Although the countdown to xmas has firmly begun, the work still continues. This week has been a week of many meetings and at times, slight frustration, at getting things done. I sometimes feel that I could do more or work harder but when you interact through meeting I feel that you see how much harder it is to get things moving when working with other organisations. It's something I enjoy and is a challenge but sometimes I think a little action rather than the never ending talk that happens in meetings may be better. This weeks adult learning meeting was left with a range of promises from that team in connection with our community learning classes that we are still awaiting while learndirect was a meeting with a lot of defiance at the system but the end results will have to be reviewed at a later date! On the plus side our senior staff meeting gave me more of an understanding of the authorities library service as a whole, my thoughts at the end of this week are that when things get bogged down in politics and meetings I need to remember that this role has a three main priorities really and everything must come under them. What the local community WANTS from learning, what it NEEDS from learning and finally what can improve the library service, it's number of users and it's reputation as a whole.