Hit the "send" key too soon. To pick up... ....Also under the rubric of self-promotion lies another problem - institutional politics. Many of us (perhaps most) are not the "mover and shaker" type, and don't wish to rock our respective institutional boats. Bearing all the above in mind, I don't know if our economic situation will change much anytime in the foreseeable future. But I think we owe it to ourselves and to future librarians to try. Stephen Gassett Kimbell Art Museum