For this month's Focus interview we spoke to five librarians around the world about the automation system used in their library, their opinion of it, and their thoughts for the future of library automation. Lyndall Osborne is Circulation Services Librarian at Maroochy Shire Library Service, Queensland, Australia (http://peg.apc.org/∼maroochy/). Sue Sutherland is Libraries Manager of Canterbury Public Library, Christchurch, New Zealand (http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Library/). Min‐Min Chang is Director of the Library at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library (http://library.ust.hk/). Cinda Romuldietz is Automation Supervisor at Saskatoon Public Library, Canada (http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/education/spl/). Alejandro Leal‐Cueva is in charge of the Library Automation Programme at the University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico (http://ulibarri.bcms.uanl.mx/).