Dr. Ascher has been unusually supportive to me and to my teaching needs.  She has also made a welcoming, attractive home in the IS Lab for students with an interest in library services for young people.  In particular, she has created a space for my collection of multicultural children's literature that I donated when she expressed an interest in housing it there.  The collection, which is unique on the UCLA campus, is now available to many more students—and even to the occasional child who visits the lab in the company of a parent.