ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


4 / C&RL News m January 1998

I n  t h e  News

Happy New Year and welcome to the new—  
and we think improved— pages o f C&RL 
News! We wanted to keep C&RL News up-
to-date and inviting to read. Many thanks 
are due to ACRL production editor Ann-
Christe Young who took the designer’s 
specifications and translated them into real­
ity. We hope you like our new look and 
find it easy to read.

In this issue we invite you to participate 
in ACRL’s 9th National Conference, April 
8– 11, 1999. Take a few minutes to pull out 
the insert and review the “Call for Participa­
tion” to see what type of paper, program, or 
discussion you might propose. The “Call” and 
other conference information is also mounted 
on the Web at http://www.ala.org/acrl/ 
prendex.html.

And if you are still associating Detroit with 
the old stereotype of the Motor City, Bill 
Kane’s overview will show you many new 
facets of the city and should whet your ap­
petite for visiting it in 1999 (page 23).

Katherine Branch continues ACRL Presi­
dent Lee Hisle’s “Values for the electronic 
age” column with a look at the role of read­
ing in academic librarianship (page 16).

John Newman takes to task academic li­
brarians who complain about the need to 
research and publish. His advice is to stop 
complaining and start writing (page 19).

ACRL is offering its first leadership institute 
on April 30–May 1 , 1998, in Boston. The institute 
features a number o f exciting speakers who 
will offer practical tips for enhancing your 
personal leadership toolkit. Registration is 
limited to the first 150, so check out the de­
tails on page 7 and make your reservations 
today.

This issue contains the index to volume 58 
of C&RL News. Our thanks to dedicated vol­
unteers Kit Dusky for compiling the index and 
Eldon Tamblyn for editing it. This is a year­
long effort and we appreciate their hard work.

Mary Ellen K. Davis
Editor, medavis@ala.org

http://www.ala.org/acrl/
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