March 2022 95C&RL News 

Welcome to the March 2022 issue of C&RL News. Taking a hard look at the effectiveness 
and inclusivity of peer review is one way in which legacy systems in academia are being 
reviewed and challenged through the lens of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Charlotte Roh 
of California State University-San Marcos begins this month’s issue by examining ways of 
“Owning the peer review process,” including a discussion of unpaid labor in scholarly pub-
lishing, in the latest installment of our Scholarly Communication column. 

At Rutgers University-Camden, a group of librarians and students came together to 
advance issues of textbook affordability and increase the use of OER at their institution. 
Oriana Holmes-Price, Samantha Kannegiser, Erika Pitsker, and Zara T. Wilkinson write 
about how they went about centering student voices as part of the process in their article 
“Small actions, big impact.”

Increasing the adoption of OER as textbooks is also an ongoing project at Penn State-
Altoona. Librarians addressed the challenge by taking on the work of identifying e-books 
already included in their resource collections as proof of concept of the possibility of using 
existing licensed resources as a tool to reduce textbook costs. Lori Lysiak outlines their work 
moving forward “Division by division, book by book” to increase the use of OER on campus.

As we move closer towards the end of spring term, many students in LIS programs are 
eyeing graduation and planning for the job search process in a virtual or hybrid environ-
ment. Isabel Soto-Luna discusses her recent “Job search during COVID,” providing a variety 
of handy tips for navigating the process for both job seekers and hiring institutions. In this 
issue’s The Way I See It feature, Christine Woods writes about “Going online and staying 
online” as her job at Saint Leo University transitioned to a permanent remote work model.

Voting in the 2022 ALA/ACRL elections begins March 14. Kelvin Watson and Emily 
Drabinski, candidates for the 2023-24 ALA presidency respond to question from the ACRL 
Board of Directors this month to help you make an informed decision in the upcoming 
election. A list of ACRL members standing for election to ALA Council is also available in 
this issue. Help shape the future of your associations by casting your ballot for the candidates 
of your choice over the next month.

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

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