The longest article in this issue is the second (and final) installment of the reports from the October 2004 OLAC Conference in Montreal. It was Conference Editor Jan Mayo's phenomenal success in putting together reporters for the Conference--not to mention the reporters' engaging commentary--that resulted in such a comprehensive set of reports. As readers may remember (from my explanation in the December issue), that situation caused an unusual, though pleasant, dilemma: how to include the reports along with all the other interesting content intended for that issue. The solution was to break the OLAC Conference Reports out into two "installments"--one that appeared in the December issue and the remainder slated for this issue. The best part of this solution was that the entire set of reports could be (and was) available in electronic form on the OLAC Website. As for the print version: the first installment included reports on the two-day pre-conference workshop, the two plenary sessions and the full array of workshop offerings. The installment for this issue contains reports on two showcase sessions, a panel discussion, poster sessions, round tables, and "birds of a feather" sessions. There is also a perspective on the Conference from the OLAC Scholarship recipient, Jaime Anderson.

After this explanation, I fear that I might have given readers the impression that this issue is dominated by Conference reports. However, it is not. There is also a full range of regular contributions, including an address from the President, the "News & Announcements" column and the Treasurer's report. Also, among the longer of the columns are two substantial contributions from two of our regular columnists. Two excellent resources are reviewed in the "Book Reviews" column, one on maps and the other on the values and issues related to the authority process. The other long contribution is the catalogers' advice column ("OLAC Cataloger's Judgment"), which is, as usual, packed with interesting problems and excellent solutions.