I think I've mentioned that we have 6 faculty librarians (of which I'm one). Well, not strictly. One is an interloper as law is always a special case it seems.

The plan is to appoint three assistants between the lot of us and the first - for the 1st floor - started on Monday. I met her today with my science comrade to discuss overlap and any relevant issues but as I suspected it was more a chance for said science comrade to play the raconteur as ever. Still, I quite enjoy watching him in action even if there is a suspicion it won't take me long before I'm hearing the same stories over again. A lesson for myself I suspect.

Which brings me to an interesting comment I heard yesterday, I think it was. It's become apparent to some that they feel they've appointed me on the ground floor very much 'in the style of' SN my science comrade. And they've appointed H on the 2nd floor very much in the style of SE her social science comrade. It is odd how similar in style/character/backgrounds (if certainly not looks!) we are to our senior colleagues. Was that deliberate? Determinative? Or just one of those things?! But maybe it's another explanation of why I got this job and not H's.