ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


144 / C&RL News

In the News
One o f the purposes o f C&RL News is to “pro­

vide current information relating to issues, ac­
tivities, and personalities o f the higher educa­
tion and academic/research library field.” W e 
try to live up to this purpose by providing you 
with what w e think is the information you will 
most want to read.

Norm Stevens challenges us on the quality 
o f this coverage, claiming that while C&RL News 
has been “invaluable” w e sometimes have “sim­
ply missed the boat.” Writing in honor o f the 
C&RL News 30th anniversary, Stevens points out 
numerous news events w e missed such as the 
electric eraser that was retired to the Smithso­
nian, Nouleigh Rhee Furbisheďs appointment 
as NELINET’s preservation officer, and the ac­
quisition o f the important Robert Louis Steven­
son collection o f umbrellas (page 172). I hope 
you will enjoy reading his humorous essay as 
much as w e did.

On a more serious note, this issue contains 
an Internet resource list on environmental stud­
ies prepared by Robert Battenfeld and B. Kenton 
Temple (page 153).

Susan Jurist ( “Ten rules for creating graph­
ics for the W eb,” July/August 1996) returns to 
our pages with a lesson on the fundamentals 
o f typography (page 160). Learn how you can 
use type to communicate your messages in a 
more understandable and compelling way.

Mary Hernandez and Christine Kollen share 
with us how the University o f Arizona creates 
a program for “Take Our Daughters to Work 
Day” (page 177). There’s still time to make your 
plans before this year’s celebration in April.

This issue is the final one before the ACRL 
8th National Conference in Nashville. A very 
special thanks to Shirley Hallblade for her lively 
and informative series o f articles on Nashville. 
In this issue Shirley takes us to a variety of 
local restaurants (page 179).

Be sure to read what candidates for ACRL 
president James Williams III and Maureen Sul­
livan have planned for ACRL and be an in­
formed voter this spring (page 164).

— Mary Ellen K. Davis
Editor & Publisher

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