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December 2013 551 C&RL News

In the

Welcome to the December 2013 issue of C&RL 
News. This month, ACRL President Trevor A. 
Dawes continues his focus on libraries and fi-
nancial literacy education. For this issue, Dawes 
invited Adi Redzic, executive director of the fi-
nancial literacy think tank iOme Challenge, to 
highlight the student perspective on why it is vital 
for librarians in be involved in financial literacy 
education on campus. 

Join Dawes on Saturday, January 25, 2014, at 
the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia 
for a forum on financial literacy education to learn 
more about this important topic. Brief additional 
information on ACRL activities at Midwinter is 
available on page 568.

Creating innovative partnerships with campus 
areas outside the library can be an excellent way to 
maximize project, and student, success. Kathryn Ye-
linek and Michael Coffta discuss “The value of gradu-
ate internships in creating online tutorials,” focusing 
on how Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 
partnered with instructional technology students.

In this month’s Scholarly Communication col-
umn, Gail P. Clement examines “American ETD dis-

semination in the age of open access,” outlining the 
trend towards flexibility in ETD deposit policies for 
graduate students happening on many campuses.

Almost anyone who has worked as a reference 
librarian, myself included, has a story or two tell 
about our friend the stapler. Jason Vance takes a hu-
morous look at his experiences with the lives and 
deaths of academic library staplers in this issue’s 
The Way I See It essay, “Staplercide!” Make sure to 
check out his library stapler Tumblr site, as well.  

According to tradition, we also take a look back 
at ACRL’s accomplishments over the past fiscal year 
with our Annual Report. The report demonstrates 
the progress the association has made on achieving 
the goals of the Plan for Excellence along with other 
programs and services. Help make the next year as 
successful as the last by volunteering to serve on an 
ACRL committee. The call for volunteers is available 
on page 573. Make sure to check out the other 
features and departments, including Washington 
Hotline and Internet Reviews, in this issue as well. 

Thanks as always for reading the News, and 
we’ll see you in 2014!

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

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