Welcome to the New Year and another year of struggle and achievement for our hard-working Asian Studies library staff! Given the political and economic flux we are increasingly experiencing, it is even more critical that we, as specialist information professionals, share and help each other as we work to serve our clients in this changing environment.  My sincere thanks to all those who have contributed to this issue and look forward to hearing more of our achievements as we progress enthusiastically through this New Year.

Darrell Dorrington

Editor