October 2010 461 C&RL News

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Welcome to the October 2010 issue of C&RL 
News. In this economy, the need for academ-
ic and research libraries to demonstrate their 
value to their larger institutions is more cru-
cial than ever. To assist in the process, ACRL 
has released “Value of Academic Libraries: 
A Comprehensive Research Review and Re-
port,” developed by Megan Oakleaf of the 
Syracuse University iSchool. In this month’s 
issue, ACRL President Lisa Hinchliffe discuss-
es the report and related ACRL initiatives in 
her column “The value of academic libraries.”

Letting constituents know about the ser-
vices your library provides is a major step in 
becoming a valuable component on campus. 
In their article “Making the video,” Lynne Bisko 
and Rebecca Pope-Ruark detail a collabora-
tion between the Elon University Belk Library 
and writing and rhetoric students to produce 
instructional videos.

Another component of demonstrating 
value is the collection and distribution of 

data. Providing data services to the campus 
community is an excellent way for libraries 
to become leaders in the value movement. 
Hailey Mooney and Breezy Silver discuss 
how to “Spread the news” about library data 
services in this issue. Obtaining grant funding 
can be one way to jump start the process of 
demonstrating the value of academic libraries. 
In this month’s Internet Resources feature, 
Julie Flanders provides a look at resources for 
“Grant writing on the Web.”

Between sessions at the upcoming ACRL 
2011 conference, make sure to explore the 
culture of our host city as highlighted in “Art 
and Music in the City of Brotherly Love.” 

This month’s issue also features a call 
for ACRL committee volunteers, an essay on 
“Digital humanities,” and new ACRL Psychol-
ogy information literacy standards. Thanks, as 
always, for reading the News!

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