Do listservs actually help others become better professionals or learn about the profession?
Or do they act as simply channels of certain types of communication and discussions, that is delivered to an inbox?
Similarly, we should ask, if social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Academia.edu etc provide something else or not?
While many lists exist, I do not believe that today's librarians or others on listservs are actually using them like they did 10 years ago.
If a new LIS graduate goes no a job interview today and the interviewer asks how they are active professionally, and what do they read online etc do you think that it is going to benefit them always to mention listservs from the early 1990s ? to some degree but it will also indicate that they are not aware of current channels and trends. Just some thoughts. / kw
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Karen Weaver, MLS, Adjunct Faculty, Cataloging & Classification, The iSchool at Drexel University, Philadelphia PA email:
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"It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked,
through understanding."--Kahlil Gibran
