As I approach the end of a year and anticipate all that awaits in the next, I usually find myself wanting to perform some kind of review. It's not as much about setting goals or making "resoultions," but more about identifying all the good that has happened and all the things that have been learned.

Most people who have had opportunity to attend a meeting with or had a meeting facilitated by ICFL staff are probably familiar with the Plus/Delta evaluation method. Where the "plus" represents those things that worked well and the "delta," which symbolizes change, is for those things that we might change should we do it again. Plus/Delta is not just for meetings. It's an easy-to-use tool that can be performed for projects or just to review a specific period of time.

As your library and staff are preparing for the new year, take a moment to step back and identify all your successes from 2006. Ask this:

• What did we do well in 2006?
• If we had it to do all over again, what would we do differently make it even better?

From this point of view, Idaho's libraries have had huge success in 2006. Thanks for letting ICFL take part in celebrating your success. 2007 has more to come!