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EDITOR'S NOTES 

Goodbye JOLA 

It is with mixed emotions that we note that this is the last issue of the Journal of 
Library Automation. The first issue appeared in March 1968, just shortly after 
this editor had graduated from library school. Under the editorships of Fre-
derick G. Kilgour and Susan K. Martin, ]OLA established itself as a major 
source of information about developments in library automation. 

This is also the last issue of the first volume produced by a new editorial 
board. The current editors are especially indebted to Eileen Mahoney of ALA's 
Central Publication Unit, whose experience, patience, and wise counsel con-
tributed materially to making this last volume one we are all proud of. 

Hello ITAL 

Please welcome volume l , number l of Information Technology and Libraries 
when its bright new face appears on your doorstep in March. It will look very 
familiar to you. The new name reflects many of the shifts in emphasis that 
have gradually been introduced in recent years as changing technologies have 
encouraged a broadening of lOLA's original scope. 

We plan to introduce some minor changes to increase IT AL's utility, but see 
these as evolutionary. \.Ye continue to solicit comments and suggestions on how 
the journal can better serve your needs. 

Sychronicity 

In our September issue, we initiated a new section , " Reports and Working 
Papers," in which we reproduce documents we believe deserve a wider reader-
ship than their original distribution. W e were amused to note a similar innova-
tion in the August Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science. 
We would welcome comments on the usefulness (or wastefulness) of the new 
section. 

Standard.s 

Standards continue to be a major concern in our field. W e hope those of you 
involved with acquisitions systems will find the communications by Sandy 
Paul and Jim Long in this issue useful. We encourage you to participate in 
standards development efforts when possible. Please t ry to use developed stan-
dards whenever they are applicable to your work. The ISBN , SAN (Standard 
Address Number), SLN (Standard Library Number) , and other standard 
numbers will become increasingly important as our systems become more 
interdependent in this shrinking world. 

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