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Can't see the need for two lists. Press releases can be put on Discover-Info if psci-com users don't want them on this list. Does anyone mind press releases here? I don't think it would have made much difference in the science media centre case as I can't ever remember the RI ever using this list. Besides, if they sent out a press release in the subject it certainly didn't find its way to me. Alun Roberts Editor, Science & Public Affairs British Association 020 7973 3077 ---------- From: David Steven <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: the authoritative psci-com? Date: Tue, Jan 30, 2001, 3:36 pm I really really like psci-com and think it is incredibly useful service (thank you Wellcome). However, I still find it quite difficult to keep up with what is going on in the science communication field, especially at a time when there are scores of new initiatives in the offing. I know that some of the science organisations have been lukewarm about the list, but it would make a huge difference if they embraced and, for example, circulated their press releases as a matter of course. I happened to catch news about a new media centre today, but it would be so much better if I knew that, through psci-com, I would find out about this as a matter of course. One of Jenkins strongest recommendations was that the science communication sector needed to avoid further fragmentation - better circulation of information is the first step to ensuring that this is so. Perhaps we should have two lists - one (moderated) for announcements and one for discussions. I'd be very interested to hear the opinions of others on the list. David _____________________ David Steven River Path Associates 61a West Borough Wimborne Dorset UK BH21 1LX E [log in to unmask] T +44 (0)1202 849993 M +44 (0)7939 038832 W www.riverpath.com _____________________