From the editor.

Harris, Muriel

With this issue we bid farewell to the Writing Lab Newsletter. Next September, we will be publishing under our new name, WLN:A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, and in a new format. What began as a newsletter has long since developed into a peer-reviewed journal, and our new name will honor that change. Also new is WcORD, a searchable database for your use when looking for writing center resources (see p. 6 for details).

This issue begins with Anne Canavan's account of their English Language Learners (ELL) tutoring center that shares space with her Writing Center. With minimum space and resources, Canavan developed the center to serve the needs of the ELL population--students who need more time and often, different forms of assistance. Another service some writing centers offer is the Dissertation Boot Camp (DBC), and Brandy Blake, Joy Bracewell, and Clint Stivers explain how they structured their STEM DBC to best accommodate their dissertation writers.

When we issued a call to reflect on Neal Lemer's well-known, widely read "Counting Beans" articles, Scott Pleasant's response turned into an extended discussion of how influential Lemer's article was because it encouraged Pleasant to gain the expertise needed to assess his center. Lauren Gregory and Frances Crawford offer their thoughts on Lemer's bean counting as well, and Neal Lemer responds to these reflections. Also, in this issue's Hitor's Column, Dory Hammersley and Heath Shepard argue for the value of generalist tutors working with writers' texts in various disciplines.

Muriel Harris, editor