Many thanks for all the responses - some very funny, some very thoughtful.
It has reminded me why I like being part of this profession more and more, med/health (and other) librarians are not only great communicators, willing participants and sources of information and fantastic co-workers/partners, but we also have the vision to acheive the practical - which I personally think is becoming rarer and rarer these days with people climbing over each other / backstabbing etc to climb career ladders.
I like that fact that pretty much every health/med health librarian I have met has something to teach me, I like the fact that med/health librarians are also kind enough to make me feel I have useful things to offer back. I like the fact that despite so many of us being solo librarians stills means we share and participate and there are some incredibly generous people out there that do an awful lot to help and mentor others along with no gain for themselves, it is rare (if not impossible) for a solo librarian in our field to work in real isolation. I also like and appreciate that despite many peoples misconceptions of our work, no one here is downbeat or disheartened by that and that ability to see the main point and focus on our job in hand despite the nonsense around us is just wonderful.
Sermon over, thanks for calming me down and pepping me up,
cheers, Juliet
Juliet Brown
Medical Librarian - Vale of Leven DGH
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