409 As Chair of the ACRL Publications Coordinating Committee for the last two years, I have taken a keen interest in the policies and procedures of the division’s research journal, College & Research Libraries. Published since 1939, C&RL has established itself as a leading journal in academic librarianship and is important for the new knowledge it brings to our profession as well as the prestig...

The Cardiovascular Journal of Africa (CVJAfrica) has updated its electronic presence with a modern website to provide for quick and easy access to the Journal's contents and services. Importantly, for narrow-band users in developing regions, the Journal has ensured that access to its articles is direct to text in compact PDFs. For our advertisers, within both the pharmaceutical and academic env...

CONTEXT Adolescent drinking is a major public health concern. The federal government does not restrict alcohol advertising to adolescents, but relies on the alcohol industry for self-regulation. OBJECTIVES To investigate recent alcohol advertising in magazines and to determine whether advertising frequency is associated with adolescent readership. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS All alcohol a...