Hello again. This is my final presidential address (now, now, stop cheering). It has been a great honor to have served as your President over the past year. I look forward to serving OLAC in other ways in the future. I would like to take this opportunity to wish our new President, Rebecca Lubas, every success. I am sure that our organization will continue to grow and prosper under her leadership. However, as always, she and the Executive Board cannot do it without your help. I sincerely hope that you will give even more of your time and talents in the years to come.

There is an old adage/curse that goes: "May you live in interesting times". I believe this is going to prove especially true for catalogers in the next few years. As many of you know, the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR has begun work a new edition of the cataloging rules. During these formative months of the new edition's creation, and beyond that, when it goes through rule interpretations and further decisions, the AV cataloging community will need to ensure that its cataloging needs are addressed. The AV community will need educated and outspoken representatives who can articulate these needs to the greater cataloging public. This is precisely the kind of function for which OLAC was created. It is at such important times as this that OLAC membership needs to rise to the responsibility to give this important turning point its earnest attention. So now it is even more imperative that everyone become involved in OLAC to help keep it moving onward and upward. To quote another adage: “If you do not do it, then who will?"

Having put forth this challenge, I bring this column to a close. Once again, I thank you for having given me this great opportunity to serve OLAC. I look forward to working with more of you on a variety of OLAC tasks in the years to come.