Should this list continue?

[Martin Kesselman]

Although there are many lists that overlap, many of us do not belong to every list. Even traffic like announcements is useful and having a platform allows for other uses in the future. I am also on the ALCTS list and I do not remember seeing much action on that list but now they have started to have two day unconferences on a topic using the list and its so interesting to learn and participate on topics you may or may not be interested. Two recent ones of interest to me were on retirement and middle management. These are topics that could have easily been on another list buit is was this forum were librarians came together for two days (sort of a serendipitous community discussion among friends ). The informal nature of the topic and list, allowed for a rich dialog and I got quite a bit from both of these topics. For a more recent topic that was not of interest, I just deleted the entries. So, lists can have ebbs and flows and as long as it meets a need for some, it is worth keeping. But, its always good to take a look once in awhile to see if a topic is still relevant -- should be broader, more encompassing, narrower, or disappear. In this case, I definitely vote to have the list continue, especially since there is an offer of a new home! Best, Marty 

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From: "Shannon Teichmann" <sfox at AUSTINCOLLEGE.EDU> 
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU 
Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2016 1:23:55 PM 
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Should this list continue? 

Hi Lisa, that would be great. I would appreciate it. 

Shannon 

Sent from my iPhone 

On May 8, 2016, at 10:26 AM, Haitz, Lisa (haitzlm) < haitzlm at UCMAIL.UC.EDU > wrote: 




We still host a listserv server at UC. 
I would be happy to host here if people would like the list to continue. 

Our server: 
https://listserv.uc.edu / 

Thanks! 
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Lisa Haitz 
Software Developer/Web Manager:UC Libraries 
University of Cincinnati 

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Roy Tennant < roytennant at gmail.com > wrote: 

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Dear Subscribers, 
The University of Notre Dame, through the very kind broker Eric Lease Morgan, has hosted Web4Lib for a number of years. I am very, very grateful for their support. 

I have now been informed that all UND lists will be migrated to Google Groups or shutdown. Thus, I must decide to either migrate the list to Google Groups, find another hosting situation, or shut it down. 

I am considering whether to shut it down. I want to make it clear that although the question has been called due to the need to make a hosting decision, I do not feel in any way that the University of Notre Dame is shutting us down -- they are not. 

However, I think is a good time to consider whether the list is worth continuing. Although I feel like a list that is for discussing web issues in a library context is still potentially important, the list archive proves otherwise. What we find are a litany of announcements but very little actual discussion. 

So we must decide, as a group, what to do. Does this list provide value? Do you want it to continue in Google Groups? To find out what you want, I've created a poll: 

http://bit.ly/1T3ANjw 

Please let me know what you all think. Thanks, 
Roy Tennant 
Owner, Web4Lib 
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