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n e w c h u r c h l i f e : j u ly / au g u s t 2 0 1 6 Queen Silvia signs the library guestbook as Carroll looks on. (Photo courtesy of The Globe newspaper, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.) Queen Silvia with Carroll in the Swedenborgiana vault. (Photo courtesy of Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, Sweden, April 13, 1988.) collection by obtaining several original Swedenborg letters and documents. Her efforts on behalf of the library have resulted in numerous grants for digitization and other essential library needs, and the founding of the Friends of the Swedenborg Library (FOSL), which continues to support library programs and uses. Carroll has also been active in regional librarianship, making presentations and conducting workshops for professional and academic organizations. She served for 10 years as President and in other offices of the Tri-State College Library Cooperative (TCLC), and has remained actively involved in that local consortium. Carroll continues to be a strong advocate for informational literacy and teaching library research, with the goal of making the Swedenborg Library the hub of Bryn Athyn College academic life. She has been steadfast in her commitment to developing the Swedenborg Library into a full-fledged college library with strong ties to the wider community, and a center of research and scholarship for the New Church worldwide. We will not be saying Au revoir to Carroll, but Félicitations et bonne chance pour votre nouvelle enterprise! We are happy and thankful that she will remain 368