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ACRL’s 12th National Conference, held 
April 7–10 in Minneapolis, was a resound­
ing success. With a record­breaking total at­
tendance of nearly 4,000 people and more 
than 300 sessions to choose from, not to 
mention a vibrant show floor, how could 
it have been anything else? In addition, the 
first­ever virtual conference, which allowed 
participation through live Webcasts, discus­
sion boards, and access to conference ma­
terials, offered a new way for face­to­face 
and virtual conference goers alike to expe­
rience a National Conference. A wrap­up of 
events appears in the article on page 439; 
reports of individual conference sessions 
are available in the online version of the 
magazine. 

Also included in this month’s issue are 
articles focusing on instruction and assess­
ment. “The MAPIT and GETIT approach to 
introductory instruction sessions” presents a 
method for covering the basics described in 

the “Information literacy standards for higher 
education” when limited to a 50­minute in­
struction session. “Asking better questions,” 
discusses ways in which librarians can use 
easy­to­access library statistics as a means of 
assessing their effectiveness and informing 
ongoing work. 

Job of Lifetime highlights the work of 
the ALA’s Offi ce for Information Technology 
Policy’s copyright specialist, Carrie Russell. 

The final version of “Guidelines for bor­
rowing and lending special collections ma­
terials for exhibition,” approved by the ACRL 
Board at its Midwinter Meeting, are published 
in this issue, as well. This update replaced 
the original 1990 document. 

Congratulations to Pamela Snelson, ACRL’s 
newly elected vice president/president elect. 
Information about Snelson and complete 
election results are on page 474.

 —Stephanie Orphan, Editor­in­chief 
sorphan@ala.org 

June 2005  433 C&RL News 

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