The 46th RBMS Preconference will be held June 21-24, 2005, in St Louis, Missouri. "Bridging The Gap: Education and Special Collections" will explore a crucially important issue in our profession: the rift between the growing variety of educational roles played by special collections librarians, as teachers, advocates, interpreters, impresarios, and the shrinking opportunities for formal training and continuing education available to prepare special collections librarians for these roles