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March 2017 119 C&RL News

Welcome to the  March 2017 issue of C&RL News. 
With ACRL 2017 fast approaching, many of us are 
looking forward to gathering in Baltimore. Large 
events like the ACRL conference can sometimes 
be a bit daunting for those new to the profession 
and fi rst-timers in general, however. Students at 
the University of Michigan (UM) School of Infor-
mation take a proactive approach to preparing 
future professionals for the conference experi-
ence by holding their own student-led QuasiCon 
event. UM alumni Martha Stuit and Joanna Thiel-
en provide an overview of “Introducing library 
students to library conferences” this month.

This issue’s installment of our International 
Insights column looks at the conference experi-
ence from a global perspective, focusing on the 
history, background, and organization of “The 
European Conference on Information Literacy.”

Kathy Shields and Christine Cugliari exam-
ine information literacy in practice, discussing 
how they used the Framework for Information 
Literacy “Scholarship as Conversation” frame 
as an instructional tool for nonprofi t studies 
students in this month’s Perspectives on the 
Framework column.

In this month’s Scholarly Communication 
feature, Merinda Kaye Hensley and Steven 
J. Bell write about “Digital scholarship as 
a learning center in the library.” If you are 
interested in digital scholarship issues, make 
sure to check out ACRL’s Digital Scholarship 
Center Interest Group, as well.

We continue our look at the upcoming 
ALA/ACRL elections with responses from the 
candidates for ALA vice-president/president-
elect to questions from the ACRL Board of 
Directors and a list of ACRL members running 
for ALA Council. Help shape the future of 
your associations by voting in the election 
starting March 13.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments this month, including new 
“ACRL Profi ciencies for Assessment Librarians 
and Coordinators,” a The Way I See It essay 
on “Word of mouth and library workshops” 
by Laura Turner of the University of San Di-
ego, and a look at the March issue of C&RL
from editor Wendi Kaspar.

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

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