April 2015 181 C&RL News

Welcome to the April 2015 issue of C&RL News.  
Social justice and equality issues remain a hot top-
ic of discussion across the country. In this issue’s 
The Way I See It essay, Rachel Lockman refl ects 
on the relationship between “Academic librarians 
and social justice” and calls for increased engage-
ment with social issues through microactivism.

Librarians at the University of Arizona put micro-
activism and critical pedagogy into action following 
the events in Ferguson, Missouri, through the creation 
of a research guide and collaborating on a related 
conference with campus partners. Nicole Pagowsky 
and Niamh Wallace discuss these initiatives and why 
it is important for libraries to be actively involved in 
social justice issues in their article “Black Lives Matter!”

Judith E. Pasek examines campus collabora-
tions from a different perspective in her article 
“Organizing the liaison role,” where she discusses 
a compelling concept map for organizing and 
planning liaison activities.

Claudia Peterson and Mary Inks Budinsky of 
Penn State-Fayette, The Eberly Campus, continue 
the look at “Successful collaboration between learn-
ing partners,” focusing on teaming with the campus 

learning center in a joint instructional program.
Librarians at Wake Forest University took a fun 

and creative approach to collaboration, working 
with their Division of Campus Life to host Capture 
the Flag and Humans Vs. Zombies events in their 
library as detailed in the article “Large-scale, live-
action gaming events in academic libraries.”

In this issue’s Scholarly Communication col-
umn, Kristi Jensen and Quill West examine “Open 
educational resources and the higher education 
environment,” focusing on opportunities for library 
leadership in OER.

With graduation approaching for many LIS 
students, we provide some helpful job search tips 
for both newly minted and seasoned librarians 
from human resources professionals Kathryn Kjaer 
and Leo Agnew in their article “HR confi dential.” 

Make sure to check out the other features and 
departments, including the fi rst round of profi les 
of 2015 ACRL award winners, a call for nomina-
tions for 2016 section offi ces, and the monthly 
C&RL Spotlight.

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

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