May 2019 253 C&RL News

Welcome to the May 2019 issue of C&RL 
News. In this issue’s ACRL TechConnect ar-
ticle, Shawn McCann and Rebeca Peacock 
discuss ways you can “Be an ally for acces-
sibility” by being mindful of the way you 
present online content.

Librarians at Loyola Marymount University 
contributed to conversations around EDI 
issues by hosting the first People of Color 
in Library and Information Science Summit 
last year. They share their experiences in 
“Empowering collaborations and creating 
brave spaces.”

Librarians at Mercer University found a 
creative way for one of their colleagues to 
attend a state conference and write about 
their solution in “We virtually brought our 
colleague to a library conference.”

Open access return on investment is the 
subject of this issue’s Scholarly Communi-
cation column by Ellen Dubinsky, while 

Stephanie Crowe, Anne Pemberton, and 
Vonzell Yeager write about their “Informa-
tion Literacy Faculty Fellows program” in 
the latest Perspectives on the Framework 
column.

This issue marks a passing of the torch for 
our International Insights column as found-
ing coeditor Barbara J. Ford steps away. 
She provides a recap of her career-long 
involvement with international and global 
library issues in an interview with her fellow 
column editors. 

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments this month, including the 
second round of profiles of 2019 ACRL award 
winners, a The Way I See It essay on “Poverty 
rates in Africa and information access” by 
Prince Jacon Igwe, and information on ACRL 
activities at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference, 
coming up June 20–25 in Washington, D.C.

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

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