ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


234 / C&RL News ▀  A p ril 2003

In t h e e nsw

April is National Poetry Month and, to celebrate 
the occasion, this issue’s Internet Resources col­
umn focuses on e-Poetry (p. 249). T he article 
explores recent developments in the world o f 
poetry and provides interesting and unusual ex­
amples o f the breadth o f e-poetry information 
currently available online.

Also in this issue is “T he bewildering new 
world o f scholarly communication” (p. 242), in 
which Howard M. Dess and Myoung C. Wilson 
discuss the role o f librarians in helping faculty to 
understand the issues o f scholarly communica­
tion. The authors show how their well-planned 
initiative, which included creating a brochure and 
Web site and organizing a symposium, led to 
greater understanding o f and collaboration on 
scholarly communication issues on their campus.

Taking it beyond the campus, Lynn Lampert 
uses this year’s presidential theme o f New Reali­
ties, New Relationships to ask the question, 
“W ho’s afraid o f partnerships for information 
literacy initiatives?” (p. 246). While many have

been asked to partner with faculty and other cam­
pus groups outside o f the library, the author pro­
vides the unique perspective of someone who has 
participated in a partnership within the greater com­
munity. Learn how she designed a class promoting 
information literacy in the Los Angeles County Acad­
emy program, a public-to-public partnership cre­
ated to meet Los Angeles County’s workforce train­
ing and development needs.

The final wrap-up of Midwinter activities ap­
pears here as well. You can find out what the 
University Libraries Section has on its plate (p. 
254) and read an overview o f the President’s 
Discussion Forum, “A world o f values” (p. 252).

Congratulations to Ross Atkinson, ACRL’s 
2003 Academic/Research Librarian o f the Year, 
the winners o f ACRL’s Excellence in Academic 
Libraries Awards, and other award winners. See 
the article on page 260 for more information.

— Stephanie Orphan, Editor-in-chief 
soiphan@ala.org

mailto:soiphan@ala.org