Welcome to the first issue of Volume 34 of The Medium. This issue features a session report on the Denver ARLIS/NA conference and a collection profile on the Visual Resources Center at Texas State University-San Marcos. There is also an update on news from the Dallas Arts district, the Dallas Public Library, the Menil Collection, the name change at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University-San Marcos and the reorganization at the Architecture and Planning Library at UT-Austin. Elizabeth Schaub submitted the ARLIS/NA South Regional report. The annual report submitted by current president Selene Hinojosa is also in this issue. There are reports on other meetings including the VRA conference and the Association of Architecture School Librarians conference.