As a paraprofessional librarian, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing this excellent essay about the difference we make in people's lives. Too often, we face threats from state legislatures in an effort to balance state budgets that we are no longer relevant in the age of the Internet and that we don't really need libraries like we once did. So thank you for standing up for our profession. We need all the support we can get! Sally Burnell Paraprofessional Librarian Akron-Summit County (OH) Public Library Bookmobile Department