ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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In the N e w s
In this issue w e complete the C&RL News

30th anniversary celebration with a provoca­
tive prediction by Peter Lyman (University of
California, Berkeley) of what academic librari-
anship will look like in the year 2030 (page 467).

Imagine yourself in the year 2017: librarians
are called “Oracles” and “given the exclusive
right to wear robes of 32-bit colors, and hon­
ored as the only professionals able to bring
order to the growing chaos of information.
Sounds very prestigious, doesn’t it? However,
Lyman continues, “pay scales for librarians …
did not rise. Even librarians couldn’t figure out
why.” The more things change, the more they
stay the same.

This issue also includes the final installment
of our anniversary quiz and our remembrance
section in “People.” I want to thank the C&RL
News Editorial Board w ho worked with me to
develop the celebration; to solicit the splendid
anniversary articles w e’ve had from Ed Holley,
Norm Stevens, and Peter Lyman; to write the

 

 
 

 
 

 
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quiz questions; and to select the individuals to 
highlight in our remembrance feature. Thanks 
especially to Editorial Board chair Pam Snelson, 
w ho kicked off our celebration with a history 
and chronology of major events in the devel­
opment of C&RL News. We’ve had fun with the 
celebration and hope that you have too.

In this issue w e also have predictions about 
the future made by academic librarians attend­
ing ACRL’s 8th National Conference in Nash­
ville. See the summary of the discussions pre­
pared by Liz Bishoff, Catherine Larson, and 
Robert Renaud (page 476) as well as the final 
report on many of the sessions held at the con­
ference (480).

Continuing our look to the future, Michael 
Gorman shares his view of w hat collections 
should look like in “The Way I See It” on page 
498.

—Mary Ellen K. Davis 
Editor & Publisher 

medavis@ala.org

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