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

[baiget at sarenet.es]

Hi,
e-mail lists are simple, comfortable and efficient, and I do not see they
are dieing. I administer 2 lists, one of them since 1993, with 4,300
people.
There have been some "disturbances" from blogs and new social
applications, but for professional and scientific discussions e-lists
still are the best platform.
Facebook is really succesful but only for entertainment and gossip.
Twitter is also very interesting, but not for discussions.

Regards,

Tomàs Baiget
http://elprofesionaldelainformacion.com
http://www.rediris.es/list/info/iwetel.html
http://www.rediris.es/list/info/incyt.html


El Mar, 30 de Junio de 2009, 4:53 am, Brian Gray escribió:
> 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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