November 2021 C&RL News453

Welcome to the November 2021 issue of 
C&RL News. Paulette Kerr, Kathryn La 
Barre, and Spencer Lilley start us off with 
the latest installment of the International 
Insights column. They discuss a project to 
develop an internationally scoped guide to 
help librarians worldwide develop antiracist 
educational materials in “Diversity in local 
and comparative contexts.”

At the University of Illinois-Chicago, 
Catherine Lantz, Glenda Insua, and Annie 
Armstrong adapted a model from UCLA to 
develop student-created, student-centered 
learning objects. They write about the project 
in their article “Students leading the way.” In 
“Broadcasting the Framework,” Stella Herzig 
of St. Ambrose University discusses a project 
to help students develop information literacy 
skills through creating podcasts as a class as-
signment. 

Building on their existing family study 
space, librarians at the University of Toronto 
responded to the needs of their student parent 

population by piloting a free childminding 
center in the library during semester crunch 
time. Jesse Carliner and Kyla Everall outline 
the project in “Time of one’s own.”

Many academic librarians continue to 
move into management positions feeling a 
lack of preparation or background in leading 
teams. Alyssa Archer, Candice Benjes-Small, 
Katelyn Burton, Jennifer Resor-Whicker, 
and Rebecca Seipp discuss their efforts at 
“Mentoring each other” through an ongoing 
online virtual support system for new and 
aspiring managers. Jody Hanshew and Adam 
Alley of Emory & Henry College write about 
“Confronting the beast” to make the strategic 
planning process fun through gamification.

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments this month, including a 
Scholarly Communication column on undis-
ciplining digital humanities by Lynne Stahl  
and a look at using LinkedIn as a publishing 
vehicle from Mark Bieraugel.

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

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