The successful Seventh Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Librarians was attended by approximately 200 librarians from the region and from the U.K. The Botswana Library Association must be congratulated on hosting and facilitating this conference; a task that included a great deal of fundraising, facilitating accommodation, travel and entertainment. Everyone was very kind, the accommodation good and the food and drink both generous and tasty.

I would like to thank British Council for providing my travel and the Botswana Library Association for my meals and accommodation. I was able to attend all three ‘conferences', visit a village and talk with several government and nongovernment officers while there and it was all a very enjoyable experience.