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March 2012 121 C&RL News

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Welcome to the March 2012 issue of C&RL 
News. As academic and research libraries and 
librarians strive to adapt their programs and 
services, collaborative efforts can help move 
us to the future. The Wake Forest University Z. 
Smith Reynolds Library created an “In-house 
collaborative mentoring” program to assist 
new, and veteran, librarians with the transition 
to faculty status. Molly Keener, Vicki Johnson, 
and Bobbie L. Collins discuss the program in 
this month’s issue.

Collaborations between librarians at differ-
ent institutions can also be benefi cial to student 
learning. One such collaboration is taking place 
between St. John’s University and the New York 
Public Library to introduce students to the schol-
arly research process. St. John’s history professor 
Elaine Carey, along with her former student and 
current NYPL librarian Raymond Pun, share their 
efforts in the article “Doing history.”

Providing space in library buildings for col-
laboration between students is an ongoing trend 
in many library renovations. The creation of 
additional collaborative space at Virginia Com-

monwealth University was so successful that it 
required the development of an online booking 
system. M. Teresa Doherty and Erin R. White 
outline the steps taken in developing “Room 
reservations at VCU Libraries” in this month’s 
ACRL TechConnect feature.

With voting in the ALA/ACRL elections 
scheduled to begin March 19, Gina Millsap and 
Barbara Stripling, the candidates for ALA vice-
president/president-elect, respond to questions 
from the ACRL Board of Directors to help you 
cast an informed ballot. Help shape the future of 
your association by voting in this year’s election. 

Make sure to check out the other features 
and columns this month, including Internet 
Resources on “Creative writing and the Web” 
by Hugh Burkhart, an essay on adapting ap-
proaches in the classroom by Mara Thacker, and 
ACRL “Standards for faculty status for academic 
librarians” and “Guidelines for academic librar-
ians without faculty status.”

Thanks as always for reading the News.  
—David Free, editor-in-chief

dfree@ala.org

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