Jessie, Best wishes for a wonderful retirement. We will miss you very much. Indeed, you are a FIRST for us. You have provided a giant legacy of leadership and a multitude of scholarship to the world of librarianship. I feel blessed to have had an opportunity for our paths to cross. I have also enjoyed the moments of time that I have had an opportunity to grace your presence in meetings, conferences, etc. You are leaving us some enduring footprints that we all can follow in our lives as fellow librarians to continue to make the world a better place for libraries. I wish you all the best! Happy Retirement! LaVerne [Library-McLaughlin] LaVerne L. McLaughlin, M.S.L.S., Ph.D. Director of Library & University Archives Associate Professor James Pendergrast Memorial Library Albany State University Albany, Georgia 31705 Email: laverne.mclaughlin@asurams.edu<mailto:laverne.mclaughlin@asurams.edu> Phone: 229-430-4799 Fax: 229-430-4803 "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire". --William Butler Yeats