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June 2013 277 C&RL News

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Welcome to the June 2013 issue of C&RL News.  
As we near the close of another year of commit-
tee appointments and association activities. ACRL 
President Steven J. Bell takes a look back at his 
term in office in this issue’s New Thinking for 
Leadership column and discusses the abundance 
of grassroots leadership efforts he encountered 
as he worked with ACRL members over the past 
year. Speaking of ACRL offices, complete results 
of the 2013 election are available on page 296.

With summer approaching, many libraries are 
looking at starting or completing major projects. 
Doug Way and Julie Garrison outline a past sum-
mer project from Grand Valley State University 
in their article “Developing and implementing a 
disapproval plan.”  

Trina J. Magi and Patricia E. Mardeusz provide 
insight into “What students needs from reference 
librarians,” pointing out relevant skills, knowledge, 
and experience gathered through their “field notes” 
from individual research consultations.  

Two articles in this issue examine the use 
of special collections and archives as tools 

in development and fundraising. First, Eddie 
Woodward uses as the work of the Florida State 
University Heritage Protocol as a base for excel-
lent advice on “Building a donor base for college 
and university libraries.” Then Kay Wall and Eric 
C. Shoaf discuss Clemson University’s “Orange 
Glove events,” a special collections roadshow 
for potential donors.

In this month’s Scholarly Communication 
column, Scott Lapinski, Heather Piwowar, and 
Jason Priem take a journey “Riding the crest of 
the altmetrics wave” and provide tips on how 
librarians can integrate information about new 
scholarly impact measures into library instruction 
and outreach services. 

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments in this issue, including timely 
Internet Resources on “Marriage equality” by 
Martha E. Hardy and a The Way I See It essay 
on jazzing up library instruction sessions by 
Trisha Prevett.

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

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