January 2015 5 C&RL News

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Welcome to the January 2015 issue of C&RL 
News. Librarians at all types of institutions contin-
ue to innovate by adapting pedagogical trends 
to instructional services. At Marquette Univer-
sity, librarians experimented with the fl ipped 
classroom approach for instruction. Elizabeth 
Andrejasich Gibes and Heather James describe 
the results of their project and ask the question 
“Is fl ipping enough?”

Librarian Ellen Bahr and communications 
instructor Chandler Harriss collaborated at Al-
fred University to provide an integrated library/
classroom experience for student research 
projects. They discuss their efforts in the article 
“One-to-one instruction.”

In this month’s The Way I See It essay, Kate 
Lucey provides a brief overview of differentiated 
instruction and ways it can be applied in the 
instruction classroom. 

Internal staff training and outreach can be 
an overlooked aspect of academic libraries 
but is an essential component of a successful 
library program. Denise Foley, Sarah Barbrow, 
and Megan Hartline provide an overview of 

the University of Michigan Library’s “StaffShare” 
cross-departmental communication and con-
necting program this month.

The Davidson College Library developed an 
innovative training program for student work-
ers who provide information services, focusing 
on developing these workers both as library 
employees and students. Cara Evanson writes 
about the program in her article “‘We aren’t just 
the kids that sit at the front.’”

In this month’s Scholarly Communication 
column, Michael Wolfe and Adrian K. Ho in-
troduce News readers to the “Authors Alliance.”

Make sure to check out the other features 
and departments, including a look at parks, hik-
ing, day trips, and general nature in our ACRL 
2015 host city of Portland, Oregon, by Roberta 
Richards; Internet Resources on “Outsider art” 
by Shannon Marie Robinson; and a look at 
candidates for ACRL offi ces in 2015, in this is-
sue as well. 

Thanks as always for reading the News, and 
Happy New Year!

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

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