College & Research Libraries News vol. 79, no. 4 (April 2018)


April 2018 161 C&RL News

Welcome to the April 2018 issue of C&RL News. 
Putting the values of librarianship into practice 
continues to be a major focus in the current 
political and social climate in the United States. 
In this month’s Scholarly Communication col-
umn, Michelle Baildon discusses “Extending 
the social justice mindset” to the scholarly pub-
lishing world through reflections on a report 
generated by the MIT Library’s Diversity, Inclu-
sion, and Social Justice Task Force.

Focusing the values of librarianship glob-
ally is the focus of the latest installment of our 
International Insights column. Patricia A. Wand 
explores “International service and cross-cultural 
engagement” through efforts to preserve and 
document the Peace Corps experience in a 
variety of libraries and other institutions.

This issue’s Perspectives on the Framework 
column focuses on using the ACRL Framework  
for Information Literacy to create assessment 
plans. Kevin Baggett, Virginia Connell, and Allie 
Thome write about their efforts at Concordia 
College in their article “Frame by frame.”

Also this month, Eric Shannon and Leslie 
Inglis write about their experiences “Teaching 

FYI” to students at Franklin Pierce University 
and Nick Faulk reports on the results of an 
investigation into “What faculty have to say 
about library outreach” in a community col-
lege setting.

Meggan Press of Indiana University-
Bloomington reflects on how the language 
we use about our institutions can help cre-
ate community in her The Way I See It essay  
“Words matter.”

This month marks the publication of a 
special issue of our sister journal College & 
Research Libraries focusing on the strategic 
management of libraries. Editor Wendi Kaspar 
give a look at the issue in this month’s C&RL 
Spotlight column.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments this month, including the 
first round of profiles of 2018 ACRL award 
winners, a recap of ACRL Board of Directors 
actions at the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting, 
and the call for volunteers for ACRL section 
nominating committees.

Thanks as always for reading the News!
—David Free, editor-in-chief, dfree@ala.org

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