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Dear all,
I am currently an MLIS student and soon-to-be law librarian. In one of my classes, the professor
asked us to subscribe to a library-related listserv as an educational experience. After a month of
reading the emails from this list, the past few days have been the most interesting due to the
discussion on Harriet Miers and what is/isn't appropriate listserv material.
I would like to know what you feel is appropriate listserv material. Your feedback will further my
own understanding of the function of library-related listservs, and library culture in general.
Please let me know in your response if I may share it with my classmates (anonymously, of course).
Thank you so much for your time,
Tracy Hartman, student
Dominican University, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
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On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 12:16:23 pm CDT "David P. Dillard" wrote:
I would like to personally thank Samuel E Trosow for his very well stated
comments regarding a practice on and off of this list that is disturbing,
that of decisions made by some regarding that which is appropriate for
others to post. These types of "this post is not appropriate to this
list" posts have a chilling effect on a list as a communication tool. I
once posted a message on this very list about a news story that was just
breaking and was not so politely informed in private email that my post
was quite inappropriate as law librarians know how to read newspapers.
This particular incident has not served to increase my participation on
this list. Humor and light discussion have a way of making a list more
varied and interesting. To restrict this list to only totally "proper"
posts, whatever they may be, is to invite a list to become dull, boring
and lifeless, I know a couple of those and they will remain nameless.
Sam has also hit on another important point when he points out that
seemingly funny incidents that may appear trivial can have major
immplications in terms of the roots behind the seemingly trivial matters.
I posted to Net-Gold about Ms. Rice shopping for designer shoes the
morning of the attack by Katrina on Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi,
not because of my objections to politicians wearing shoes, but rather
because of that particular shoe store visit's implications to a much
bigger picture of the initial White House "response" to the Katrina
disaster. Thank you very much for your cogent and timely comments Mr.
Trosow.
From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@temple.edu>
Date: Mon Sep 5, 2005 9:23 am
Subject: HURRICANES: HURRICANE KATRINA: AFTERMATH : TOURISM AND TRAVEL:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: If the Shoe Fits or Sizing Pumps
while New Orleans Drowns
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/8003>
Indeed, I have myself, in the past Damonized off topic posting in this
post that can be read on the DIG_REF discussion group archives.
From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@temple.edu>
Date: Sat May 22, 2004 4:08 am
Subject: [DIG_REF] SPORTS: BASEBALL : LITERACY: Baseball Player Shaves For
Literacy AND Patron Saints of Libraries in the Middle Ages
<http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/dig_ref/message/9104>
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@temple.edu
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On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Samuel E Trosow wrote:
> The make up of the Supreme Court is an issue that has a profound affect on all
> of us. This goes for our personal as well as professional lives. Supreme Court
> nominations are few and far between. Unlike elections, which can be figured
> with some regularity, Supreme Court nominations are very special events. All
> the moreso when the balance on the court is so tenuous and important policy
> issues hang in the balance. As participants in the legal system, law librarians,
> like others certain should be engaged in the process. Trying to squelch
> discussion over a particular policy issue is an unfortunate, yet recurring
> occurance on this list, yet it comes up from time to time. All in all I think
> people on this list are quite capable of picking and chosing amongst the variety
> of topics on this board to read and respond to. We don't need self-appointed
> censors like yourself to tell us what is appropriate.
> But if you must have the discussion framed in terms of a research question to
> pass your own litmus test of propriety on this list, then what can you find out
> about her record that gives us any evidence about how she may respond to the
> important issues of the day?
> Sam Trosow
> University of Western Ontario
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