Re: Gen: From Chat: John Marsden books

[Dan Robinson / Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

Heidi raises a good point. However, Chat just brings a new level to
personal email conversations that have been going on anyway, since
more people can join in. I don't think the discussion list is going
to die out. And important problems and general information  will
still be discussed. Email has the advantage of  being time
independent.  The listserver also creates an archive. Both of these
advantages are lost in a chat format. (if not, someone will correct
me).

However, I don't think the topic of this conversation would have come
up on the list. We were comparing favorite books with an lmnetter
from Australia. In normal lm_net style it would have come up as a
Target -- Hit, and the particular book/series  may or may not have
been listed. The Chat format made the discussion more immediate.

Finally, I doubt that our 'best' contributors will confine themselves
to chat. The list reaches over 8,000 people. Chat starts to get
complicated with as little as 10. (at least it seemed that way to me)
I did learn that some poeple have been chatting for years. It's
obvious that the use of one format doesn't preclude the use of
another. Think of how many times you wished you could get some quick
clarification or help on something. 5 or 10 minutes 'chatting' could
take the place of a week of emails.

Take a little time and drop in. The software is pretty straight
forward on the pc and easy to use.

My 3cents (inflation),

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

On  5 Jan 98 at 11:21, Heidi Rawson-Ketchum wrote:

> Dan,
>
> Sorry to use yours as an example but this is where I jump in on this
> whole "chatting" business.  I realize many people have been off for
> the holidays so that is one reason traffic has been light but I
> don't have time or the right hours available(and to be honest very
> little interest in chatting).  I have really enjoyed the listserve
> format in that we can do it when we have time or inclination.  I
> have been tolerating all of the conversation on chatting but when it
> starts to become obvious that some of the "good discussion" usually
> shared with all of us is now in the chat rooms it makes me a little
> unhappy.  What is going to happen to the interaction on the
> listserve when several of our best contributors start talking only
> to each other?  Does anyone else have this concern or am I getting
> too out of touch? I value this list and the friendships I have made
> here and I would hate to see it change too much.  Sorry if this
> sounds a little like flaming.  Happy New Year!
>
> Heidi Rawson-Ketchum, Librarian
> Camp Branch-Prison/Branch District-Public
> Both in Coldwater, MI
> rawsonkehl@orion.branch-co.lib.mi.us
>

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