December 2021 C&RL News497

Welcome to the December 2021 issue of 
C&RL News. This issue begins with the lat-
est installment of our Perspectives on the 
Framework column. Brittany O’Neill of 
Louisiana State University discusses her ef-
forts at empowering students to navigate 
privilege in publishing through the “Author-
ity is Constructed and Contextual” frame.

At Lafayette College, librarians worked at 
“Building a digital repository of assignments” 
for increased instructional collaboration 
across campus. Tracie Marcella Addy, Bianca 
Falbo, and Lijuan Xu detail the development 
and execution of the project, which began 
with a group of first-year seminar courses and 
expanded to a campus-wide initiative.

In this month’s Scholarly Communication 
column, Retno Sayekti of the Universitas 
Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Medan in In-
donesia explores “Applying the concept of 
rahmatan lil alamin in publication.”

Adam Chalmers of the University of North 
Florida provides a step-by-step outline of his 

library’s effort at “Getting up and running 
with virtual reality” through the transforma-
tion of physical space into a hybrid VR and 
library instruction classroom.

According to tradition, we also take a look 
back at ACRL’s accomplishments in advanc-
ing learning and transforming scholarship 
with our 2020–2021 Annual Report. You can 
help make the next year of your association as 
successful as the last by volunteering to serve 
on an ACRL committee or editorial board The 
call for volunteers is available on page 509.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments this month, including 
a The Way I See It essay from Cynthia A. 
Romanowski as she continues document-
ing her journey to tenure as a “First-time 
faculty librarian” and information on the 
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program in 
the latest edition of Washington Hotline by 
Kevin Maher.

Thanks as always for reading the News!
—David Free, editor-in-chief, dfree@ala.org

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