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Dear Mike and Peter, I too want to send my thanks to Mike and Peter for their vision to establish such a valuable community of school library practitioners. I quickly learned that education really does not have borders. I was able to sit at my computer in Barrie, Ontario Canada and learn from talented and knowledgeable teacher-librarians (media library specialists) around the world. For a number of weeks I was a lurker, while I understood the protocols of participating within a listserve. My first target was to make a request for online resources for primary students on the topic of farming as they prepared for a visit to the International Plowing Match in Ivy, Ontario Canada. My searches on the internet-- using Alta Vista years ago, led me to many university web sites on farming and agriculture. But, LM_NETTERs came to my rescue. The Moo milk site is still up and mooing. From there I have been able to research many more topics by being a passive viewer. The topics range through the grades to the technical decisions of selecting a new library automation system. I am able to be on the cutting edge of knowledge of challenged material and plagiarism strategies across the grades. We have also shared some emotional times together such as 9-11, fires in Australia, floods, tornadoes, school shootings, sick children, union issues as our jobs have been eliminated. The support felt through the messages has been encouraging and reassuring. We have cried together and laughed together as well. I currently moderate three local listserves for the teacher-librarians in our board. Of course I knew where to get the basis of the design of the protocols for our listserves -- LM_NET of course. Mike and Peter, you are courageous leaders in the best profession there is. May your new paths lead us to new endeavours. Warm regards, Pat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------