Thanks Penny for posting this. I think part of the problem is the success
of the list - people know they can reach a large number of other
professionals & have no other ready means of doing the same. We probably
need a seperate list for stock & circulation discussions. There have been a
number of threads I've followed with interest which haven't been to do with
the internet but there has been a tendency lately to use it as a soapbox.
Perhaps a redefinition is in order as others have suggested but I would
prefer a focus rather than everything & anything (not necessarily UK only
either).
We also have a number of contributers whose apology for cross-posting seems
to be merely empty words (repeated on other lists I'm on).
Whether the LA fits the last we'll all have our own opinions but I hope
they amongst others take your message to heart & stop sending details of
courses with no or only tenuous connection with internet implementation. I
am even less happy with commercial organisations trying to flog their
courses. Until about a year ago it was rare for me to delete items from the
list unread - no longer!
Lionel Aldridge
Leeds Library & Information Services
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