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This thread is vaguely disturbing, but I can't put my finger on exactly why. I guess I spend most of my time going head over heels from one thing to the other. The time at the computer during the day is about the only time I get to sit down. In my situation, I'm considered "quasi-Administration" and on the flow chart, I report directly to the Head Master, not to the Dean of Faculty. The other thing that goes with my job at Xavier is that it is untenured. My predecessor signed a contract every year for 34 years...need I say more? Still, I wouldn't trade the job for all of the tea in China. Library Service is what it says, "service" and all that it implies. I love the chance to serve and the people with whom I work. If I sat down and worried about my "image" or the "image of the profession", it would definitely be damaging to our "image". It's been a very busy and tiring week. LM_NET is my ongoing link with the outside world and one of the ways in which I keep current, find my thinking challenged, and explore new possibilities in library service. It is time well spent. It is time I budget into the day which is often just as important and maybe as rushed at times as all of the other myriad tasks which arise. My two bits... -- Sister Mary Veronica,CHS "Give what you have to someone - Xavier High School it may be greater than you dare New York City to think." -Beau's Book 212-924-7900 and mveronic@nylink.org