This year the ILA/ACRL is sponsoring a speaker followed by a panel discussion on the subject of starting a statewide library consortium. The speaker will be Julia Gammon of OhioLINK, and panelists include State Librarian Mary Wegner, Jan Dellinger of Hawkeye Community College, and Becky Mather of the Mississippi Bend AEA. Each will bring her own unique perspective and experience to the discussion of how a library consortium in Iowa might work. Look out for more information on these sessions in the coming months, as the conference schedule gets finalized.