I have been reading this thread with interest and debating whether to weight in with an opinion until I read what Lisa Silverman said and that triggered a pet peeve of mine. First, I enjoy reading Hasafran. It gives me information and connects me to my colleagues whom I would not ordinarily see or meet except at conferences and sometimes not even then. It gives me a sense of community. If the subject heading does not interest me -- well there's always the delete button. And here comes my pet peeve. Because I use that delete button, I don't always know what a poster is talking about -- it's like coming in on a conversation in the middle. Would it be so difficult to use the "respond to all" button when writing an email to Hasafran? That would copy the email to which you are responding so that we all know what it is. Sometimes the answer sounds interesting or intriguing but you don't know the question. That's just frustrating. Well, I got that off my chest, I feel better now. ;).
Chaya Wiesman Librarian Ramaz Upper School MODERATOR'S RESPONSE: Chaya - it is my practice for many years NOT to include the original message with each response. Subscribers who get their Hasafran messages in Digest format will get much larger files and the same posting again and again. The original message can be always found in the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html I am trying to keep messages as short as possible. Joseph Galron-Goldschlaeger Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
