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July/August 2014 361 C&RL News

In the

Welcome to the July/August 2014 issue of C&RL 
News. The purposeful use of social media can be a 
powerful tool in engaging your library and campus 
communities. Natalie Burclaff and Catherine John-
son provide tips for “Developing a social media 
strategy” to increase the usefulness of your pres-
ences in this month’s ACRL TechConnect article.

Sharing and building on resources created by our 
peers is a long-standing tradition. Katie Fortney, Cody 
Hennesy, and Deborah Murphy discuss a project to 
create recommendations for uniform application of 
Creative Commons licenses to library learning objects 
in their article “Share the wealth.”

Interlibrary loan (ILL) services have undergone 
a great amount of change over the past several 
years. While the services continue to be essential 
to students and researchers, they no longer re-
semble the traditional picture of acquiring books 
and photocopies of articles from other institutions. 
In this issue’s Scholarly Communication column, 
Beth Posner of the CUNY Graduate Center looks 
at “The view from interlibrary loan services” 
from a research and scholarly communication 
perspective.

In her article “It’s all about the relationships,” Laura 
Graveline discusses the importance of ILL as a service 
in launching library services for a residency-based PhD 
program for studio artists. In another view from the 
frontlines of ILL, Andrew Shuping compares the skills 
needed for success as an ILL staffer as a combination 
of Sherlock Holmes, MacGyver, and Neo in his essay 
“The modern interlibrary loan office.”

Successful outreach programs can increase the 
view of the library as a center for campus activity. 
Catherine M. Brown looks at the past and present 
of  cultural performances in the rotunda of the UCLA 
College Library in her article “Concerts and dances 
in a library?” 

Make sure to check out the other features and 
departments this month, including  the final installment 
in 2013-14 ACRL President Trevor A. Dawes’  series on 
financial literacy education and libraries, a The Way 
I See It essay by Dale Larsen on  reaching business 
students through“The Friday E-Mail List,” and Internet 
Resources on biographical resources by Susie Skarl. 

Enjoy your summer and we’ll see you back in the 
News in September.

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

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