ACRL  Publications Current Issue

Editorial: Liberty Square Lessons, by Irving E. Rockwood. Choice's editor and publisher shares some lessons learned from the planning and construction of Choice's new office space.

Editors' Picks: This new feature began as a Web exclusive in Choice Reviews Online, the Web version of the magazine. This eclectic listing of noteworthy titles from the current issue highlights the wide scope and diversity of publications reviewed in Choice. 

You Tube Culture and the Academic Library: A Guide to Online Open Access Educational Videos, by Susan Ariew, research services and collections librarian for education at the Universtiy of South Florida. She may be contacted at sariew@lib.usf.edu.

Ariew's essay introduces librarians to online videos as sources of useful information and as promotional tools. The first part of the essay is a guide to quality videos on video-hosting Web sites, the second to videos libraries use to promote their collections and services, the third to open source videos that libraries can use in their own instructional programs. Ariew discusses more than forty resources, all of which are listed in the cite list along with their URLs.

E-Products for Academic Libraries: 2008 Buying Guide, compiled by Susanne Bjorner. In the sixth annual installment of this modestly retitled feature, independent consultant and former Choice editor Susanne Bjorner presents succinct descriptive information on Web-based resources of potential use to a broad range of academic library patrons.

Outstanding Academic Web Sites of 2007
This feature highlights a group of exceptional Web resources selected for the 2007 Outstanding Academic Titles list, which originally appeared in the January 2008 issue.

Recent & Forthcoming Internet Publications, 2008-2009. This annual feature highlights publications about the Internet, including introductory guides, specialized design manuals, and works dealing with social influences and policy issues.

About the Cover: The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Margaret K. Powell, librarian. Peter Aaron/Esto, photographer.