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Welcome to the February 2009 issue of 
C&RL News. The ACRL 14th National Confer­
ence is fast approaching. In this issue, Kris­
ten Shuyler and Dalia Corkrum provide a 
tasty overview of the Seattle culinary scene. 
They offer a wide range of dining tips to 
help you plan your conference experience. 
Juliet Kerico and Karen Munro also outline 
“Six steps to greening your ACRL National 
Conference experience.” Make sure to visit 
the ACRL 2009 Web site at www.acrl.org 
/seattle for complete conference details. 

With the rapid rise in mobile technologies, 
texting has become a communication norm, 
especially among today’s college students. 
Laura Kohl and Maura Keating describe 
their experiences providing SMS reference 
service at Bryant University in “A phone of 
one’s own.” 

Working with new technologies often re­
quires a close partnership between librarians 
and their information technology counter­

parts. Andrea Coles, a librarian, and William 
Dougherty, an IT professional, discuss ways 
to increase collaboration as these departments 
must “Hang together or hang separately.” 
Denise Shorey continues the collaboration 
theme by exploring an important working 
relationship, between supervisor and super­
visee, in her essay “It takes two.” 

Voting in the 2009 ALA/ACRL election 
opens on March 17. In this month’s issue, 
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Kelly S. Janousek 
discuss their platforms as candidates for ACRL 
vice­president/president­elect. 

Make sure to read all of the other great 
columns and features this month, include 
Laura R. Hodgins Internet Resources article on 
“Animal welfare advocacy” and information 
on becoming an ACRL legislative advocate 
from Michael J. McLane. Thanks for reading 
the News! 

—David Free, editor-in-chief 
dfree@ala.org 

February 2009 93 C&RL News 

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