Vesta Lee Gordon received her BA from Hollins College (Virginia), her MS (LS) from Florida State University, and her MA (American History) from the University of Virginia. All of which caused Jake Chernofsky to remark “you really haven't been across the Mason-Dixon Line.” Vesta's eighteen years in libraries have also been in the South. She has worked in the University of Virginia's Manuscript Department, been Special Collections Librarian at Virginia Commonwealth University, has served as Director of Library Services at St. Johns River Community College (Florida), and was Assistant Director for Special Collections at the University of Georgia Libraries. Vesta began with a mail order operation as a dealer in out-of-print books. She now maintains an open shop and deals extensively in filling people's requests for out-of-print books. Vesta says, “As you can see from the above, I have experienced the out-of-print problem from several sides. As community college library director, I faced the problems your acquisitions librarians are confronting today. As special collections librarian I had to deal exclusively with antiquarian and out-of-print dealers. And now, of course, I find myself on the other side of the desk dealing with acquisition librarians.”