It is my great delight to present volume 59, number 1, January - June, 2025 of this leading and popular journal of our noble Association. This edition coincides with the 63rd National Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Association, scheduled to hold in the historical City of Benin, Edo State from 6th - 11th July, 2025. Altogether, the current edition contains fourteen high quality articles on varied areas of Library and Information Science written by experts in the profession from both within and outside Nigeria.