From the Editor 

 
Those of you who did not attend the midwinter conference in Philadelphia missed a wonderful experience.  The weather cooperated and provided us with several beautiful, clear days for walking between our meeting places and the convention center.  Reports from LIRT meetings, many of which were conveniently held either in the convention center itself or in the adjacent Marriott Hotel, are included elsewhere in this issue; however, written reports of business accomplished cannot adequately convey the dedication of our officers and members to the cause of library instruction.

Before this year's midwinter conference, I had never been to Philadelphia, so I arrived early on the day before the conference in order to see the historic places. My afternoon of site-seeing made history the theme for my conference, and the theme continued when Diana Shonrock and the LIRT 25th Anniversary Task Force urged each committee to discuss how it could contribute to our upcoming 25th anniversary celebration.  I am sure that Diana (shonrock@iastate.edu) and the Task Force would welcome any input from LIRT members and friends about how best to mark this milestone in LIRT's history.

The exact form of our 25th anniversary celebration has not been finalized yet, but what is clear is that we owe a debt of gratitude to those who came before us:  the founding mothers/fathers whose vision of an organization dedicated to advocacy for library instruction in all kinds of libraries has been realized in LIRT.

David G. Sherwood
Reinert/Alumni Library
Creighton University
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
Email:  davids@creighton.edu
Phone: 402-280-2927
Fax: 402-280-2435

LIRT News, March 1999. Volume 21, number 3.
To report problems, please contact the LIRT News Production editor at edwards@ufl.edu

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