[WEB4LIB] Library Hi-Tech News piece

[John Creech]

On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Roy Tennant wrote:

> I've been invited to write a piece on Web4Lib for Library Hi-Tech News.
> Of course I have my own viewpoint on Web4Lib, but I think it would be
> good to include some quotes from some of you about what you find useful
> about the discussion (or not). How has the Web4Lib community helped you
> or made you a more effective web manager?

I've been a subscriber to Web4Lib since its inception and it has impacted
me on both a practical and a theoretical level.  GREATLY.  Anytime I have
a question I know I can pose it to this list.  Anytime I need to debug a
process or locate excellent references to improving my 404 page for
example, I know I can turn to Web4Lib, it's archives, and the greater
sunsite web.

Even more powerful to me, though--Web4Lib is my source for required
professional reading.  When I graduated from library school in 1987 and
took my first academic job I checked the boxes on the routing slip at my
first university, noting those journals I wanted routed to me.  Today
those journals rarely make it to my office.  I already get Information
Technology and Libraries at home, and between handling both systems and
electronic resources in my current position I simply have little time for
scholarly reading (whatever that is).  Between citations, bibliographies,
pointers to URLs, references to case studies...whatever...Web4Lib is my
web manager's lifeline.  It is the one avenue I can always trust in this
Brave New World.

Even if it IS run by an old riverrunner extraordinaire, Seldom Seen
Tennant.

John Creech
Electronic Resources & Systems Librarian
Central Washington University Library
400 E. 8th Ave. | Ellensburg, WA 98926 |
office - 509.963.1081 || fax - 509.963.3684
creechj at www.lib.cwu.edu