The 20 articles in this issue of Illinois Libraries were written by practicing technical services librarians, library educators, and former librarians now involved in commercial enterprise. The articles are: (1) "The Development of Library Education in Illinois" (Anne V. J. Wendler); (2) "Financial Management in Acquisitions: Things They Never Told Me in Library School" (Donna M. Goehner); (3) "Every Day is an Education: Formal Continuing Education for Acquisitions" (Karen A. Schmidt); (4) "The Making of the Adaptable Cataloger" (Lois M. Pausch and Robert H. Burger); (5) "Education for Cataloging: An Open Entry" (Eloise M. Vondruska); (6) "Current Awareness for Catalogers: Sources for Informal Continuing Education" (James W. Williams); (7) "The Adequacy of Library School Education for Serials Librarianship: A Survey" (Diane Stine); (8) "Formal Continuing Education for Serials" (Elaine K. Rast); (9) "Informal Continuing Education for Serials: Keeping Up with the Journal Literature" (Susan Matson); (10) "Technical Services Education for School Media Specialists" (Blanche Woolls); (11) "Library/Media Specialist Education: Planning for 2000 and Beyond" (Gene Scholes); (12) "Computers and Libraries: The Response of Library Education" (F. W. Lancaster); (13) "Continuing Education for Automation Librarians: Current Issues and Practice" (Marie J. Gorecki); (14) "OCLC and the Continuing Education Program in Illinois" (Jean Wilkins); (15) "Implementation of the Innovacq Acquisition System" (Douglas A. DeLong); (16) "Staffing Technical Services: Expectations vs. Realities" (Brian Alley); (17) "Education for the Technical Services Manager" (Doris R. Brown); (18) "Educating the Librarian Manager" (Patricia F. Stenstrom); (19) "Educating a Publisher" (Patricia Glass Schuman); and (20) "Viewing the MLS from the Vendor's Perspective" (Rebecca T. Lenzini). Bibliographies are included. (THC)