Agreed on all this, judging Code4Lib 'worthiness' by institutional domains
and/or email signatures is a slippery slope. I've had several different
institutional email addresses but I've always used my personal email for
listservs--easier to organize, easier to manage when moving between
institutions, easier to separate capital W Work from professional
development, etc. There are many types of code4lib users, and many reasons
why one would not use an institutional domain email or even omit an
organizational email signature.

I get the need for identifying and weeding out spam/AI/slop, but there has
to be a better approach than the digital equivalent of "Your papers,
please".

*Matthew J McKinley*
*Omeka <https://omeka.org> Programmer*


On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 10:24 AM Wilhelmina Randtke <
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> This about people not having institutional affiliations is really
> important.  I consider about 2 1/2 years of my serious career to have been
> done while unemployed, with me being engaged and moving things forward
> during those times.
>
> Many have precarious employment.  And costs of caregiving exceed salaries
> in the library fields, such that many might financially have to do full
> time caregiving for extended periods while hiding the gap with committee
> work and publications.
>
> Best,
> -Wilhelmina
>
>
> Wilhelmina Randtke
> Head of Libraries Technologies and Systems
> Zach S. Henderson Library
> 1400 Southern Dr.
> Statesboro, GA, 30458
> (912) 478-5035
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Not everyone has an organizational association.
> >
> > kc
> >
> > On 9/23/26 11:29 AM, Shaneé Willis wrote:
> > > Email signatures [log in to unmask] sans any organizational
> > association doesn't cut it.
> >
> > --
> > Karen Coyle
> > [log in to unmask]
> > http://kcoyle.net
>