IT'S NOTABLE that the winners of the CARL Research Award this year come from the fastest- growing segment of our membership, community college librarians.  "Developing and Field-Testing Valid Information Competency Assessment Instruments:  A Collaboration of Bay Area Community College and CSU Librarians," submitted by Bonnie Gratch Lindauer from City College of San Francisco and colleagues Brian Lym (City College of San Francisco), Micca Gray (Santa Rosa Junior College), and Topsy N. Smalley (Cabrillo College), is the winning proposal.  We all all look forward to learning about the results of their project on this topic of real value to the profession.  I'd also like to note that the number of proposals submitted increased noticeably this year, which augurs well for the state of librarianship in California.

Cynthia Jahns
President
2001