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Welcome to the May 2008 issue of C&RL 
News. Creative yet manageable library as­
signments are critical to the success of any 
information literacy program. But sometimes 
assignments go awry, despite the best inten­
tions of librarians and faculty. Nina McHale 
provides tips on dealing with library assign­
ments gone bad in her article “Eradicating 
the rogue assignment.” Of course students 
won’t be able to complete even the best li­
brary assignment without a basic knowledge 
of the concepts presented in instruction ses­
sions. 

Suzanne Julian and Kimball Benson dis­
cuss the use of clickers as an in­class as­
sessment tool at Brigham Young University 
in their article “Clicking your way to library 
instruction assessment.” 

While it is only May, it’s not too early to 
start planning events for the fall. Cathy Car­
penter details Georgia Tech’s experiences in 
“Celebrating Constitution Day.” The tips in 

Cathy’s article can be applied to many other 
sorts of events, as well. 

It seems like just yesterday that we gath­
ered in Philadelphia for Midwinter, but now 
it is time to start thinking about the upcoming 
ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. ACRL 
committees and sections are offering a wide 
array of programs at this year’s conference. A 
full list of programs and meetings is available 
in the handy removable preliminary program 
in this issue. Join us from June 26–July 2 in 
sunny California. 

Make sure to take a look at all of the other 
great articles and columns, including Internet 
resources on visual resource collections, a 
new installment of “Job of a Lifetime” profi l­
ing Greta Marlatt of the Naval Postgraduate 
School, and a call for transformation of 
academic publishing in the scholarly com­
munication column. Enjoy! 

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

May 2008 249 C&RL News 

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