Announcement thread: I was recently promoted to Assistant Dean of Special Collections & Archives at UMKC. I’m still holding down my work in digital archives and stewardship until we can figure out a solution to my workload, but in the meantime, I have a few things to say. While it’s a personally significant step in my career, I didn’t set out for a leadership position. What I actually wanted when I entered this field after earning my MLS over a decade ago was a beacon—to see a person that looked like me holding positional power in my library.