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And MEDLIB-L (open to anyone) as well as the lists for various sections of the Medical Library Association. The messages are a mix of serious discussions, requests for hard-to-get ILL's, questions about services and sources and what I guess you would call "chit chat". Michelynn McKnight On 9/24/2011 8:13 PM, Gretchen Whitney wrote: > Greetings, > How does one access StanleyK or StanlyK? I have tried Yahoo Groups > and the name is not recognized. Please tell us how to access > StanleyK. thanks. We are interested. > --gw > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > Gretchen Whitney, PhD, Retired > School of Information Sciences > University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996 USA > [log in to unmask] > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/ > jESSE:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/jesse.html > SIGMETRICS:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > > On Sat, 24 Sep 2011, Lisa Hinchliffe wrote: >> Um, StanleyK is still ongoing .... >> >> ------------ >> Lisa Hinchliffe >> Past-President, 2011-2012, Association of College and Research Libraries >> Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >> Library 434, 1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801 >> 217-333-1323 (voice); 217-244-4358 (fax) >> >> On Sep 24, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Gretchen Whitney <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Greetings all, >>> I'm getting the impression from some agitated readers (just a few) >>> that all of the library-oriented discussion groups concerning >>> library issues, both processes (cataloging, acquisitions, reference >>> and the like) have disappeared, as have those surrounding social >>> issues such as labor rights, gay issues, and homeless issues. >>> And jESSE is supposed to pick up the slack. It can't, and it will >>> not. It can't deal with all of the internet and technical issues >>> that librarians, much less information scientists, need to be aware >>> of. It has its own issues to deal with. >>> In the early days of the Internet, these library issue discussion >>> groups were gathered together in a single list - but I regret that I >>> cannot remember the name of the web sitet. >>> Who is keeping track of library-oriented discussion lists now, >>> whether on listservs (and related software based on e-mail), >>> Facebook, or whatever software? >>> I'd avoid the usual culprits - ALA, PLA and the like. They are >>> obvious as professional associations. >>> Who has pulled all of these professional discussions together? >>> >>> I'd avoid chit-chat lists. I'm looking for professional >>> conversations. Chit-chat lists don't survive IMHO. I'm not against >>> chit-chat lists. They have their place in professional >>> discussions. But jESSE isn't one of them. Stanley something was a >>> chit-chat list that didn't last a year. jESSSE has lasted nearly >>> eighteen years. I'm loathe to change its practices. >>> >>> But where are these professional conversations taking place? Please >>> let us know. Who and where are librarianss talking? >>> >>> --gw >>> >>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >>> >>> Gretchen Whitney, PhD, Retired >>> School of Information Sciences >>> University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996 USA >>> [log in to unmask] >>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/ >>> jESSE:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/jesse.html >>> SIGMETRICS:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- Michelynn McKnight, PhD, AHIP Associate Professor Schoolof Libraryand Information Science LouisianaState University 269 Coates Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 225-578-7411 /Health Science Librarians: Doing better what they've always done well./