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Welcome to the June 2008 issue of C&RL 
News. Encouraging teaching faculty to in­
corporate library resources in their courses 
can sometimes be a daunting task. Get­
ting the proper resources in the hands of 
students requires creative promotion and 
collaboration. The Ohio State University 
Library tackled the problem of promoting 
library resources in the age of Wikipedia by 
introducing a grant program to compensate 
classroom faculty (and librarians) who in­
corporate electronic databases into online 
courses. Nancy Courtney details this inno­
vative program in her article “Paying faculty 
to use library resources.” 

Special collections are often one of the 
most interesting, and overlooked, part of any 
research library. Cataloging and providing 
usable access points to archival material are 
the first steps in “Exposing hidden collec­
tions.” In this issue, Victoria Steele discusses 
efforts in bringing collections to light at 

UCLA. Once collections are fi ndable, how 
can they be promoted to and used by the 
college community? Matthew Reynolds and 
Dale Sauter of East Carolina University write 
about a course project aimed at “Engaging 
undergraduates in special collections through 
English composition.” 

New modes of scholarly communication 
can ease the barriers to access and allow 
for collaboration between librarians and 
faculty authors. Marie Garrett outlines how 
the University of Tennessee is participating 
in the future of scholarly publishing through 
its “Newfound Press” project. 

Make sure to take a look at all of the other 
great articles and columns, including results of 
the 2008 ACRL election, Internet resources on 
terrorism, new information literacy standards 
for anthropology and sociology, and a call for 
sustainable library operations. Enjoy! 

—David Free, Editor-In-Chief 
dfree@ala.org 

June 2008 305 C&RL News 

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