At the start of this past month we were all in preparation mode for the new academic year, welcoming new students and faculty and directing them to places of interest. In the Libraries, we were pleased to offer returning students a few more seats in newly renovated spaces and were ready to help faculty identify publications for teaching and plan management of their data for research. In spite of the pride I feel in these successful moves to transform the Drexel's Libraries into a university research library, I admit that this is the time when my perspective sees our shortcomings. These are demonstrated by students disappointed when they cannot find a place to work in the library or by a new faculty member surprised that we do not acquire materials in foreign languages. However, on the day before the fall quarter began, I was reminded not to think of a library as a half-full or half-empty glass.