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Welcome to the April 2010 issue of C&RL 
News. Today’s academic and research librar-
ians are more intimately involved in the 
scholarly research process than ever before. 
Libraries now host of institutional reposi-
tories and serve as journal publishers. And 
librarians conduct the same sorts of qualita-
tive and quantitative research that were once 
the purview of other academic departments.

With this shift in role comes a need to 
be fully versed in institutional policies, pro-
cedures, and standards for research. In this 
issue, Robert V. Labaree sheds light on the 
often mysterious processes of “Working with 
your institutional review board,” a necessity 
when conducting any sort of research with 
human subjects. 

In addition to creating original research, 
many libraries are changing the way data 
is stored and preserved in the Internet era. 
Sayeed Choudury discusses “Data curation” 
advances at Johns Hopkins and outlines ways 

that libraries can collaborate to create a data 
ecosystem.

Drawing new talent to the profession is 
critical to continuing the advancing climate of 
today’s libraries. Dwight King outlines how 
Notre Dame partners with local high schools 
to recruit “The next generation” of minority 
librarians to the fi eld. Recent MLIS graduates 
Rachel Cannady and Daniel Newton look to 
their own experiences to provide advice to 
help the new generation land their fi rst jobs 
in their article “Making the best of the worst 
of times.” 

Make sure to take a look at all of the 
other great articles and columns, including 
a discussion of embedding library resources 
into courseware using LibGuides, Internet Re-
sources on “Victorian literature and culture,” 
and part two of our recognition of the 2010 
ACRL award winners.

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

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