ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


7 0  / C&RL News ■ February 1999

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I like to use the February cover o f C&RL 
News to highlight Black History Month by se­
lecting artwork created by an African Ameri­
can artist or featuring an image of a well-known 
African American. This m onth I am pleased to 
present the delightful “Dance Composition” by 
Eldzier C onor from the New York Public 
Library’s Schòmburg Center for Research in 
Black Culture. It is part o f an exhibit at the 
Schòmburg that will remain on view through 
March 28,1999- The catalog for the exhibition 
is wonderful an d  I encourage you to stop by 
should you find yourself in New York. I hope 
that academic libraries throughout the coun­
try celebrate Black History Month and ask that 
you share with me your experiences and ideas 
for celebrating so that I can print a variety in a 
forthcoming issue.

It is also time to plan your celebrations for 
National Library Week, April 9-16, 1999. ALA 
President Ann Symons tells us about her theme

and Linda Wallace encourages us to enter the 
ALA Photo contest (page 97).

Also in this issue:
Rob Withers and Jane Sharpe discuss how to 

incorporate Internet resources into instruction 
(page 75). Esther Grassian and Susan Clark re­
view information literacy resources available on 
the Internet (page 78). Jill Holman offers prac­
tical advice for lending digital cameras (page 83). 
Running an auction was not covered in my li­
brary school education, so you may appreciate 
the “how-to’s” Gary Thompson offers in “Go­
ing, going, sold for $20,000” (page 87). Denise 
Davis dares us to be leaders by sharing our en­
thusiasm about our profession and our work 
(page 95).

Be an informed voter this spring by reading 
about the views o f ACRL candidates for presi­
dent, Pat Wand and Betsy Wilson (page 98).

—Mary Ellen K. Davis
Editor-in-chief, medavis@ala.org

mailto:medavis@ala.org