Memory Lane.

PERIODICALS; PERIODICAL editors; MARMION, Dan; SCHUYLER, Michael; FLOWER, Eric; BRANDT, D. Scott

This section presents the reflections of the former contributing editors and columnists of Computers in Libraries following its 25th anniversary in 2005. According to Dan Marmion, his favorite memories as contributing editor is reading Michael Schuyler's columns. They were always interesting, always thought-provoking and a pleasure to read. The favorite article of Eric Flower was Spelling and Typographical Errors in Library Databases by Terry Ballard. It was published in the June 1992 issue and won the 1992 Article of the Year Award from Meckler. The paper was a perfect example of what Computers in Libraries was designed to do, provide information and ideas that its readers could put to work. One article by D. Scott Brandt has been quite popular. It received 10 citation references in Web of Science and Google Scholar lists 17 cites. However, columns made Brandt appear to be more of an expert than he was. One of the favorite feature articles of Lisa M. Boccadutre was Shirley Duglin Kennedy's No More Alphabet Soup: Tech Acronyms Explained. Most of the time the technical article leave her feeling clueless, so she was thankful for her handy guide. The January 2004 issue marked the debut of a revamped Computer in Libraries magazine.