The second draft of the revision of the 2008 Standards for Accreditation of Master’s Programs in Library and Information Science , based on comment since December 2013, is now available through October 24, 2014, for review and final comment at http://www.oa.ala.org/accreditation/?page_id=326 . In addition to this Standards Review site, you are invited to meet with the Committee on Accreditation at the ALA Annual Conference http://ala14.ala.org/ on Sunday , June 29 at 4:30 in room N218 of the c onvention c enter. At its fall 2014 meeting, the Committee will take comments into consideration as it prepares the version for ALA Council review for adoption at the 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting. In this second draft, a new approach to the Standards will be immediately apparent by the changes to the structure. The Introduction is now presented in sections that explain purposes and scope, terminology, approach, and the philosophy of program review. Systematic planning has been placed front and center as Standard I; and the final standard, VI: Assessment and Evaluation, provides for program-level synthesis. This draft is a culmination of efforts for more than five years involving research and gathering of input and feedback, detailed at the Standards Review site http://www.oa.ala.org/accreditation/?page_id=179 . Comments received related to Accreditation Process, Policies, and Procedures (AP3) http://www.ala.org/accreditedprograms/standards/AP3 are under consideration separately.