Because nearly all digital libraries are tied to bricks-and-mortar institutions, the funding base tends to be quite localized.

Accept change as a friend. And don't take yourself too seriously.

If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.

For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.

Make an extensive table of project 'deliverables'. Label one column 'as requested'. Create another column labeled 'could be'. Make each 'could be' wild and woolly!

Rewards should go to teams as a whole.

It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of an academic library at a public university, but the funding sources of most libraries continue to have a strong geographic component.