Dear Friends: It was truly a dream come true to see a conference called Artist Book Conference come to fruition because of the efforts of so many in ARLIS/SC, which I founded. It has taken more than 20 years to convince art librarians that artist books are essential to their collections, and it took much less time for this chapter to put their heads and hearts together and get a moveable feast going in Los Angeles from MOCA to Otis to the Clark Library (UCLA) to the Getty with such efficiency, generosity and success. My 15 minutes at the podium was an epiphany for me, with a long, very long standing ovation. I pass the torch to you art librarians to continue the campaign I started way back in 1969. May ABC in Wellesley be as successful! I thank you all. Judith A. Hoffberg __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]