ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


In the N ews
Communication. Every day I realize anew  just 
how  im portant comm unication is. Lack of or 
p o o r com m unication can lead to m isunder­
standings (even wars), mistakes, m issed o p ­
portunities, etc. W hether the results are as his­
toric as the recent M ideast peace talks and 
agreem ent or as routine as an undergraduate 
understanding how  to find journal articles, it 
is the quality of the communication upon which 
hinges the success of the interaction.

In national associations like ACRL com m u­
nication is crucial. With an international m em ­
bership w e m ust rely on  com m unication by 
m em o, letter, fax, phone, e-mail, or sem ian­
nual meetings. As staff w e are always on  the 
lookout for new  and better ways to com m uni­
cate the association’s activities and news per­
taining to academ ic librarianship.

To this end I am pleased to announce the 
creation of C&RL NewsNet, an abridged elec­
tronic edition of C&RL News accessible on the 
Internet through the G opher server at the Uni­

versity of Illinois at Chicago. Now anyone with 
access to a gopher server on the Internet can 
read new s about ACRL and academ ic librarian- 
ship. We hope that C&RL NewsNet will increase 
aw areness about ACRL and its activities. De­
tails about w hat is contained in C&RL NewsNet
and information describing access to the Go­
ph er is given on the next page. I invite you to 
try out C&RL NewsNet and send m e an e-mail 
message with your comm ents and suggestions.

O ur articles this m onth also em phasize the 
im portance of communication. You can read 
about publicizing preservation efforts, increas­
ing aw areness of electronic projects, and w ork­
ing w ith information technologists to create 
new  professional developm ent opportunities. 
This issue also includes information about the 
ACRL committee appointm ent process. Volun­
teer for an ACRL committee and becom e more 
actively involved in the ACRL communication 
process. —Mary Ellen Davis

Editor & Publisher

 

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