[Publib] Library Administration & Ron's Postings

[Robert L. Balliot]

Bruce,

 

I don't think that the postings are any reflection of WSU LIS.  The

reactions to the postings are much more revealing.   Compare those

of Casey, Laurita, and Schallon.   Who would you rather work

with?   Do their reactions to the postings reflect on where they

went to school? 

 

If you were in a hiring position for an institution that supports

free speech and freedom of expression as core values, who would you

want to hire as an administrator based on their reaction to Ron?   

 

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Robert L. Balliot

Skype: RBalliot

Bristol, Rhode Island

http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Bruce MacDonald
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:05 PM
To: publib
Subject: Re: [Publib] Library Administration & Ron's Postings

 

I apologize in advance for keeping this thread going.

WSU has it's own listserv that is used by LIS students and alumni alike,
called LISPINF. The school does teach discretion and netiquette, including
how to use LISPINF and other professional listservs.

It would be a shame if publibbers used one person's annoying postings to
discount the WSU LIS program.

Bruce MacDonald
WSU Library & Information Science Class of 2005



On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM, James Casey <jcasey at oaklawnlibrary.org>
wrote:

One thing that is evidently NOT being taught at Wayne State LS program (or
wherever Ron attends) or in other LIS programs is the reality that posting
to a List should be treated as a PUBLICATION that is representing one to
thousands of professionals in the Library field.   Too many of us - even on
Council List - seem to think that what we are sending out on the list is
tantamount to a private or semi-exclusive conversation rather than a
broadcast to a sizeable constituency group.  With PUBLIB, we not only
communicate with thousands of people in the field, but our ramblings remain
for many years and can be accessible via the archive search.  I can still
find comments of mine and those of my colleagues on every subject from
carpet tile and school libraries to tax form distribution and coffee shops
in libraries dating from a dozen years ago.

 

James B. Casey --- My own views.

Director of Oak Lawn Public Library

Member of ALA Council since 1996.

 

From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Paula Laurita
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:17 AM


To: 'Cynthia Rosser'; 'Mary Soucie'; 'Ronald Creswell';
publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] Library Administration & Ron's Postings

 

".right now, they're getting to be annoying."

 

I hope Ron has a job.  His postings are irritating and would not put him on
my "must interview" list for any position.  

Paula S.W. Laurita, MLIS
Coordinator of Public Services
Athens-Limestone Public Library
Athens, AL 35611

plaurita at athenslimestone.lib.al.us

We have found that a library is not an end in itself, but a means to many
ends.
Charles E. Rush, 1939 

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