If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

- Henry Miller

A Traveler's Guide to Literacy Research in Practice originated in a course that was offered as part of the Research in Practice in Adult Literacy Network project.^{Footnote 1} It was then shared as a work in progress with literacy practitioners in workshops, courses and projects in Alberta and other provinces. I hoped the Guide could be revised and published after people had some experience with it and might offer some feedback.

In the years since the Guide was drafted, literacy practitioners have continued to extend the boundaries of research in practice through their intention in revising the Guide was to include more examples and perspectives from the field.

Later in the Guide, I write about how, through research, "we might combine what we already know with the information that we gather, in order to come up with something new, at least for ourselves." Writing this Guide has followed a similar process, and so it includes ideas gathered from other researchers, researchers in practice and, by extension, the practitioners, students and others they worked and learned with. These and other contributors are acknowledged on the next page and throughout the book.

The Traveler's Guide is organized in chapters, starting with Locating Research in Practice and ending with Stories from the Road. Although you engage in a number of steps at once and that you revisit steps along the way. I hope that the Guide, and reading about others' research, will provide a sense of support and companionship as you embark on your research journey.

Go well.

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