ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 84 / C &R L News In the News Nati onal L ib rary W ee k is n o t ju st for p u b lic librar­ ies. M any o f you k n ew th a t already b u t still m ay n o t tak e advantage o f th e op p o rtu n ity N L W offers to p ro m o te yo u r library. This y ear’s th e m e — “Y our R ight to Know: L ibrarians M ake it H a p p e n ”— seem s especially a p p ropriate for academ ic libraries. Talk­ in g ab out “y o u r right to know” sh o u ld b e fairly easy to in co rp o rate into a BI p ro g ram w h e re w e tra d itio n ­ ally try to h elp p e o p le find inform ation. This m o n th ’s co v er features this y e ar’s N L W cam paign a n d if you w an t to use any o f th e m aterials ALA has d evelo p ed for N LW , inform ation a b o u t th e m is fo u n d on pag e 89. C an d a c e B enefiel, Jo h an n e L aG ran g e, a n d S andra d a C o n tu rb ia sh are w ith u s th e activities an d planning th a t have annually m ad e N L W a successful celebration a t Texas A&M since 1975 a n d L in d a W allace, d ire c to r o f ALA’s Public In fo rm atio n Óf- fìce, gives us 12 ideas fo r m aking N L W h a p p e n in academ ic libraries. You m ig h t also try com b in in g N L W activities w ith R ick B ean ’s id e a o f p ro m o tin g th e library in in te rn a l p ublications d e sc rib e d o n pag e 91 a n d place in fo rm atio n ab o u t N L W in n on-library d e p artm e n tal publications. W h ile w e ’re discussing p rom otion, this issue also contains th e first re p o rt in a sh o rt series ab o u t successfully w orking w ith th e m edia (see p a g e 127). T h is issue also p ro v id es so m e n e w in fo rm atio n a b o u t h o w serials p ric e in creases have a ffe c te d co lleg e lib raries th a n k s to so m e re s e a rc h c o n d u c te d by T o m Kirk. K irk a n d N o re e n A lld red g e, A C R L ’s official re p re s e n ta tiv e s to th e C o alitio n fo r N e t­ w o rk e d In fo rm a tio n , also p ro v id e p a rt tw o o f th e ir re p o rt on th e re c e n t C N I m eeting. Several re q u e sts a re also c o n ta in e d in th is issue. 1) I f y o u hav e a lib rary n e w sle tte r p le a se p u t C & R L N e w s o n y o u r m ailing list. W e like to in c lu d e new s fro m a b ro a d ra n g e o f a cad em ic lib raries a ro u n d th e c o u n try a n d w e c o u n t o n y o u r h e lp to k e e p us in fo rm e d . 2) I f you h av e a lib rary suggestion boo k su ch as th e o n e D o n a ld A ltsch iller d e sc rib e s on p a g e 92, c o n sid e r s e n d in g in so m e o f th e b e t t e r q u o te s fo r in clu sio n in th e New s. Finally, I w o u ld like to e x te n d a special n o te o f th a n k s to E ld o n T am b ly n , P o rtla n d S tate U n iv er­ sity (O reg o n ), fo r co m p ilin g th e in dex to v o lu m e 52 (1991) o f C & R L N ew s w h ich is c o n ta in e d in th is issue. E ld o n h as volu n tarily c o n trib u te d his tim e a n d ex p ertise to indexing b o th C & R L N ew s an d College & R esearch L ib ra ries sin ce 1975 a n d his skills a re v e ry m u c h ap p re ciate d . — M ary E lle n K. D avis E d ito r & P ublisher