March 2018 109 C&RL News

Welcome to the March 2018 issue of C&RL 
News. Providing library services and collec-
tions that reach all members of the campus 
community is an essential function of today’s 
academic library. Rebekah Scoggins writes 
about taking on a project to increase the 
Lander University library’s LGBTQIA collec-
tions in her article “Broadening your library’s 
collection.”

Approaching outreach to students and 
faculty in new ways can help increase the 
visibility of the library on campus. Susan Wen-
gler discusses efforts to revitalize her library’s 
drop-in reference help sessions in “Branding 
matters.”

At the Middlebury Institute of International 
Studies, Kristen Cardoso and Amy Russo took 
advantage of empty space near their library 
entrance to create participatory displays to 
drive interaction between the library and the 
campus community. They write about their 
efforts in their article “Inviting people in.”

In this issue’s Scholarly Communication 
column, David W. Lewis, Lori Goetsch, Diane 
Graves, and Mike Roy provide an overview 

of the 2.5% commitment initiative in their 
article “Funding community controlled open 
infrastructure for scholarly communication.”

In our latest ACRL TechConnect feature, 
Jiebei Luo examines “Using Google apps 
to manage embargo records” in Skidmore 
College’s institutional repository, while Junli 
Diao reflects on the connection of “Catalog-
ing backlogs” to life and librarianship in this 
month’s The Way I See It essay.

We continue our look at the upcoming 
ALA/ACRL elections with responses from the 
candidates for ALA vice-president/president-
elect to questions from the ACRL Board of 
Directors and a list of ACRL members run-
ning for ALA Council. Help shape the future 
of your associations by voting in the election 
starting March 12.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments this month, including In-
ternet Resources on “International economic 
development” by David Ettinger and a look 
at the March issue of C&RL from editor Wendi 
Kaspar. Thanks as always for reading the News!

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

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