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October 2012 513 C&RL News

In the

Welcome to the October 2012 issue of C&RL 

News. With the new term in full swing, library 

instruction schedules are starting to fill with re-

quests for classes. Allison Hosier discuses imple-

menting team-based learning in the information 

literacy classroom in her article “When teachers 

are taught to learn.” Assessing the success of li-

brary instruction sessions is a vital part of any 

information literacy program. Shannon R. Simp-

son outlines how she receives and incorporates 

instant feedback on her sessions in “Google 

Spreadsheets and real-time assessment” in this is-

sue’s ACRL TechConnect article.

Even though the term is just underway, it’s not 

too early to start planning final week activities. Jean 

Hiebert and Shelly Theriault discuss finals week 

stress relief programs at the University of North 

Carolina-Charlotte, including games, providing 

disposable pillows, and even therapy dogs, in 

their article “BLASTing the zombies.” Looking for 

a lower key solution? Russell A. Hall, Jane Ingold, 

and Richard Hart from Penn State Erie, The Beh-

rend College outline their successful homegrown 

finals coffee program in “Fuel for finals.”

In this month’s Scholarly Communication 

column Sarah L. Shreeves and Thomas H. Teper 

discuss the University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-

paign’s project to digitize and make available 

locally produced theses and dissertations. And 

Jennifer L. Adams and Kevin B. Gunn give advice 

on where to srtart with “Digital Humanities” in the 

Internet Resources feature.

ACRL 2013 in Indianapolis is just around the 

corner! Kristi L. Palmer provides an “Introduction 

to Indy” in the first of our series of articles featur-

ing our host city. We’ll see you April 10–13, 2013.

Make sure to check out all of the other 
features and departments in this month’s issue, 
including an essay by Matthew P. Ciszek on 
“Diversifying diversity” and ACRL’s recently 
approved “Diversity standards: Cultural com-
petency for academic librarians.”

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

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