Just a note with respect to "informal education"... It's worth noting that libraries (though not always *museum libraries*) have been involved with informal education for many decades. Here at the California Academy of Sciences, the Academy Library is actively engaged as a partner in the Academy's educational mission. We conduct our own educational programs, teach in the Adult Education program and cooperate with other CAS educational activities. Libraries are ideally suited for informal educational efforts. We provide open, supportive and non-pedadgogical environments for learning. We seek to equip our users with tools for serving their own information needs and allow them to set their own courses. Unfortunately, far too few museums have realized the complementarity between libraries and their informal educational missions. Get an MLS at an ALA accredited library school and focus on "informal education". Tom Moritz CAS Library San Francisco