July/August 2015 357 C&RL News

Welcome to the July/August 2015 issue of C&RL 
News. Most do-it yourselfers know that home im-
provement and renovation projects are never as 
easy as they appear on HGTV. The stress of chang-
ing and updating spaces is compounded in proj-
ects the size of renovating all or part of a library 
building. Simone Yearwood refl ects on her experi-
ences during a recent renovation of the Queens 
College Rosenthal Library and provides tips for oth-
er libraries looking to update starting out on similar 
projects in her article “Catching up with time.”

Jonathan Cain and Gardner Treneman provide 
another perspective on taking advantage of a reno-
vation project to improve services to a rapidly grow-
ing student body. Their piece,“Offering new spaces 
to the space-strapped student,” details changes to 
service and study spaces during a renovation at 
Hunter College.

Keeping your building safe from natural disasters 
can be an increased priority following a renovation. 
Or at any time, really. Karen Nourse Reed of Middle 
Tennessee State University provides tips for “Taking 
a second look at emergency procedures plans” to 
keep them up-to-date and functional .

In the latest installment of our ACRL TechCon-
nect series, Sarah Hartman-Caverly of Delaware 
Community College provides a framework for 
examining student behavior through video tutorial 
analytics  to improve both tutorials and in-person ser-
vices in her article “Brevity, complexity, availability.”

This month we feature not one but two The 
Way I See It essays. First, Clark Nall of East Carolina 
University discusses “Academic libraries and the 
principles of universal design for learning.” Amy 
Brunvald of the University of Utah then issues a call 
for format-sensitive collection development in her 
essay “Taking paper seriously.”

Make sure to check out the other features and 
departments in this month’s issue, including Internet 
Resources highlighting “Online resources for writ-
ers” by Julie Flanders, a look at “Going analog, and 
getting artsy” for creative library programming and 
campus collaboration by Lisa A. Forrest, and  tips 
for navigating change while working on your library 
and campus “Strategic vision” by Deborah B. Gaspar.

Enjoy your summer, and we’ll see you back in 
the News in September.

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

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