Should this list continue?

Mon May 9 14:40:20 EDT 2016

This is indeed good news but we are living in an age of great overlap and where library schools are now called I-Schools. Where are the posts on social networks? posts by public librarians? on the Internet of Tbings? on the mobile web? etc. And in an era of a global digital library, why is there also a UK list, an IFLA list? That's just some food for thought. 

But, I do think it is important to have a place where, as has happened with ALCTS, that librarians can start an unconference-like two day discussion on a topic of interest. So, much of it is in the hands of the community. But, without a space, and I guess there is much more comfort with listservs, these kinds of options would not be possible. 

A mixed bag as always in a disruptive environment. 

Best, Marty 

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From: "Shannon Teichmann" <sfox at AUSTINCOLLEGE.EDU> 
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU 
Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 2:24:34 PM 
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Should this list continue? 

Roy, 

Thank you for asking the community. I am glad others find this helpful as I have. I am glad to hear it will continue as a listserv hosted elsewhere. 

Shannon 

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Doug Kariel 
Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 1:05 PM 
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU 
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Should this list continue? 

Thanks so much for doing this, Roy. 

It is most appreciated. 

Doug 

Doug Kariel. B. Mus., MLIS. 

Head, Technical Services and Systems 

Library and Scholarly Resources 

Athabasca University 

1 University Dr. 

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From: Web technologies in libraries < WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > on behalf of Roy Tennant < roytennant at GMAIL.COM > 
Sent: May 9, 2016 11:40 AM 
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU 
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Should this list continue? 

The poll results are clear: subscribers want the list to continue, and they by far prefer remaining on the LISTSERV platform rather than Google Groups. So I have taken up Lisa Haitz's kindly offer and will be coordinating with her to handoff the list from the University of Notre Dame. I will keep you all posted on things as they happen. Thank you for your feedback! 

Roy 

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Lolis, John < jlolis at whiteplainsny.gov > wrote: 

+1 and two thumbs up, Lisa! 

I may not post all that often, but have found the denizens of this list to be very helpful. 

John Lolis 

Coordinator of Computer Systems 

White Plains Public Library 

100 Martine Avenue 

White Plains, NY 10601 

tel: 1.914.422.1497 

fax: 1.914.422.1452 

http://whiteplainslibrary.org/ 

On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Haitz, Lisa (haitzlm) < haitzlm at ucmail.uc.edu > wrote: 
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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 

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