Enjoy - you deserve it!

Hi Pam

I've come out of retirement and joined my first blog just for you! So you're finally joining the ranks of us "retireds". Knowing you, you'll wonder how you ever had time to work, you'll find so much to do just like I have. Do enjoy your retirement though, because if anyone deserves it, you do!

I guess you and me go back as far as anyone - dare I mention that it was 1979! It was in the days when we had to pull ourselves up with our bootlaces (or go unnoticed), and if anyone encouraged the libraries in the South West to do that, it was you. Thank you so much on behalf of everyone in the then SWEHSLinC for all your leadership and encouragement: for putting libraries into the mind of the Regional Health Authority, for leading us into the world of union catalogues, computers and later the Internet, quality standards and accreditation and so much, much more that people who weren't around at the time will never know about. You gave yourself and often much of your own time. You so deserved your regional post in the West Midlands and you have applied the same vision and energy to that role, at both national and regional level. I guess most people reading this will know about those contributions to libraryland so I won't bore you with them. Thanks also for understanding my limitations on travel in latter years and arranging the RLG/LKDN Quality Group so I could still attend - one of your great skills is enabling others!

I'm sure you are going to be missed so much by so many people in so many ways as your contribution to health libraries has been enormous. But thankyou so much, and enjoy your retirement - you can go in the satisfaction of a job well done!

Love and best wishes, Val