ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


62 /  C&RL News ■ February 2004

In  t h e
news

In this issue, y o u ’ll find tw o  articles addressing 
issues re la te d  to  info rm atio n  literacy a n d  th e  
n e e d  for librarians to  re a c h  o u t acro ss th eir 
cam puses to  beco m e leaders in this area. “Build­
ing faculty-librarian p a rtn e rsh ip s to  p re p a re  
stu d e n ts fo r in fo rm atio n  literacy” fo cu ses o n  
th e oppo rtu n ities available to  librarians to  m a k e  
a n  im p act w ith  faculty to  s h e p h e rd  a n e w  g e n ­
e ra tio n  o f  in fo rm a tio n  lite ra te  s tu d e n ts . In 
“T a p p in g  into s tu d e n t n e tw o rk s,” th e  a u th o rs 
offer a n  a d a p ta b le  e x a m p le  o f  a p ro ject that 
e x p a n d s  th e  re a c h  o f librarians o u tsid e  o f th e  
library. By m aking connections w ithin existing 
stu d e n t n e tw o rk s, s u c h  as w ith  R esidence Life 
pro g ram s, th e y  w e re  ab le  to  b rin g  th e ir m e s ­
sa g e  to  stu d e n ts w h e re  th e y  live a n d  o ften  
study, p ro v id in g  n e w  w ay s o f  integrating in ­
fo rm a tio n  literacy.

In  “T h e university library’s ro le in d e v e lo p ­
ing fu tu re librarian te a c h e rs,” librarians fro m

th e  U n iv e rsity  o f  Io w a  lib ra rie s  d e s c r ib e  th e  
lib ra ry ’s c o lla b o r a tio n  w ith  th e  S c h o o l o f  Li­
b ra ry  a n d  In fo rm a tio n  S cien ce to  g iv e g ra d u ­
a te  s tu d e n ts  a p a id  “s tu d e n t te a c h in g ” e x p e ri­
e n c e  in instructional services. T h e p ro g ra m  has 
b e n e fits  fo r b o th  th e  lib ra ry  a n d  th e  stu d e n ts, 
w h ile  p ro m o tin g  th e  p ro f e s s io n  o f  a c a d e m ic  
librarianship.

J o b  o f  a L ifetim e o ffers a  g lim p s e  in to  th e  
w o r l d  o f  c a ta lo g in g  f o r  t h e  I n t e r n e t  w ith  a 
p ro file o f th e  m e ta d a ta  a n d  catalo g in g  c o o rd i­
n a t o r  f o r  t h e  U n i v e r s i t y  o f  W i s c o n s i n -  
M a d is o n ’s S co u t Project.

O n  p a g e  86, Camila Alire a n d  Charles Kratz, 
c a n d id a te s  fo r ACRL v ic e -p re s id e n t/p re s id e n t 
elect, sh are th eir visions for th e  future o f ACRL. 
We h o p e  th at this will h elp  y o u  as y o u r p re p a re  
to  v o te  in  th e  s p rin g  e lectio n .

— S te p h a n ie  O rp h a n , E d itor-in-chief, 
sorphan@ ala.org

mailto:sorphan@ala.org