Met up with H for coffee again today. About the third time we've managed that in a year I think. Still, it was good to find out that some of the issues she's facing on her second floor are much the same as down here on the ground floor. It's surprising sometimes, how little contact there can be between the floor teams sometimes.

And as from the 1st we become team leaders for our respective floors. The Faculty Librarians do two year stints which are just finishing now. Snag is the senior colleague I'm taking over from is so laid back and 'handsoff' in his approach that it's rather hard to know what to emulate.

And the structure/location of the team is changing anyway with our floor manager taking over the systems post.

I'm not even sure I know who the team consists of. Senior colleague just mentioned and our new(ish) assistant. The floor manger and his assistant. That's the 'core' and easy enough. But there's also three ladies from the issue team who come and help with shelving (and our current big summer move). I'm not even sure who two of them are. Plus assorted student shelvers. I think.

Not to mention all my uncertainties/fears/noviceness at 'leadership' in any case.

So, all in all, it could be fun.