July/August 2012 381 C&RL News

In the
Welcome to the July/August 2012 issue of C&RL 
News. As noted in last issue’s “2012 top ten 
trends in academic libraries” report, scholarly 
communication issues continue to be a major 
focus in our profession. Micah Vandegrift and 
Gloria Colvin provide valuable advice for devel-
oping awareness of open access and scholarly 
publishing issues on campus in their Scholarly 
Communication article “Relational awareness.”

Providing framework and peer support for 
producing scholarship can additionally build 
awareness and improve connections. To this end, 
Glenn Ellen Starr Stilling discusses the develop-
ment of a faculty learning community of scholarly 
writing at Appalachian State University in her 
article “Learning to ‘light out after it with a club.’” 

Jim Hahn, Jennifer Bylsma, and Elizabeth 
Sullivan continue our discussion of the ongoing 
mobile Web trend by outlining an iPhone app 
design workshop held by the University of Illinois 
at Urbana-Champaign Undergraduate Library in 
this month’s ACRL TechConnect feature. Their 
discussion of “Teaching mobile Web develop-
ment” shows one way libraries can contribute 
to technology efforts on campus. 

Sarah Gewirtz continues the technology 
conversation with a focus on library instruction 
applications in her article “Make your library 
instruction interactive with Poll Anywhere.” Barb 
Macke and Pam Bach provide information on a 
project to provide instruction services in an envi-
ronment of reduced staffing in their article “The 
dilemma of the ‘disappearing’ FYE librarian.”

This issue marks a milestone in C&RL News 
history as George M. Eberhart files his final 
New Publications column after 32 years of ser-
vice. In addition to his always informative and 
entertaining book reviews, George served as 
editor of this publication from 1980–90. I want 
to personally thank him for his exceptional 
contributions to C&RL News in both capacities.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and columns this month, including Internet 
Resources on sustainable agriculture, es-
says on the ethics of information and library 
aesthetics, and new “ACRL/RBMS guidelines 
for interlibrary and exhibition loan of special 
collections materials.”

Thanks as always for reading the News.
—David Free, editor-in-chief, dfree@ala.org

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