[WEB4LIB] Re: "Talking About Public Access: PACS-L's First Decade"

[Dan Marmion]

Kudos to Walt for the article, and I especially want to second Roy's comments
regarding Charles Bailey's contribution.  Charles always downplayed the amount

of time he spent as moderator, but I suspect it was a much greater effort than

he let on.  Charles, you're first class!!

Dan Marmion

Roy Tennant wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Walt Crawford wrote:
>
> > I've written an informal tribute to the first decade of PACS-L, and it's
> > ready to read just a month after the New & Improved PACS-L started up
> > again.
>
> [snip]
>
> I'm glad that Walt has not let the decade of PACS-L pass unnoticed. I
> believe that PACS-L was a seminal contribution to the profession. Many of
> us cut our networking teeth on it, and learned things that to this day
> stand us in good stead. Charles W. Bailey, Jr. had the right idea at the
> right time and the immediate success of the list in 1989 was testimony to
> that fact.
>
> [I'll snip the nit-pick -- DM]
>
> However, that is a minor nit-pick of the substantial PACS-L legacy,
> particularly when measured against the clearly transformative effect it
> had on the professional development of many of us. Charles, if you are
> within the sound of my voice I'd sure like to hear your comments. I, and
> I'm sure many others, are thankful to you.
> Roy Tennant

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