Subscriber count by country

[Wilfred Drew]

I have been managing listservs for over twenty years and have been through many moves from one server to another.  What has happened here is not out of control and is very typical for librarians.  Considering the thousands of people on this list, there are very few mistakes and problems.  The keyword here is patience and tolerance for minor problems or misunderstandings.  Roy is doing a great job as owner of the list.

Bill Drew

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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of DeVane, Annie
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:35 AM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Subscriber count by country

Roy,
I feel like this listserv is a bit out of hand at the moment. I used to get a useful weekly digest with posts and questions (I'm currently signed up for the digest now) and now it is a flurry of people not knowing how to unsubscribe and general "reply-alls" from people who may not actually be aware of how to use a listserv properly.
Is there some kind of ground-rules email that could be sent out again to remind people? I'm not trying to be a listserv hall monitor but I'm surprised about the amount of emails I'm getting that are basically people's conversations back and forth. Is there an IRC channel that people on the listserv who want to talk to each other conversationally can be directed to? Just a thought.
Thanks and I know this is a transition period. Just offering a few notes!
Best,
Annie DeVane
Web Design Team
Northeastern University Libraries
a.devane at neu.edu
phone 617.373.7757
fax 617.373.8396
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On 11/15/11 3:45 PM, "Roy Tennant" <roytennant at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>One of the benefits of the LISTSERV platform is that it is trivial to
>get a count of subscribers by country. I like to look at this now and
>then to remind myself how global this community has become. See below.
>Roy
>
>*  Country                  Subscribers
>*  -------                  -----------
>*  Argentina                          4
>*  Australia                         72
>*  Austria                            2
>*  Belgium                            7
>*  Brazil                             1
>*  Canada                           143
>*  Chile                              1
>*  China                              8
>*  Christmas Island                   1
>*  Cocos (Keeling) Islands            2
>*  Colombia                           1
>*  Croatia                            8
>*  Cuba                               1
>*  Czech Republic                     3
>*  Denmark                            3
>*  ??? (EU)                           5
>*  Estonia                            1
>*  Federated                          3
>*  Finland                            1
>*  France                             9
>*  Germany                           41
>*  Greece                             3
>*  Hong Kong                          5
>*  India                              9
>*  Ireland                            6
>*  Israel                             1
>*  Italy                             19
>*  Japan                             10
>*  Lebanon                            5
>*  Lithuania                          1
>*  Malaysia                           1
>*  Mexico                             1
>*  Namibia                            4
>*  Netherlands                       13
>*  New Zealand                       31
>*  Norway                             9
>*  Poland                             2
>*  Republic of Korea                  1
>*  Saudi Arabia                       1
>*  Singapore                          5
>*  Slovakia                           1
>*  Slovenia                           1
>*  South Africa                      17
>*  Spain                             24
>*  Sri Lanka                          1
>*  Sweden                            21
>*  Switzerland                        4
>*  Taiwan                             1
>*  Turkey                             2
>*  United arab emirates               1
>*  United kingdom                    47
>*  United states                  3,477
>*  ???                               22
>*
>* Total number of "concealed" subscribers:          17
>* Total number of users subscribed to the list:   4063  (non-"concealed"
>only)
>* Total number of countries represented:            53  (non-"concealed"
>only)
>* Total number of local host users on the list:      0  (non-"concealed"
>only)
>
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