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January 2013 5 C&RL News

In the

Welcome to the January 2013 issue of C&RL 
News. Recruiting, developing, and evaluat-
ing human resources is an essential part of 
maintaining quality services. To encourage 
and support staff working towards MLIS de-
grees, the University of Alaksa-Anchorage 
developed an informal discussion forum to 
connect students with degreed librarians. 
Daria O. Carle, Christie Ericson, and Kristi D. 
Powell describe the program in their article 
“Un-mentoring in the last frontier.”

Dennis J. Smith, Jessi Hurd, and LeEtta 
Schmidt examine how the University of South 
Florida Library made changes to its evaluation 
system in “Developing core competencies for 
library staff.” Librarians from Boise State Uni-
versity describe a program to provide “iPads 
for all” to encourage staff innovation in this 
month’s ACRL TechConnect feature.

This month’s issue also features two articles 
on collaboration in information literacy instruc-
tion. Clarence Maybee, Tomalee Doan, and 
Catherine Fraser Riehl outline a campus-wide 

collaboration on course content and learning 
space at Purdue University in “Making an 
IMPACT.” Librarians from a number of institu-
tions in Alberta discuss “Making assessment 
less scary” through the development of a local 
collaborative model and instrument.

We take a first look at this year’s candi-
dates for ACRL vice-president/president-elect, 
Board of Directors, and section officers this 
month. Review the full statements by the 
vice-presidential candidates forthcoming in 
the February issue and vote in the election 
beginning March 18.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments, including Internet Resources 
on “Virtual worlds and libraries,” an essay by 
Melissa D’Agostino on her “Wall of fun facts,” 
the ACRL 2013 preliminary program, and the 
next installment in the series introducing our 
host city of Indianapolis.

Thanks as always for reading the News, and 
Happy New Year!  

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

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