Exhausted but inspired!
I’ve just arrived home after 3 days in Canberra being “inducted” as a board member. I’m certainly feeling the effects of information overload! Let’s hope a reasonable percentage of what I heard has been absorbed and I don’t drive the National Office staff crazy with too many idiotic questions.
It was great to meet with fellow board members, some of whom were previously only “virtual” acquaintances, and to catch up with ACT based colleagues at the AGM on Tuesday night. A huge thanks to Roxanne who stepped down as President on Tuesday night for all she’s achieved over the past 4 years during her terms as board member/Vice President/President.
Our new President, Derek, and I spent Monday together working through a range of issues with National Office Staff and we’re repeating the process in a couple of weeks to make sure we’re on the same page. I thought it was hugely typical of the “smallness” of the library community that a dear friend from my Wollongong Days now works with Derek at Swinburne and emailed him while we were in Canberra. It was even more of a “kismet” moment when I opened the May Incite when I returned home and there was an article by her! Hi Clare. On the topic of Incite do also read the article in the May edition by Central West Libraries’ Jasmine Vidler (I’m probably breaking some rule by promoting my own library - oh well!).
I’m now having a couple of days off to try and tame the garden before winter sets in, and to recharge my batteries for Library and Information Week. You all do such wonderful things to celebrate this time but make sure you share your successes and send stories and pictures to ALIA. I’d also suggest you take time to congratulate yourselves on the fabulous job you do - perhaps a morning tea or a glass of bubbles after work. Whatever you decide on, enjoy.
Cheers
Jan Richards