February 2016 57 C&RL News

Welcome to the February 2016 issue of C&RL 
News. Collaborations, both within and across in-
stitutional lines, provide  a way to extend library 
services and demonstrate the value of libraries 
to the higher education community. Gauging 
the success of collaborative efforts can some-
times be tricky, however. Librarians from the 
Cornell University Library provide tested tips 
and tools for assessing both internal and exter-
nal collaborations in their article “Partnerships.”

Assessment and evaluation are also essen-
tial to developing courses and other learning 
activities. Amanda Nichols Hess and James L. 
Moseley discuss their experiences “Conducting 
formative evaluation online,” while developing 
and presenting an online learning module at 
Oakland University.

Cynthia Hudson-Vitale and Jennifer Moore 
add to the discussion of assessment techniques 
with their experiment using “Digital badges” in 
helping librarians at Washington University in St. 
Louis develop data management and GIS skills.

Diversity and inclusion efforts continue to 

be a needed point of focus in academic and re-
search libraries. In this issue’s Scholarly Commu-
nication column, Charlotte Roh of the University 
of Massachusetts-Amherst examines these issues 
through the lens of scholarly publishing in her 
article “Library publishing and diversity values.”

With spring conference season close at hand, 
Tina P. Franks of The Ohio State University 
provides a travelogue of her recent adventures 
as a fi rst-time poster presenter in her The Way 
I See It essay “Travel companion.”

Also this month we continue our look at the 
upcoming ALA/ACRL elections with statements 
from the candidates for ACRL vice-president/
president-elect. Vote for the candidates of your 
choice in the election beginning March 15.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments this month, including an 
ACRL TechConnect article by Tammy Ivins on 
creating automated reports from Google Forms 
and Internet Resources on Intellectual Freedom 
Associations by Steven Greechie.

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

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