I'm delighted to publish “A Look at Fifty Years of Library Resources & Technical Services,” by Tschera Harkness Connell, in this issue. Connell's paper, which was commissioned in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, provides a retrospective look at 200 issues containing 1,785 articles, editorials, literature surveys, and more. She examines the journal from several perspectives, including co-authorship, gender of authors, and subject content, and how these have changed over fifty years.

The last issue in volume 51 marks a transition in the membership of the LRTS Editorial Board. I want to thank those members who left the board after the June 2007 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., for their years of service. They are:

• Christina Bellinger (University of New Hampshire)—Council of Regional Groups Representative
• Carroll Nelson Davis (Library of Congress)—Intern
• Sue Kellerman (Pennsylvania State University)—Preservation and Reproduction Section Representative
• Norm Medeiros (Haverford College)—Cataloging and Classification Section Representative
• James Stickman (University of Washington)—Member at Large

New members are:

• Kristen Antelman (North Carolina State University)—Cataloging and Classification Section Representative
• Yvonne Carignan (University of Maryland)—Preservation and Reproduction Section Representative
• Ellen Coghlan (EDUCAUSE)—Member at Large
• Dawn Hale (Johns Hopkins University)—Council of Regional Groups Representative
• Judy Jeng (New Jersey City University)—Intern

I wish to recognize those who are essential to producing the issues that arrive in your mailboxes every month: Chris Keech and Angela Hanshaw, production editors, and Christine Taylor, our ALCTS staff liaison.

The LRTS Editorial Board members have several responsibilities, one of the most important of which is serving as reviewers of papers submitted to LRTS. In addition to the board members, others occasionally are asked to review papers either because of the specific expertise needed or because board members are unavailable. In the past year, Stephen Hearn (University of Minnesota) also served as a reviewer. I hope you will have an opportunity to thank your colleagues listed here for their important contributions to the success of Library Resources & Technical Services.