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May 2014 229 C&RL News

In the

Welcome to the May 2014 issue of C&RL News.  
Google Glass has been the topic of much discus-
sion and debate in the media over the past several 
months. Char Booth and Dani Brecher discuss the 
pros and cons of this new technology along with 
the Claremont Colleges Library’s Glass lending 
and education efforts in their article “Ok, library.”

In this issue’s Scholarly Communication col-
umn, Christine Fruin and Fred Rascoe discuss 
the economics of open access, including author 
processing charges, in their article “Funding open 
access journal publishing.”

As Spring terms begin to wind down, plan-
ning for the next academic year begins in many 
libraries. Scott Garrison and Jennifer E. Nutefall 
give great advice for new library directors based 
on their own experiences in “Start by interviewing 
every librarian and staff member.” Anne Langley 
and Andrea Baruzzi of Princeton University give 
tips on holding planning events in “So you want 
to have a library retreat?” 

A new academic year may mean new oppor-
tunities for collaboration, as well. Jane Carlin, Lori 
Ricigliano, and Ellen Peters share their experiences 

of collaboration between “Libraries and institutional 
research” at Portland State University. May 2014 
marks the kickoff of ACRL’s 75th Anniversary 
celebration. To help celebrate this milestone, we 
are launching a series of articles running each is-
sue over the next year highlighting the history of 
ACRL along with anniversary celebration events. 
In the inaugural edition, 75th Anniversary Celebra-
tion Task Force Chair Pamela Snelson outlines the 
reasons to celebrate ACRL.

In this month’s installment of ACRL President 
Trevor Dawes’ series on financial literacy education, 
Heather Jagman, Krystal Lewis, Brent Nunn, and 
Scott Walter discuss ways the DePaul University 
Library integrated financial literacy into their pro-
grams and services.

Make sure to check out the other features and 
departments this month, including information on 
ACRL events at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in 
Las Vegas, a The Way I See It essay by Jen Green 
on “Library instruction for first-year students,” and 
Internet Resources on crowdfunding for research 
by Dawn Cadogan. 

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

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