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Many libraries are focusing their efforts on 
marketing their services within and beyond 
their campus community to raise awareness 
of the library as a resource as well as a place. 
One way to make more people take notice 
is through exhibits, which naturally bring 
more traffic to the library and provide an 
opportunity to educate the community about 
special collections and services of which 
they might otherwise be unaware. The ar­
ticle, “Reach out to your community through 
exhibits“ (page 310) discusses how the ALA 
Public Programs Office can jump­start your 
activities in this arena and provides some 
great examples of ways to get the entire 
campus involved. 

The final installment of 2007 ACRL award 
winners is on page 302. A big round of ap­
plause goes out to everyone mentioned here 
and all the award winners. If you’ve been 
reading about the people and projects that 
were selected to receive awards this year 

and thinking that the work of someone you 
know deserves to be recognized, make sure 
to make a nomination for the 2008 awards. 
Information on all ACRL awards is available 
on the Web site at www.ala.org/ala/acrl 
/acrlawards. The deadline for most awards 
is early December. 

It’s hard to believe with the ACRL Na­
tional Conference still fresh on our minds 
that the ALA Annual Conference is fast ap­
proaching. ACRL committees and sections 
are offering 19 programs on topics from 
digital collections and new technologies to 
leadership and fundraising. A removable 
preliminary program of all ACRL events and 
conferences being held during the ALA An­
nual Conference in Washington, D.C., June 
21–27, 2007, can be found in this issue. Tear 
it out and take it with for quick and easy 
reference.

 —Stephanie Orphan, Editor­in Chief 
sorphan@ala.org 

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