Welcome to the October 2017 issue of C&RL 
News. Working with data continues to be a major 
trend across academic and research libraries. In 
this month’s Scholarly Communication column, 
Laurie Allen, Claire Stewart, and Stephanie Wright 
discuss “Strategic open data preservation,” based 
on their presentations at the ACRL/SPARC Forum 
at this year’s ALA Annual Conference.

In addition to preserving data, the presentation 
of data in unique and interesting ways is also im-
portant to many digital humanities projects. Emily 
McGinn and Meagan Duever of the University of 
Georgia Libraries compare a variety of web-based 
mapping tools in their ACRL TechConnect article 
“We mapped it so you don’t have to.”

This month we launch a three-part series by 
Amanda Clay Powers, Martin Garnar, and Dustin 
Fife on their experiences as new library directors. In 
their first “New academic library leader discussion 
series” piece, they reflect on the application and 
interview processes for their new jobs.

With the fall term underway, outreach to 
students and faculty is in full swing. A group of 
librarians from the University of Florida write about 

their collaboration with public relations students to 
promote library services in their article “Team up,” 
while Erica England and Leo Lo provide tips on 
“Becoming a librarian BFF” based on their experi-
ences working with cohorts of doctoral students. 
In this month’s The Way I See It essay, Emma 
Wood discusses ways both students and librarians 
can overcome library anxiety when working on 
“Research” projects.

Many librarians are also working to incorporate 
the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy into 
their instruction this fall. Cara Berg writes about her 
use of the Framework in a Business Law class in her 
Perspectives on the Framework article “Enhancing 
the assignment.”

Make sure to check out the other features and 
departments this month, including a look at the 
“Merged expertise, mutual benefits” of working 
as part of a cross-campus research team by Glenn 
Ellen Starr Stilling and an International Insights 
article examining “Advancing the United Nations 
Sustainable Development Goals” at a variety 
of libraries around the world.

—David Free, editor-in-chief, dfree@ala.org

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