[Publib] Issues with the PUBLIB mailing list

[Robert Balliot]

Michael, where did I say that being a 'vendor or in the business community
is evil'?  I just pointed out what is being done with the information from
this
list.   I doubt most people using it ever knew how their information was
being
used.


R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com




On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Michael Golrick
<mgolrick at slol.lib.la.us>wrote:

> Hi-
>
> I know that my friends Diedre and Tom posted recently about the "problems
> with the list." The two of them, along with Karen and Sara (as
> co-moderators) [and I feel like I left someone out...] did some email and
> then wound up meeting and talking with the folks at OCLC/WebJunction when
> the list moved there a few years ago. I know Karen and Sara seemed to feel
> like a decision that big should use the advice of some of the "end users."
>
> Now, maybe it is my MBA showing through, but being a "vendor" or in the
> "business community" is not an "evil" thing. It is not "us" v. "them." I
> know many colleagues who are librarians who work for organizations which are
> not like mine.
>
> I'll also note that some of us have had a variety of work roles while being
> active on this list. For me, I started on this list when I ran a multi-type
> library system. I was then a public library director, and now work for a
> state library agency. If memory serves, Karen worked for a contractor as a
> librarian for the EPA, then ran a public library, worked for a non-profit
> whose major operation was funded by a state library, and then had a brief
> stint at an academic institution before her current position.
>
> I know just enough about technology to get in trouble with the techies, I
> am happy to help work on a solution, part of what I brought the last time
> was a contact or two, plus some ALA-type leverage.
>
> "Owning a list" is a huge commitment, and Karen and Sara have my undying
> gratitude for doing something I could not do. [And in a passing thought,
> that is random and a "non-sequitor," why does the internet require that an
> individual "own" a domain (etc.) Have you ever tried to transfer ownership?
> I have -- when I left the multi-type and moved to a public library -- it was
> a huge hassle!]
>
> Thanks Karen and Sara. (That's my bottom line here...)
>
> Michael A. Golrick
>
> ALA Councilor-at-Large, 2006-2009, re-elected 2009-2012
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Karen Schneider
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:40 AM
> To: Robert Balliot
> Cc: publib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Publib] Issues with the PUBLIB mailing list
>
>  On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Robert Balliot<rballiot at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Karen,
> >
> > Aren't you also technically a vendor as an employee of Equinox?
> > Wouldn't you say that your role in this list has an intrinsic value to
> you
> > and the software  company you represent?
>
> Robert, I am not "technically" a vendor, I AM a vendor. Which makes me
> the Man. In my case, the Open Source Man, which is a little different,
> but never mind.
>
> That said (I am now channeling some library meetings I have
> chaired...) the focus of this discussion is PUBLIB's future. It's
> important that other voices than ours be heard. (I hear myself in my
> best manager's voice saying, "Who else has something to share about
> this topic?")
>
> There is an event planned at ALA and it will be posted shortly... this
> would be a good place to have more conversation!
>
> Karen / PUBLIB
>
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