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Welcome to the November 2008 issue of 
C&RL News. The day of this writing, Octo­
ber 14, 2008, marks the first Open Access 
Day (www.openaccessday.org), sponsored 
by SPARC, PLoS, and Students for Free Cul­
ture. While today’s events call attention to 
the principle of freely available online re­
search, there are many other important is­
sues and trends related to ease of access to 
information. The Creative Commons move­
ment provides free tools that allow content 
creators to easily share and provide access 
to their works. Molly Kleinman discusses 
Creative Commons and its implications for 
libraries in her article “The beauty of ‘Some 
Rights Reserved.’” 

The advent of new technologies and 
methods of information delivery can provide 
challenges in the preservation of information 
for access by future generations. Paul Conway 
explores ways to reimagine the shifting work 
of preservation “Tec(h)tonics” in this issue. 

New standards and guidelines for special col­
lections, produced by the ACRL Rare Books 
and Manuscripts Section, are also presented 
this month. 

Many educators and librarians are exploring 
the virtual world of Second Life (SL) as a means 
of information delivery. Troy Swanson outlines 
the use of a SL as a learning tool at Moraine 
Valley Community College in “Google Maps 
and Second Life,” and Beth Kattelman provides 
an informative list of SL­related Web sites in this 
month’s Internet Resources feature. 

Make sure to take a look at all of the 
other great articles and columns, including 
Kathy Campbell’s discussion of what hap­
pens “When a librarian enters the classroom” 
and the third entry in our series of articles 
highlighting Seattle, host of the 14th ACRL 
National Conference. 

Thanks for reading the News! 
—David Free, editor-in-chief 

dfree@ala.org 

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