Where to from here?

As you all know, I have maintained from the first that the heart and soul of the library was not lost in the flood. The heart and soul is us, the staff. From the managers to the shelvers, I firmly believe that it will take all of us to put the library back together, bigger and better than ever before. Unfortunately the bulk of that burden has been falling on our management team. I know that they have worked endless hours, had to make spur of the moment decisions and have shed at least as many tears as I have. And I thank them from the bottom of heart for being there to take control and take charge. Unfortunately, the rest of the staff seems to be at the entire opposite end of the scale. Many of us feel like we are in an information void, we have control over nothing, and our ability to contribute is limited. I know that there is no "small" contribution and that everything we've been doing is part of putting it all back together. But we have many skills that could help contribute to the bigger picture. We have detail oriented people that could check schedules before they are posted. While the management team has had their hands full with taking care of the here and now, we have staff members chaffing to start looking a little further out. What about catloging--if we are going to change the cutters, now is the perfect time to talk about that. This is not intended as a criticism of our over-worked, over-extended management team. It is a plea. Please share information, good or bad. Please use us. Please let us be a part of the rebuilding. While our most valuable asset, the staff, was not lost to the flood, I worry that it may be destroyed in the aftermath.