Without asking permission of the list, I hereby assign this new category of things requiring OCLC oversight as "salami" on the charcuterie spectrum. Bacon == Seal of Approval Bologna == Seal of Disapproval Salami == Seal of No Approval Needed -- Michael # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # [log in to unmask] # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Paul Orkiszewski > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 12:04 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Studying the email list > > Exactly the kind of observation that makes this list worth studying -- > Paul > > On 6/5/12 12:57 PM, Daniel Suchy wrote: > > Folks: aren't we forgetting the first step? Do we even have OCLC's > > permission?! > > > > Sorry :) > > Dan > > > > On 6/5/12 9:52 AM, "Truitt, Marc"<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> On 06/04/2012 02:44 PM, Paul Orkiszewski wrote: > >>> the outcomes would be anonymous and there would be no e-mail harvest > of > >>> any kind, especially and specifically any commercial harvesting. > [...] > >>> > >>> Eric Lease Morgan, the list admin, can provide an archive of the > list, > >>> but I wanted to check with all of you before I asked for it. > >> Funny... and here I thought that Paul was simply being considerate of > >> the possible sensitivities of list members by asking first! > >> > >> I appreciated the question and the explanation of his intended use. I > >> guess I'm just too olde-school... > >> > >> [sigh], > >> > >> - mt > >> > >> -- > >> > ************************************************************************* > >> Marc Truitt > >> Associate University Librarian, > >> Bibliographic and Information Voice : 780-492-4770 > >> Technology Services e-mail : [log in to unmask] > >> University of Alberta Libraries fax : 780-492-9243 > >> Cameron Library cell : 780-217-0356 > >> Edmonton, AB T6G 2J8 > >> > >> "It remains difficult to know when and how much to trust the wisdom of > >> crowds [...] Crowds turn all too quickly into mobs, with their time- > >> honored manifestations: manias, bubbles, lynch mobs, flash mobs, > >> crusades, mass hysteria, herd mentality, goose-stepping, conformity, > >> groupthink [...]. Collective judgment has appealing possibilities; > >> collective self-deception and collective evil have already left a > >> cataclysmic record." > >> -- , 2011 > >> > ************************************************************************* > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Paul Orkiszewski* > Coordinator of Library Technology Services / Associate Professor > University Library > Appalachian State University > 218 College Street > P.O. Box 32026 > Boone, NC 28608-2026 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Phone: 828 262 6588 > Fax: 828 262 2797 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------