January 2016 5 C&RL News

Welcome to the January 2016 issue of C&RL News. 
Academic and research libraries continue to use so-
cial media and other technology tools in new and 
exciting ways in their work. Librarians from two 
colleges in South Carolina took inspiration from the 
#shelfie meme to create an instruction activity to 
engage students from the social media generation. 
Amanda Kraft and Aleck F. Williams Jr. write about 
their project in “#Shelfies are encouraged.”

The citation management tool Zotero has 
proven to be very popular in a variety of applica-
tions. Ellen Hampton Filgo of Baylor University 
used Zotero in her work as a liaison librarian to 
keep track of faculty publications and research 
interests for outreach and collection development 
purposes. 

At Penn State-Brandywine, librarian Nina Cle-
ments partnered with Earth Sciences Professor 
Laura Guertin to use Zotero as a teaching tool in 
the classroom. They discuss their project in “Science 
literacy meets information literacy.”

On the subject of collaborations between faculty 
and librarians, Brian T. Sullivan and Karen L. Porter of 

Alfred University provide lessons learned from their 
seven years of collaborations in the article “From one-
shot sessions to embedded librarian.”  Dory Cochran 
and Sidney Horrocks of Utah State University shift the 
collaborative focus to the library and the writing center 
in their article “Our powers combined.” 

Debbie Morrow of Grand Valley State University 
looks back on her path to “Becoming a liaison 
librarian” after spending years  in a systems role in 
this issue’s The Way I See It essay.

In this month’s Scholary Communication col-
umn, Alice Meadows provides detailed information 
on “Everything you ever wanted to know about 
ORCID . . .” in her overview of the author identi-
fi cation service.

Make sure to check out the other features and 
departments this month, including contents and 
news from our online-only scholarly research jour-
nal College & Research Libraries and a fi rst look at 
candidates for ACRL offi ce in the upcoming 2016 
ALA/ACRL election.

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

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