[Web4lib] Are e-mail discussion lists still relevant?

[Brian Gray]

I once thought they were dieing, but see more use now than in the past.
Yahoo and Google have increased the usage and brought more people into fold.

Brian Gray
mindspiral at gmail.com


On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:34 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Young, Jeffrey R. Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant,
> Fight for Relevance. Chronicle of Higher Education. June 25, 2009.
> http://beta.chronicle.com/article/Change-or-Die-Scholarly/46962/
>
> The intro paragraph:
>
> "Once they were hosts to lively discussions about academic style and
> substance, but the time of scholarly e-mail lists has passed, meaningful
> posts slowing to a trickle as professors migrate to blogs, wikis, Twitter,
> and social networks like Facebook."
>
> Several quotes from librarians...
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Sora Associates
>
>
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