[WEB4LIB] Re: Mailing List Content

[Andrew Mutch]

And, it should be pointed out that there is an existing list that deals just
with filtering issues.
[Although I have to confess that I'm one of those people that has allowed
themselves to be pulled into the filtering wars on this list...instead of
taking it over to that list.]


Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

Dan Robinson Indexing Services wrote:

> No, No, No, a thousand times No.
>
> The great strength of this list is that it is not divided. Questions
> and answers come from all over the library spectrum.  The Dr. Laura
> message was posted by someone with an agenda, not someone who is
> interested in making web access in libraries work. Since he's gone
> now, the list has gotten back to being one of the best technical
> library web resources around.
>
> I also have a personal reason that probably applies to more than a
> few folk here. I'm on quite a few lists. If this list split, I'd have
> to be on all of them too. I would never know where a query or
> response related to my work would come up.
>
> Dan Robinson
> drobinson at hwwilson.com
>
> On 12 May 99 at 7:00, John Christensen wrote:
>
> > Since there are so many divergent interests within the librarian
> > community, it might be better, if possible, to sub-divide the web4lib
> > into various interest subgroups, such as censorship, Dr. Laura, web
> > management, or whatever.  Whoever could then (un)subscribe to whatever
> > whenever (s)he wants.  What an immense subject area to be subsumed under
> > one mailing list rubric!  Diversify, then specialize or generalize to
> > the blood-pump's content.  Has anyone ever tried "brainstorming" certain
> > issues, problems in a mailing list?
> >
> >
> >
> >