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February 2017 61 C&RL News

Welcome to the  February 2017 issue of C&RL 
News. Working with fi rst-year experience courses 
is a staple of many library instruction and infor-
mation literacy programs. Irina I. Holden writes 
about her experiences at the University at Albany 
in “Expanding instruction beyond library topics” 
through teaching a fi rst-year course on sustain-
ability issues this month.

Librarians at DePaul University recently took a 
long-term holistic look at their work with fi rst-year 
programs and reworked their instructional models. 
Jessica Alverson and Jennifer Schwartz detail their 
efforts at “Successfully collaborating to revamp 
fi rst-year instruction” and provide a blueprint for 
critical examination of any instruction program.

This month’s issue features two Scholarly Com-
munication columns related to ethics issues. First, 
regular columnist Nancy Sims discusses “Rights, 
ethics, accuracy, and open licenses in online collec-
tions” in her latest essay. Secondly, Sarah Crissinger 
writes about her experiences putting on a campus 
seminar covering “Access to research and Sci-Hub” 
at Davidson College.

Scholarly communication issues are also the focus 
of a special issue of ACRL’s online-only research journal 
College & Research Libraries released this month. Editor 
Wendi Kaspar provides an overview of the issue in 
this month’s C&RL Spotlight column.

Also this month we continue our look at the 
upcoming ALA/ACRL elections with statements from 
José Aguiñaga and Lauren Pressley, candidates for 
ACRL vice-president/president-elect. Participate in the 
future of your association by voting for the candidates 
of your choice in the election beginning March 13.

ACRL 2017 in Baltimore is fast approaching! In the 
final article on our host city, Liz Johns and Danielle Whren 
Johnson provide a look at the city’s dining scene  in “Be-
yond crab cakes: Charm City’s culinary culture.” We look 
forward to seeing you this March in Baltimore. 

Make sure to check out the other features and 
departments this month, including an Internet Re-
sources article on “Library support for accreditation” 
by Tom Schmiedel and our latest The Way I See It 
essay, “Inukshuks: A librarian’s narrative” by Junli Diao.

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

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