In May 2014 I wrote an essay for the C&RL News introducing ACRL's 75th Anniversary celebration. Now the formal festivities have ended, and we can look back on an impressive set of activities. The publication New Roles for the Road Ahead,1 commissioned for the anniversary, contains 20 essays in three sections, "Framing the Road Ahead," "Shifts in Positioning," and "Responding to Opportunity: Creating a New Library Landscape." The authors shared their thoughts on the world in which academic libraries will thrive, ways libraries are responding to change, and new roles for libraries and librarians. College and Research Libraries published a special issue in March 2015 reprinting seven landmark articles from the journal's history as chosen by the readers. The C&RL editorial board also solicited authors for companion essays aimed at illuminating the contemporary, and ongoing, significance of these works. Programs at the ACRL 2015 Conference in Portland and the ATA Annual Conference in San Francisco focused on the new roles librarians are undertaking and what this might tell us about libraries and librarians in higher education. Fun celebrations included a cake cutting, sealing the ACRL time capsule, and creating a special ACRL 75th anniversary cocktail.
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