June 2020 265 C&RL News

Welcome to the June 2020 issue of C&RL 
News. Every two years, ACRL’s Research 
Planning and Review Committee produces 
their “Top trends in academic libraries.” 
The 2020 edition discusses change manage-
ment; evolving integrated library systems; 
learning analytics; machine learning and AI; 
the state of open access and research data 
services; social justice, critical librarianship, 
and critical digital pedagogy; streaming me-
dia; and student wellbeing. Many thanks to 
the committee for pulling together this im-
portant survey of the current landscape of 
academic and research librarianship.

One event since the writing of the 
trends article that promises a great impact 
is the COVID-19 pandemic. Marta Mestrovic  
Deyrup and Sarah Ponichtera write about 
Seton Hall University’s efforts to collect their 
community’s pandemic stories in “Com-
munity sourcing a response to COVID-19.”

Inclusion and social justice issues are high-
lighted in two articles this month. First-genera-
tion students and the Framework in everyday 
contexts is the focus of the latest Perspectives on 
the Framework column written by Darren Ilett, 
while Dennis Ocholla provides perspectives on 
“Decolonizing higher education in Africa” in the 
International Insights column.

Colleen Lyon, Gina Bastone, and Sarah 
Brand focus on the continuing trend to-
wards open as they write about ways to 
create open education awareness in their 
Scholarly Communication column “Opening 
up to OER.”

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments this month, including a 
look at a collaboration between a library and 
local historical society by Jennifer Murray, 
and the results of the 2020 ACRL elections.

Stay safe and healthy.
—David Free, editor-in-chief, dfree@ala.org

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