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February 2014 61 C&RL News

In the

Welcome to the February 2014 issue of C&RL 
News. The doctrine of first sale is essential to the 
lending functions of libraries. The principle is 
much less clear when dealing with the lending 
of e-books, however. In this month’s Scholarly 
Communication column, “Last sale?,” Jennifer 
Jenkins examines the rights of libraries in the 
digital age.

Mobile devices such as iPads and other tab-
lets are becoming more prevalent in education. 
Zachary Newell and Jason Soohoo discuss Salem 
State University’s experiments with bringing 
mobile technology to the library classroom in 
their ACRL TechConnect article “iAdapt.” Anne 
Jumonville looks at information literacy instruc-
tion as a means course innovation in her article 
“The Humanities in process, nor crisis.”

Many academic libraries participate in 
some sort of library marketing or promotional 
activities for campus faculty. In his article 
“The first sparks of collaboration,” Brett 
Spencer discusses ways liaison librarians can 
begin the process of promoting services and 
collection, along with building relationships, 

during the faculty interview process.
In this issue’s installment of ACRL President 

Trevor A. Dawes’ series on libraries and financial 
literacy education, Katrina Stierholz and Mary 
Suiter of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 
outline some of the financial literacy resources 
available through the St. Louis Fed.

Also this month, we continue our look at the 
upcoming ALA/ACRL elections with statements 
from the candidates for ACRL vice-president 
/president-elect. Review the full statements by the 
candidates for ALA vice-president in the March 
issue and make sure to vote for the candidates of 
your choice in the election beginning March 19.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments, including Internet Resources 
on media planning and advertising resources by 
Kate Pittsley, a The Way I See It essay reflect-
ing on “Working the graveyard shift” by Robert 
Lasner, and revised “Guidelines for university 
library services to undergraduate students” in 
this issue, as well. 

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

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