edited by Eleanor Mitchell, Peggy Seiden, and Suzy Taraba. In the age of ubiquitous access to information, library special collections and archives have received renewed attention through digitization projects designed to share collections with the world at large. Yet [...]

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ACRL announces the publication of Environments for Student Growth and Development: Libraries and Student Affairs in Collaboration, edited by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Melissa Autumn Wong. Environments for Student Growth and Development focuses on collaborations between campus student services and libraries. Librarians and student affairs professionals share a commitment to student success and holistic development, [...]

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The ACRL College Libraries Section (CLS) is pleased to announce the launch of CLIPP: College Library Information on Policy and Practice, a reconceptualization of ACRL’s CLIPNotes publication series. Offering the same high quality policy and procedure documents that CLIPNote readers have relied on for more than 30 years, this next generation monographic series will provide [...]

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ACRL announces the publication of Transforming Information Literacy Programs: Intersecting Frontiers of Self, Library Culture, and Campus Community edited by Carroll Wetzel Wilkinson and Courtney Bruch. Transforming Information Literacy Programs is number 64 in the ACRL Publications in Librarianship (PIL) series. Comprised of four sections, Outlining Current Boundaries, Frontiers of Self, Fortifying Institutional Partnerships and [...]

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ACRL announces the release of Curriculum Materials Collections and Centers: Legacies from the Past, Visions of the Future. Edited by Rita Kohrman, education resources librarian at Grand Valley State University, the book provides practical applications for curriculum material center (CMC) operations that focus on the fundamental needs of students, faculty and current teachers. Capturing the [...]

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ACRL announces the publication of 2010 Academic Library Trends and Statistics, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of academic libraries in all Carnegie classifications. The three-volume set includes associate of arts institutions, master’s colleges and universities/baccalaureate colleges, and research/doctoral-granting institutions. The individual volumes for [...]

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ACRL announces the release of International Students and Academic Libraries: Initiatives for Success, edited by Pamela Jackson and Patrick Sullivan. The number of international students studying on campuses in the United States is at an all-time high. International students bring with them special skills and insights, but they also present unique challenges for our educational [...]

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