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Appropriate News
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Wed May 6 11:39:28 1992
Date: Wed, 6 May 1992 10:18:01 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
3 Messages, 57 Lines
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From: JBYRNE@AISH.llnl.gov
Subject: Re: RLG news
>Well, I'm as sorry as I can be, but such blurbs as the "RLG News" etc. are not
>considered junk mail by all of us out here. Perhaps the objectors to this sort
>of thing can suggest a suitable alternative for this type of information for
>those of us with politically incorrect viewpoints.
There is a mechanism in place for this kind of information and they
are very happy to distribute it - the U.S. Postal Service.
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From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU>
Subject: appropriate announcements
I am hardly the one to talk about being "pc", and it is not the term
I would use in this case. Seriously, the answer may be to set up a listserv
specifically FOR announcements of general interest, whether from RLG,
OCLC, the Podunk Library Association, or whoever. There IS a list dedicated
to job announcements, but it still seems that this list and many others
continue to be deluged with job announcements (which I delete unread from my
mail list); therefore a separate list may not be the answer, unless
moderated lists refuse to post inappropriate items, and the senders become
willing to only post to appropriate places. I personally find much "junk
mail", whether electronic or paper, of interest. However, seeing the
20th consecutive announcement of a local meeting of specialized interest
(perhaps the West Nowhere ILL Group Luncheon) on every listserv, not just
on ILL-L does seem to go beyond the bounds of appropriate professional judgment
and behavior.
dan
* Dan Lester Bitnet: alileste@idbsu *
* Associate University Librarian Internet: alileste@idbsu.idbsu.edu *
* Boise State University *
* Boise, Idaho 83725 BSU and I have a deal: I don't speak *
* 208-385-1234 for them and they don't speak for me. *
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From: Bill Drew -- Serials Librarian <DREWWE@snymorva.bitnet>
Subject: REG: RE: RLG--News or Advertising
I personally have no problem with RLG advertising on BITNET or INTERNET. I
object to somebody charging $10 for a publicity brochure. I wish someone from
RLG or RLIN would kindly respond.
Wilfred Drew (call me "BILL")
Serials/Reference/Computers Librarian
SUNY College of Agriculture & Technology
P.O. Box 902, Morrisville, NY 13408-0902
Bitnet: drewwe@snymorva SUNYNET(DECnet): smorv::drewwe
InterNet: drewwe@SNYMORVA.CS.SNYMOR.EDU
Voice: 315-684-6055 Fax: 315-684-6115
