We lost a good one.

[sylvar]

This morning I found out that my former officemate Rhonda Smith died in a crash on Saturday. She was gracious and funny and kind, and I'm told that she was a unifying force in the Ask-A-Librarian project because she could make entrenched academicians see her suggestions as quite reasonable.

*sigh*...

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[ratcliffe1963.livejournal.com]

fortunately she was able to spend time on our little planet doing something she loved and something that helped people.

hang in there. do something in her memory, make a contribution to an appropriate charity (or to the Ask-A-Librarian project?), I've found it helps me deal with the loss.

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'll probably read some of her favorite poets -- that'll be a nice way to stay in touch with her. She was somewhat surprised when I told her I'd enjoyed a book she mentioned a year before that. But I took her suggestion seriously.