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Frances, I'm not quite sure what you mean by inane questions. I, personally, think that email groups are a useful forum for discussion on ANY topic. Not everyone has the same resources at their command or the same experience and to be able to ask fellow professionals in a non-judgmental atmosphere is invaluable. Even more trivial discussions can brighten up your day! Those not interested in the topic discussed can always delete the mail and those who find the level of mail overwhelming can always unsubscribe. I admit I usually reply individually to the person concerned (I made an exception in this case) unless it is a topic already sparking general discussion. This is to reduce unnecessary traffic on the list. But that does not, IMHO, invalidate placing the question on the list in the first place. The only thing that irritates me are these constant "unsubscribe" emails but, in common I expect with most people, I have just set a filter to automatically delete these. Dawn ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn Patrick Law Librarian City University Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB 0171 477 8000 ext 4020 Fax : 0171 477 8194 [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%