News from the Field C&RL News May 2016 218 Emmons at emmons@unm.edu by June 1, 2016. ECU launches Alternative Textbook Program East Carolina University’s J.Y. Joyner Library recently announced the names of faculty who will receive $1,000 stipends to develop or incorporate alternative texts in their cours- es. The pilot pro- gram launched in January 2016 with a call for propos- als. The response was so positive that Joyner Library Director Janice S. Lewis decided to expand the num- ber of stipends awarded from 10 to 15. Proposals included adopt- ing existing open textbooks, incorporating library subscription resources, such as jour- nal articles, e-book chapters, and streaming video in courses, and creating completely new content. In addition to a stipend, each recipient will be paired with a librarian who will assist with identifying potential course materials and offer copyright guidance. The program’s primary goal is to reduce costs for students. One proposal for an in- troductory Economics course offers potential savings of close to $100,000 per semester. Many proposals touted other advantages of alternative textbooks, such as providing more timely and relevant content, engaging students in active learning, and ensuring that every student has access to course materials on the first day of class. The alternative text- book program is funded by library donors and income from the Fred Timms Langford and Verona Lee Joyner Langford Endowment Fund. N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l dDavid Free Emory, Georgia Tech dedicate new Library Service Center The state-of-the-art Library Service Center (LSC), created by Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology to house a shared collection amassing millions of books and other materials, formally opened in March 2016. Stretching across 4.6 acres near the back of Emory’s Briarcliff Property, the climate-controlled 5 5 , 0 0 0 - s q u a r e - foot facility was developed to cre- ate a seamless, unified collection of materials that will be available to faculty, staff, and students at both campuses. The LSC will house around 95 percent of Georgia Tech’s collections and much of Emory’s col- lections, with projections of reaching more than 2 million volumes by this summer. Items will be available for delivery to the main campuses at both universities. Developed in collaboration between Emory and Georgia Tech, the joint project marks the latest chapter in a longstanding public-private partnership between the Atlanta-based institutions and offers advantages for both universities. Standards for Proficiencies for Assessment Librarians and Coordinators draft ACRL is seeking comments on a draft of the new Standards for Proficiencies for Assess- ment Librarians and Coordinators before completing final revisions and submitting the standards for approval. Please review the draft standards on the ACRL website at www.ala.org/acrl/standards, and submit your comments to Task Force Chair Mark The Emory and Georgia Tech Library Service Center. May 2016 219 C&RL News New ACRL books focus on innovation, discovery tools ACRL announces the publication of Managing Creativity: The Innovative Research Library and The Discovery Tool Cookbook: Recipes for Successful Lesson Plans. Written by Ron Jantz, Managing Creativity is number 70 in the ACRL Publications in Librar- ianship monographic series. How do groups of people come together to produce some- thing not only truly useful, but also a break- t h ro u g h t h a t propels users to another level of creativity and productivity? Is an innovative library culture essential for the future of the research library, and, if so, how is this culture to be realized? In addressing these questions, Managing Creativity presents a rich and rigorous analysis of the environmental, organizational, and individual characteristics that promote innovation in the library. The need for library leaders to understand and manage the innovation process cannot be overstated. In this volume, theory, research, and an empirical study of 50 research libraries are all used to inform readers about the com- plex process of innovation and organizational change. For the research model, Jantz has cre- ated a unique dependent variable—innovation performance. He clearly explains the vocabu- lary of organizational change and demonstrates empirically the effects of the library leader- ship team, the singular leader, organizational structure, the external environment, and the decision process on the innovativeness of the research library. Managing Creativity is written primarily for academic library leaders, future leaders, manag- ers, and administrators who want to create a culture of innovation in their institutions. It also provides an overview of much of the theory and empirical evidence found in the literature of innovation studies and, as such, can serve as additional reading in courses on management in library and information science programs. Edited by Nancy Fawley and Nikki Krysak, The Discovery Tool Cookbook showcases test- ed lessons by librarians and practitioners for teaching information literacy using a discovery tool. The t h i r d volume i n t h e success- ful ACRL C o o k - b o o k s e r i e s features “recipes” sorted by lesson type and level of student preparedness, including all the infor- mation needed to replicate (or customize) each dish. The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education is infused in each of the 49 lessons, which suit a mix of abilities, learning outcomes, and patron types, including K–12 and ELL students. The cookbook high- lights many options for fl ipping instruction to maximize learning outside of the classroom. The Discovery Tool Cookbook is essential for all academic and school librarians wanting to create fun lesson plans that incorporate a discovery layer. Managing Creativity: The Innovative Research Library is available for purchase in print, as an e-book, and as a print e-book bundle through the ALA Online Store; in print and for Kindle through Amazon.com; and by tele- phone order at (866) 746-7252 in the United States or (770) 442-8633 for international customers. The Discovery Tool Cookbook: Recipes for Successful Lesson Plans is available for purchase in print through the ALA Online Store and Amazon.com and by telephone order at (866) 746-7252 in the United States or (770) 442-8633 for international customers. C&RL News May 2016 220 C&RL News seeks cover art C&RL News is looking for im- ages from library collections to feature on upcoming covers. If you have items in your collections that you think would make attractive C&RL News covers, we would love to see them. To submit images (or image collections), send URLs for web-based images or images di- rectly as attachments to David Free at dfree@ala.org. Please include a brief description of the item and your collection. Images selected to appear as C&RL News covers will require a high- resolution electronic image (300 dpi or higher) to be submitted prior to the publication date. Images must be vertically oriented or it must be possible to crop the image to show a de- tail in vertical format. Both color and black-and-white images are accepted. Works selected must be in the public domain, from institu- tions that own reproduction rights for the works, or express rights must be obtained from the copyright holder. Complete guidelines for the submission of cover il- lustrations are available online at crln.acrl.org /site/misc/author.xhtml. ProQuest SIPX teams with OpenStax and OpenSUNY to boost OER access As part of its continuing commitment to sup- port Open Educational Resources (OER), ProQuest is making OER content more dis- coverable and visible to instructors through SIPX and Summon. OpenSUNY OER textbooks are now in- dexed and available in Summon, and soon the full catalog of OpenStax OER content will be as well and connected into SIPX’s course materials technology. As a result, improved visibility of these open resources in campus Learning Management System environments will make adoption easier for instructors. Additionally, through these partnerships, ProQuest, OpenStax, and OpenSUNY are in- troducing more options to help reduce course materials costs for students. OpenStax is a non- profi t organization dedicated to developing student access to quality learning materials. More information on ProQuest SIPX is avail- able at www.sipx.com and additional details on OpenStax are at www.openstaxcollege. org. AALL announces Leadership Academy fellows The American Association of Law Librar- ies (AALL) has announced the new class of fellows from its 2016 AALL Leadership Academy, which took place this April in Chicago. Designed to equip law librarians with essential leadership skills and strate- gies to handle challenges at the early stages of their careers, the AALL Leadership Acad- emy helps participants build core leadership competencies while networking with other likeminded legal information professionals. Attendees benefi t from leadership style assessment, core leadership values identifi ca- tion, effective and assertive communication techniques, goal-setting, and improved ability to make an impact within their workplace— maximizing their leadership potential. For more information on AALL and the Leader- ship Academy, including a list of fellows, visit www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Education /leadership-academy. Gale launches LGBTQ digital archive Gale has released the fi rst part of Archives of May 2016 221 C&RL News Human Sexuality and Identity, a digital program that brings together the largest collection of primary source content on gender, sexuality, and identity. The archives meet a growing interest for content to sup- port research in these disciplines. Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, Part I: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940 brings together approximately 1.5 million pages of fully searchable rare and unique content from microfilm, newslet- ters, organizational papers, gov- ernment documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, and other types of pri- mary sources. Content is sourced from ma- jor gay and lesbian organizations worldwide—the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, GLBT Histori- cal Society and others, and covers social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communi- ties around the world, including the gay rights movement and the HIV/ Aids crisis. Available for all types of libraries, Archives of Human Sexual- ity and Identity will support research and instruction in queer history and activism, psychology, sociology, health, political science, policy studies, human rights, gender studies, and more. Parts Two and Three are in the planning stages with the product’s Advisory Board. For more information, visit gale.com Plum Analytics releases PlumX Funding Opportunities Plum Analytics, an EBSCO company, is pro- viding an integrated experience to help re- searchers find grant opportunities to fund their research. PlumX Funding Opportunities helps researchers search for available grants, and, when used with the PlumX Suite, allows them to analyze the grant opportunities within the context of the impact of their current research. PlumX Funding Opportunities is designed for those involved in research who need to find grant money to fund their work. Researchers Tech Bits . . . Brought to you by the ACRL ULS Tech- nology in University Libraries Commit- tee Pixlr is a free cloud-based image manipulation program. The program comes in Express and Editor modes. Express allows users to apply filters to image files, while Pixlr Editor is a fully-featured image manipulation program similar to Photoshop or GIMP, supporting work with layers, fonts, clone stamps, drawing with pencil, brush, and pen tools, and other common image manipulation tasks. Pixlr is useful in any library setting where users request image manipulation programs but desktop programs like Photoshop are not an option due to budgetary constraints. The web version of Pixlr is free, but requires Adobe Flash and may not work on all brows- ers and operating systems. A desktop version (Windows/Mac) is available for $14.99 a year. —Stewart Baker Western Oregon University . . . Pixlr www.pixlr.com and their supporting institutions can perform customized searches of available research grants, and PlumX Funding Opportunities al- lows them to save relevant searches for funding opportunities to their PlumX Dashboards profile page. When new grants based on those searches become available, they will be automatically embedded in the user’s profile page. When PlumX Funding Opportunities is integrated with the PlumX Suite, users have an integrated experience in understanding their research, beginning with finding appropriate new grants through tracking the grants they have received, and the research created as a result of the grants. Then PlumX provides the real-time data that describes the impact of the resulting research through altmetrics. To learn more about PlumX Funding Oppor- tunities and the PlumX Suite, visit the Plum Ana- lytics website at www.plumanalytics.com/.