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Welcome to the March 2008 issue of 
C&RL News. A big challenge facing college 
and university libraries today is raising our 
profile and changing perceptions of what 
we have to offer. Creative marketing is one 
way to raise awareness of libraries across the 
campus community. This month, Elizabeth 
M. Karle addresses “Invigorating the aca­
demic library experience” through outreach 
and programming. 

Producing programs can often lead to op­
portunities to work with groups outside the 
library. Stacy Brinkman and Frances Weinstein 
Yates write about collaborating with campus 
and community organizations in hosting a 
well­received Japanese cultural festival in their 
article “Promoting partnership.” 

Richard Fyffe and William C. Welburn 
write about potential partnerships of a dif­
ferent kind in this month’s scholarly commu­
nication article “ETDs, scholarly communica­
tion, and campus collaboration.” 

To help you prepare for the upcoming 
ALA election, the ACRL Board of Directors 
asked the two candidates for ALA president 
to respond to a set of questions about their 
candidacies and vision for the association. 
The responses from Camila Alire and J. Linda 
Williams are available in this issue. A list of 
ACRL members running for ALA Council is 
also provided. Make sure to vote in the elec­
tion, beginning March 17. 

Congratulations to Peter Hernon (Simmons 
College), ACRL’s 2008 Academic/ Research 
Librarian of the Year. And to all of the ACRL 
award winners profiled in this issue. Make 
sure to read about their accomplishments 
and all the other great articles and columns 
in this issue, including Internet resources on 
international radio and television broadcasts 
on the Web. Enjoy! 

—David Free, editor-in-chief 
dfree@ala.org 

March 2008 129 C&RL News 

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