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Dear Betty et al, An interesting thread is developing here - what attracts people to school librarianship. With a Masters degree in English/Education and six years teaching experience at high school, I took ten years off to "mommy" my three children. With my brain turning to mush and my speech to Sesame Street length sentences, I decided to prepare for returning to education as soon as my youngest was in first grade. I could not see a return to high school English without sacrificing either my family or my students. (It was the mounds of student writing that smothered my evenings and weekends) Colorado University had just begun a graduate program in school librarianship and it seemed like the perfect compromise. As a school librarian I would be around books (my love) and students (also my love) and would not have any take home work (o.k., so two out of three were true) What is attractive about school librarianship is: -being able to work with all students -working with all curriculum -working with all staff -researching, finding stuff (I was a Nancy Drew reader in my early days) -the work is always changing -you can design a program around your strengths -you can be creative -you can still teach up a storm -having access to scads and scads of magazines without personal subscriptions (I am a confessed magazine junkie) -computers have taken care of the tedious work (like filing catalog cards and searching checkout cards for the student who is moving) -being a safe adult for students to talk to-making a difference -it's a great place to share my passion for reading Although I am now in library administration, I miss my days of working with students in a school library. My list for what is attractive about library administration is a lot shorter. Roberta Ponis Library Services Jefferson County Public Schools Golden, Colorado rponis@jeffco.k12.co.us.