Anne Lipow, renowned library trainer and consultant, died September 9 after a long battle with cancer. Anne was the founder and director of Library Solutions Institute and Press. She was the author of numerous books and articles, including Crossing the Internet Threshold and The Virtual Reference Librarian's Handbook. Her Rethinking Reference institutes were recognized as being internationally significant and contributed to Anne's receipt of the ALA Isadore Gilbert Mudge/R.R. Bowker award for "a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship."