Yeah, I'm appalled at the prospect of having to reinvent the wheel. I suspect that if I pushed hard enough, in the right direction, with the right people, I might not have to , but I don't really know where to start.

Book you lent me....Reading Power, by Adrienne Gear? Completely, totally forgot about it. Just found it on my bookshelf at home. Now it shall have to wait until July, anyway - my life is about to get crazy-insane until about June 24.