Editorial.

The article discusses the brief history of the Association for Libraries Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) as it celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2007. ALCTS was originally known as the Resources and Technical Services Division in 1989. Its official journal remained "Library Resources & Technical Services" (LRTS) and Esther Piercy, the first editor said that the journal was open to discussion of all topics related to the Division. Meanwhile the first two volumes of LRTS discuss topics that were familiar fifty years later of which papers such as "Keeping Serials Costs in Check" or "Toward a Better Cataloging Code" could appear in LRTS today.