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“Sailing into the Future—Charting our Des­
tiny,” ACRL’s 13th National Conference, is 
just around the corner (March 31–April 1 in 
Baltimore). The conference will help you 
keep pace with important academic library 
issues, such as advocacy, assessment, collec­
tions, digital initiatives, information literacy, 
and scholarly communication. In addition 
to dynamic panel presentations, the con­
ference features contributed papers, poster 
sessions, and roundtable discussions, as 
well as thought­provoking and entertaining 
keynote sessions. 

Through the virtual conference com­
munity (included in face­to­face registration 
fees, or available as a stand­alone registra­
tion) you’ll have access to discussion boards, 
blogs, speaker materials, and more. Live 
Webcasts of select programs will also be 
offered virtually; these programs will also 
be available through an archive after the 
conference. For complete information and 

to hear a welcome message from conference 
chair Mary Reichel, visit the conference Web 
site at www.acrl.org/baltimore. If you’ve got 
information you’d like to share about con­
ference events or the host city, an official 
conference wiki is available at wikis.ala. 
org/acrlbaltimore/. 

This issue includes responses from the 
candidates for ALA President to a set of 
questions put forth by the ACRL Board of 
Directors. A list of ACRL members running for 
ALA council is also provided. We hope this 
information will help you make an informed 
decision when you vote in the association’s 
election this spring. 

To keep you abreast of the new business 
and initiatives of the association, a list of 
actions taken by the ACRL Board of Direc­
tors at the Midwinter Meeting can be found 
on page 184. 

—Stephanie Orphan, Editor­in Chief 
sorphan@ala.org 

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