Adventures in gratitude ....

As 2012 draws to a close it seems an opportune moment to thank a few people for their contributions to my learning - as a Librarian and as a person.
- Pam, whose ready ear and clever wisdom have kept me sane throughout the madness of this past year, everyone should have a friend like this who understands them implicitly and is ever ready to embark on yet another mad hatter scheme (she also has a wonderful line in perfect cards for every occasion).
- Ellen, whose steady advice and inspiration in all things Librarian has led to a friendship which I value enormously, collaborating with Ellen on any number of projects has always been the absolute highlight of my career and I look forward to many more collaborations to come.
- Vassiliki, always quick to offer help and a shoulder when needed, her deeply held love of reading is an example, and a challenge, to all. There is no greater afternoon well spent than one discussing all manner of genres and authors with her.
- the Ref-Ex crew for continuing to work on this project and see it grow bigger and better all the time, taking the responsibility for enhancing the reference skills of public library staff across NSW is a huge thing and I have truly valued working with each and every one of you.
- the NSW Reference and Information Services Group (RISG) for all the hard work that goes into the annual seminars, the blogs, the wiki and the regular meetings; listening to and informing NSW public library staff of developments and innovations in all things to do with providing reference and information services is a  big thing (you're also a really nice bunch of people).
- the NSW Readers Advisory group, well girls what can I say? Working on the twitter reading groups since 2011 has been amazing, first with #readit2011 and now with #nyr12 (love2read2012). We have come leaps and bounds since we all got together in 2005 and I am so looking forward to continuing the twitter reading group phenomenon next year and beyond with #rwpchat (read watch play). Together we have developed new social media skills and as a collaborative group have really shown the value of team involvement. Congratulations on a successful year of blogging and tweeting about all things reading and here's to another year of exploring and immersing ourselves in the different ways in which people read and explore reading.
- the ALIA Biennial social media team - wow, what a learning curve. It has been an absolute pleasure collaborating on this project and working towards a successful conference presence using a multitude of social media tools. I have learnt a lot from each of you and have come away so much richer from this experience. Thank you, it was a blast.!
2012 has certainly been a big year and I am truly grateful for each and every person who has contributed to it - my family, my friends, my work colleagues, and my professional colleagues - I am definitely the richer for it. I hope each and every one of you has a great 2013. Thank you.