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Announcing Guides to Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Tue May 19 10:07:09 1992
Date: Tue, 19 May 1992 09:05:20 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@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
4 Messages, 82 Lines
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From: warner@austin.onu.edu (David R. Warner Jr.)
Subject: Re: My announcement of agriculture guide to the internet
Bill Drew -- Serials Librarian wrote:
> After hearing from various knowledgeable INTERNET and BITNET users that urged
me
> to distribute my announcement to the listservs listed in my guide, I sent out
> the announcement to approximately 40 lists.
>
> In return, I got some VERY nasty mail from three list owners concerning
> multiple postings and posting to lists that I don't belong to. It sounded as
> though I had let loose an INTERNET worm!! They told me I had violated CREN
and
> BITNET policy guidelines.
>
> What is the proper procedure for getting such announcements out beyond the
> library community? My intent was to reach potential users of my guide that
are
> not familiar with the Internet. Lists like PACS-L are where I have learned
> most of what I now know about e-mail, the Internet, and electronic media in
> general.
I do not know that I have ever seen a posting of this nature on the new lists
list, but you might look into it. It is NEW-LISTS, a listserv list, running
on VM1.nodak.edu. The lists owner -- Marty Hoag -- is quite knowledgeable
and you might try contacting him directly.
_DAVID WARNER
| David R. Warner, Jr. | (419) 772-2227 |
| Professor of Law | FAX: (419) 772-1875 |
| Pettit College of Law | Internet: |
| Ohio Northern University | warner@austin.onu.edu |
| Ada, Ohio 45810 | ABANet: ABA1744 |
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From: "John Piety (216)397-4231" <PIETY@jcvaxa>
Subject: Re: announcement of agriculture guide, etc.
Bill, what it proves is that some people have no sense of humor, and they view
things differently from you and me. I appreciate getting notices of all sorts
from many different sources, one of the reasons I read all my mail. Some
don't. If they have to pay separately for messages, as I understand some do,
I can see their alarm. If not, it seems to me they are putting on blinders
and using tunnel vision to see only what they want to, or feel they need to.
In future, it is well to not to "bother" those who are too busy to look around.
John Piety, Grasselli Library, John Carroll University
BITNET: PIETY@JCVAXA INTERNET: PIETY@JCVAXA.JCU.EDU FAX:(216)397-4256
"This new development has unbounded possibilities for good and for evil."
N. Wiener.
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From: "PAMELA MASON" <pmason@asrr.arsusda.gov>
Subject: RE: My announcement of agriculture guide to the internet
Bill, I for one, upon hearing of your resouce guide, forwarded it to a number
ofinterested colleagues who may not be on PACS-L. I sure don't know why
something
as useful as your guide would arouse annonyance, even if you were not a list
subscriber, as long as what you were doing was posting an announcement.
The National Agricultural Library, where I work, is not on the resource guide
yet because our catalog is not one available on Internet, but may one day
be. I think you did the agricultural community a great service, and think
the nasty response was totally uncalled-for. Pamela Mason, pmason@asrr.arsusda.
gov
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From: Walter M. Sonntag <wsonnta@atl.calstate.edu>
Subject: Re: My announcement of agriculture guide to the internet
BIll:
I appreciated your ag guide and found it useful. I'm an
ophthalmologist and a newcomer to the internet and I found
your organization and instructions clear and understandable.
Keep up the good work!
wally
