ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


438 /  C&RL News ■ July/August 2003

I n t h e Nse w

T h is issue features a n u m b er of articles w ith prac­
tical ideas for changes th at alter the library’s role 
in  the campus com m unity. In “I f  y ou b u ild  it, 
will they come?,” Melissa Moore explores a n u m ­
ber o f o p tio n s for engaging w ith faculty to in­
crease their participation in in form ation literacy 
instruction. S h e’s found that taking a proactive 
approach to  expanding the classes and other re­
sources offered by the library can result in enthu­
siasm from  faculty and personal reward.

In  “W h en  the library becom es the biggest 
c o m p u te r lab on cam pus,” K rista G raham  offers 
som e pointers on how  to  su p p o rt productivity 
software in an academ ic lib ra ry  environm ent. 
T h e  in tr o d u c tio n  o f  th e s e  to o ls  at C e n tra l 
M ichigan U n iversity re q u ire d  a plan for pro ­
viding su p p o rt to  p a tro n s  w h o  use them . Find 
o u t w h a t was fo u n d  to  w o rk  a nd w hat areas 
h ad room  fo r im p ro v e m e n t w hen the plan was 
im p le m e n ted .

In “I n s tru c tio n a l leadership: New responsi­
bilities fo r a n ew  reality,” Scott Walter and Clara

Fowler speak to the need for in fo rm a tio n  lit­
eracy a n d  in stru c tio n  c o o rd in a to rs to  take a 
leadership approach th a t includes v ision, lo n g ­
term  p la n n in g , a nd th e  ability to  c o m m u n ica te  
w ith in  th e  library and across cam pus the im ­
p o rtan c e  o f  th e  in stru c tio n  program .

“W it h o u t a cross w o rd ,” a lth o u g h  lig h t­
h e arted , shares a creative so lu tio n  for d isc o u r­
aging vandalism  o f  the daily new spaper. C ross­
w o rd  puzzle thieves beware!

P a rt tw o o f  coverage o f  A CRL’s 11 th  N a ­
tio n a l C onference can be fo u n d  on  page 443. 
T h e  final, a p p ro v ed  v ersion o f  th e  “G u id e ­
lines for cu rric u lu m  m aterial c en ters” are p u b ­
lish ed  here as well. A n n  V iles’ last in stallm e n t 
o f  th e  Fast Facts co lu m n  appears on  page 4 98. 
T h a n k s to A n n  for her h a rd  w o rk  a n d  d edica­
tio n  in  the past three years. O u r  n ew  e d ito r, 
G a ry  P attillo, will take over th e  c o lu m n  in  Sep­
tem ber.

— Stephanie O rp h a n , E ditor-in-chief 
sorphan@ala.org

mailto:sorphan@ala.org