[12545] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: No PACS-L Mail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sloan, Bernie)
Tue Nov 3 20:21:45 1998
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 16:58:43 -0500
From: "Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
As one of the early contributors to PACS-L, I'd have to agree with
Dan Marmion's assertion that PACS-L has been moderated from the
start. Of all the postings I've sent to PACS-L, I think that maybe one
has been rejected.....and I thought in advance that maybe that posting
was off target.
I don't think that the recent decline in PACS-L traffic has that much to
do with the current PACS-L moderators, despite what Vigdor might think. :-)
Someone recently pointed out that Web4Lib (among other lists) is dealing
with the issues that used to be the purview of PACS-L. PACS-L was a
unique list when it started in the 1980s. PACS-L was very important at
that time. But times were different then. Maybe it's time for PACS-L to
reconsider its purpose. Personally, I think that PACS-L can still play a
valuable role. But I think that it might be the time to reconsider what that
role is.
Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting
338 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax: (217) 333-6355
Email: bernies@uillinois.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Marmion [SMTP:dan.marmion@wmich.edu]
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 4:51 PM
> To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
> Subject: Re: No PACS-L Mail
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hasn't PACS-L always been moderated? I know it was when I first
> subscribed back around 1990 or '91. So I don't think the mere fact
> that it's moderated can explain the decline in postings.
>
>
> Dan Marmion, Assistan Dean,
> Library Technology & Systems
> Western Michigan University, Waldo Library
> 1201 Oliver Street
> Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5080
> (616) 387-5239
> dan.marmion@wmich.edu
> Editor: Information Technology and Libraries
>
> >>> <morganj@iupui.edu> 10/30 12:04 PM >>>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I've noticed the same decline of Pacs-l interest and traffic as Thom, and
> also think it corresponded to the switch to a moderated system.
>
> [snip]
>
> Jim Morgan
> morganj@iupui.edu
>
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>
> Moderator's note: PACS-L always has been a moderated list.
>
> ********************************************************************
