A Pet Peeve I have is when Person B responds to the whole listserve
with an answer to Person A's request, then Person C responds directly
to Person B when they should be sending the private reply to Person A
or responding to the whole group. I have forwarded I don't know how
many responses because someone has decided to reply to my message which
goes to the whole group (hopefully useful to the whole group) by doing
a "reply all" then someone replies only to me when they really meant to
reply to the original sender!
I know this is confusing to explain....but hopefully you get what I'm
trying to say.
Barb
Barb Engvall
Teacher-Librarian
John Campbell Elem
Selah, WA
macbarb@charter.net
http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JC/jc.cfm
On Jun 3, 2004, at 6:15 PM, sbrisco wrote:
> One of the "basic requirements" that all MLIS students had to undergo
> before
> they could finish their program at the University of Oklahoma was
> subscribe
> to a listserv, monitor it, ask questions, report from it, and then
> unsubscribe successfully. In addition, we had to format disks, create
> spreadsheets, send emails to various individuals, create Powerpoint
> programs--and this was almost six years ago when I (with eyes rolling
> in
> disgust in having to do these "trivial activities") endured them. At
> that
> time I figured IF anyone was this far in their education, surely they
> could
> do these things, so why did we need to perform 6-10 menial activities
> to
> prove that we could access and utilize technology.
>
> It was only when I was in the computer lab with others from the MLIS
> program
> that I realized that many individuals just don't know how to do some of
> these things.
>
> I know what Mary is talking about when she says that following
> directions is
> a pet peeve because we both monitor our state (Texas) librarian's
> listserv--- which is becoming a nightmare with messages being sent to
> the
> list stating things like: "unsubscribe me until August 1" or "set
> nomail
> until school starts back in the fall". (As if some magic fairy "knows"
> when
> each librarian should receive the emails once again!) In the
> meantime, I
> (like Mary) roll my eyes in amazement that there are librarians out
> there
> who can't get off "these listserv rollercoasters" even with directions.
>
> Despite reminders, I just don't think everyone is reading the
> directions for
> this process...so in the meantime, we'll keep hitting the delete
> buttons for
> our listserv(s) in Texas! (Stay patient, Mary! It's a learning
> process and
> I think we have SO many young librarians out there that need our help!)
>
> Just an opinion....
>
> ~Shonda Brisco
> Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
> Fort Worth, TX
> sbrisco021@charter.net
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Ludwick" <ludwick@SWBELL.NET>
> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:20 PM
> Subject: Pet Peeve
>
>
>> Why is it that so many librarians cannot follow the directions for
> stopping
>> listserve email or setting nomail for the listserve?
>> LMNet has this problem, and our state librarian discussion group has
>> the
>> problem about a thousand times over!
>>
>> I wonder: If administrators required the knowledge of the correct way
>> to
>> exit a listserve, would many librarians be without a job?
>> It seems so simple to me ...especially when the directions
>> are at
>> the end of each LMNet message not to mention Peter made a separate
>> posting
>> recently.
>> I guess it is like a lot of things in life.-- If one knows
>> how
> to
>> do it, it is simple. For others it is difficult.
>>
>> (end of rant)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mary Ludwick, Librarian K-5 Elementary
>> Owen Elementary, The Colony, Texas (near Dallas)
>> ludwickm@lisd.net (school address)
>> ludwick@swbell.net (home address)
>> "Those who don't read have no advantage over
>> those who can't." Mark Twain
>>
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