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January 2017 5 C&RL News

Welcome to the  January 2017 issue of C&RL News. 
The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for 
Higher Education continues to be a major topic of 
discussion in the academic library community. In this 
issue’s Perspectives on the Framework column, Troy 
Swanson of the Moraine Valley Community College 
discusses his efforts in “Sharing the ACRL Framework 
with faculty.” Also, visit this month’s News from the 
Field department for information on the launch of 
the exciting new ACRL Framework Sandbox.

Experimenting with social media and related 
technologies for marketing and instruction continue 
to be a focus for many libraries. In this month’s ACRL 
TechConnect feature, Elizabeth Price and Rebecca 
Richardson of Murray State University write about 
their library’s experiences with Yik Yak in their article 
“Eavesdropping on the user experience.”

Emily Ford of Portland State University shares her 
experiences and evolving thinking on digital badging 
in instruction in her The Way I See It essay “To badge 
or not to badge?”

With the ACRL 2017 early-bird registration deadline 
fast approaching, the Baltimore conference is also 

a trending topic. Sara Arnold-Garza and Joanna 
Gadsby provide a fascinating history of “Social 
justice and Baltimore” in our look at the confer-
ence’s host city. 

Strategic planning is another important, but some-
times dreaded, process for most academic libraries. 
Aaron L. Brenner, Robin Kear, and Eve Wilder provide 
a look at ways the University of Pittsburgh Libraries 
went about “Reinvigorating strategic planning” by 
introducing more collaborative processes.

“The Johns Hopkins Libraries open access pro-
motion fund” is the focus of this month’s Scholarly 
Communication column by Robin N. Sinn, Sue M. 
Woodson, and Mark Cyzyk.

Make sure to check out the rest of our features and 
departments, including Internet Resources on “United 
Nations” statistical and data resources by Lisa DeLuca 
of Seton Hall University, and a look at the contents 
of the January issue of College & Research Libraries, 
with a focus on library activism, in the C&RL Spotlight 
department.

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

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