It is with heavy heart that I pass along word of Rob Kling's death. Many of us on air-l knew him, and most, perhaps all, of us knew his work. Rob was one of the keynote speakers at the first AoIR conference at Kansas University. His work and his spirit touched many and he will be greatly missed. My condolences to his family, his friends and his colleagues. I join you in mourning. The following was posted on the web site of the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University today: Rob Kling , Professor of Information Systems and Information Science at the Indiana School of Library and Information Science and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at IU, passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning in the pre-dawn hours of May 15th. He was 59 years old. Rob's SLIS friends and colleagues mourn his loss, and extend our sympathy to his wife, professor Mitzi Lewison. Arrangements are pending and we will post more information when it is available. The url for that site is http://www.slis.indiana.edu/news/story.php?story_id=640 and it says more information will be posted soon. Peace, Steve Jones Sj