Message from the Chair

CINF 1―Chemical Information Instructor‖ feature: Telling the story of successful faculty-librarian partnerships in the Journal of Chemical Education A. Twiss-Brooks, atbrooks@uchicago.edu. John Crerar Library, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States Since 1992 the Chemical Information Instructor (CII) feature has been providing instructors with practical information on a wide range of topics related to teaching information-searching skills to undergraduates, graduate students, and other researchers. The Editors of CII have encouraged the submission of articles featuring creative and successful collaborations between librarians and teaching faculty. Some of these collaborations have included integration of information instruction into one or more chemistry courses, incorporating instruction using specific information tools, and addressing scientific information retrieval in non-science major courses. Information on CII, examples of interesting collaborations reported in the feature, and possible future directions will be presented. CINF 2 Teaching students to use REAXYS in order to find synthetic methods for making benzylic acid