The last couple of months have been a time of change for me personally and professionally. Thank you to everyone who has emailed, DM’d text or called to check on me lately, I appreciate your kindness and support and friendship more than I can say.. Thank you to everyone who offered support, suggestions, recommendations, and advice, it was invaluable and deeply appreciated. I’m sure many of you remember the unexpected death in the family in May, unfortunately that was the beginning of some tough times for my family that aren’t over. I can say I, myself, am healthy and whole, but unfortunately I can’t say the same for some family members. Without going into details I know you will understand when I say I have shifted much of my energy towards family affairs. Professionally there are some changes too. I am going back to school. I am enrolled full time in a Masters in Public Policy and Administration program. I’ll be focusing on public policy and, of course, the library and nonprofit aspect of that. In some ways this isn’t much of a change, I already spent a lot of time reading reports and academic work and thinking and writing about them, but




