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Welcome to the March 2013 issue of C&RL News. 
With the coming of spring, many students are hit-
ting the road for the traditional spring break ex-
cursions. But academic and research librarians are 
pretty adept at travel, as well. This month’s issue 
features two articles with different perspectives on 
librarians traveling to work with students in Asia. 

John Eric Juricek of the University of 
Southern California describes being “Embed-
ded in Shanghai” with a group of graduate-
level students from his  institution as they 
researched international business. Michele 
Van Hoeck of California State University 
Maritime had a different, yet equally reward-
ing, experience teaching information literacy 
skills to local students at Vietnam Maritime 
University, where she learned “It’s not about 
the ‘stuff.’”

Heidi Madden and Ann Marie Rasmussen 
of Duke University traveled metaphorically 
back in time through the use of German 
literary histories in assignments in graduate 

literature courses. They describe their experi-
ences in their article “Hiding in plain sight.”

With ACRL 2013 just around the corner, it is time 
for  conference attendees to consider their travel 
plans in earnest. In this month’s feature on our 
host city of Indianapolis,  Meagan Lacy provides a 
delicious look at the city’s culinary scene.

Also this month, we conclude our look at the 
upcoming ALA/ACRL election with responses 
by the candidates for ALA vice-president/pres-
ident-elect to questions from the ACRL Board 
of Directors. Make sure to vote in the election 
beginning March 19.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments in this issue, including In-
ternet Resources on “SK8 zines” by Joshua 
Finnell, Melissa Moore’s The Way I See It es-
say on becoming a library coach, and ACRL 
Board of Directors actions from the 2013 ALA 
Midwinter Meeting. 

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

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