I agree with Paul.
Dave Gowan
On 27 Jul 1995, Paul Healey wrote:
> This is such a small point that I hesitate to use the bandwidth, but
> I think I should just get it off my chest and shut up.
>
> It is entirely common for institutions, especially universities, to
> be referred to by initials. It is also common for members of those
> institutions to use those initials to refer to the institution when
> posting on law-lib. It would be helpful (at least to me) if, when
> posting a message, writers would keep in mind that those initials may
> not be commonly known outside the local community. Furthermore, even
> some prominent insitutions share their initials with others (ever
> counted how many U.I.'s there are?) and thus may not be
> distinguishable.
>
> A minor point, to be sure, but I tend to be interested in where the
> writer is from or what insititution they are referring to, and I
> would appreciate it if people would spell it out in their messages or
> sig files.
>
> I'll sit down now.
>
>
> Paul D. Healey
> Reference/Instructional Services Librarian
> Warren E. Burger Library
> William Mitchell College of Law
> 871 Summit Ave. St. Paul, MN 55105
> Phone: 612.290.6306 Fax: 612.290.6318
> e-mail: phealey@wmitchell.edu
>
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