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December 2012 641 C&RL News

In the

Welcome to the December 2012 issue of C&RL 
News. The research projects academic and re-
search librarians undertake to improve their li-
braries can sometimes have unintended benefits. 
Andrea A. Wirth and Margaret Mellinger discuss 
how a study at Oregon State University helped li-
brarians develop a water resources research guide 
in their article “Improving subject guides with ex-
isting citation analyses data.”

In our continuing focus on collaborations in 
librarianship, project partners from the University 
of Michigan and the Ann Arbor Public Schools 
discuss how they worked together to improve the 
information literacy skills of high school students 
in a public health course. 

John J. Meier of Penn State University examines 
“Science graphic novels for academic libraries” and 
shares a conversation with researcher and science 
cartoonist Jay Hosler.

In this month’s Scholarly Communication 
column, Kathleen Fitzpatrick of the Modern Lan-
guage Association discusses “Openness, value, 
and scholarly societies.” Pete McDonnell provides 

timely advice for getting in touch with “The inner 
librarian” in his The Way I See It Essay.

This issue marks the final Preservation News 
column authored by Jane Hedberg. Jane is retiring 
from her position at Harvard University and leaving 
C&RL News, as well. On behalf of ACRL and the 
C&RL News readership, I would like to thank Jane 
for her more than 20 years of keeping us up-to-
date on the world of preservation. It has been a 
pleasure to work with her, and her work will be 
greatly missed. 

Make sure to check out all of the other features 
and departments in this month’s issue, including  
a revision of the Joint Statement on Faculty Status 
of College and University Librarians, brief infor-
mation on ACRL activities at the ALA Midwinter 
Meeting in Seattle, and the call for volunteers for 
association committees and editorial boards. We 
also take a look back at the accomplishments of 
your association this month with the 2011–12 ACRL 
Annual Report.

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

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