Rachel Applegate, Associate Professor in the School of Informatics and Computing and Assistant Vice President for Faculty Affairs, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, summarizes her paper, "LIS Accreditation: Why and What Next?" Library and Information Science, Interdisciplinary Perspectives: A Festschrift in Honor of Linda C. Smith a 2-hour virtual symposium (12:00-2:00pm CT), moderated by Anita S. Coleman and Martha Kyrillidou, Editors of this special issue, 71(1), of "Library Trends", celebrating Dr. Smith's achievements and contributions to library and information science research, education, service, and practice.Speakers will be the festschrift authors, that include Smith’s former doctoral students, current and past colleagues in the iSchool, and other collaborators.