May 2021 C&RL News205

Welcome to the May 2021 issue of C&RL 
News. We open this month’s issue with lat-
est installment of our Perspectives on the 
Framework column. Christopher Sweet of 
Illinois Wesleyan University advocates for 
increasing the focus on social justice in the 
Framework for Information Literacy in his 
article “Overdue.”

Samantha Peter, Kristina Clement, Shan-
non Sheridan, and Hilary Baribeau continue 
the focus on information literacy issues with 
a look at the launch of a badging program at 
the University of Wyoming in their article 
“Feasible and flexible,” while Valerie J. Hill 
and Thomas P. Mackey share their insights 
on metamodern libraries in “Embracing 
metaliteracy.” 

Two articles this month focus on grants in 
academic libraries. Christine Walde discusses 
her unique role as grants and awards librarian 
at the University of Victoria in “Catalyzing 

research, building capacity.” The University of 
Arizona Poetry Center used a series of grants 
to improve their small library’s preservation 
infrastructure. Sarah Kortemeier writes about 
the project in “The snowball effect.”

Celia Rabinowitz of Keene State College 
provides perspective on collecting and report-
ing statistics in her The Way I See It essay “You 
keep using that word.” A second The Way I 
See It Essay from Elizabeth Dill and Jennifer 
Nutefall examines “Managing self-imposed 
leadership transitions during unprecedented 
challenges.”

This month’s Scholarly Communica-
tion column by LeEtta Schmidt and Jason  
Boczar discusses “Designing a flexible out-
reach program for scholarly communication 
and copyright services” at the University of 
South Florida.

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

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