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May 2016 217 C&RL News

Welcome to the May 2016 issue of C&RL News. 
The Barnard College Library recently completed 
a move to a temporary space in the college’s for-
mer gym while a new library building is being 
constructed. The timing of the transition meant 
that for one semester, students were greeted by 
a nearly empty building as the stacks had been 
transferred to storage over the preceding summer. 
Jenna Freedman and Shannon O’Neill write about 
the library’s efforts to provide an inviting and fun 
atmosphere during this transition, including al-
lowing students to create art on the library walls, 
in their article “Library beautifi cation.”

Rutgers University librarians took a perhaps 
more traditional approach to art in the library by 
developing a permanent gallery space. Megan 
Lotts discusses the project and its impact on creat-
ing campus collaborations in her article “Building 
bridges, creating partnerships, and elevating the 
Arts.”

Teaching information literacy to art majors can 
often be a dicey prospect, given the emphasis on 
studio work over traditional written research in 

many fi ne arts degree programs. Katie Greer of 
Oakland University writes about her experiences 
moving students “From the studio to the archive” 
by using special collections materials to instill visual 
and information literacy skills.

This month we are excited to launch a new 
regular feature, International Insights. Edited by 
Clara M. Chu and Barbara J. Ford of the University 
of Illinois’ Mortenson Center, this quarterly feature 
will focus on providing a global perspective on 
academic and research library issues. The feature 
launches with a focus on several current IFLA 
initiatives.

Make sure to check out the other features and 
departments this month, including a look at “A 
standardized self-paced nursing library course” at 
Penn State University, a The Way I See It essay on 
“Survey data” by Emma Oxford, Internet Resources 
on “Jamaica” by Kai Alexis Smith,  and information 
on ACRL events at the upcoming 2016 ALA Annual 
Conference in Orlando.

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

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