Sorry to differ, R. Scott Williams, but this list is also for community
building, and that is exactly what Anita is doing.
I have made a number of invaluable personal contacts via this list and
would not want to see it changed in any way. The delete key is always an
option. Perhaps you could wear a thimble to protect your finger?
Jim
>>Anita Cohen-Williams writes:
>
>In order to introduce some useful humor here, how about a contest? Tell us
>about the 25 (or less) things that drive you crazy! Dealing with patrons,
>funny experiences that happened in a museum or library, typos on labels,
>silly questions (from patrons and others), etc..
>
>If this is too silly a suggestion, please let me know (I seem to be a bit
>lightheaded today, too many WWW sites...).
>------
>
>I do not think introducing humor is silly but I do think asking everyone to
>write their anecdotes to Museum-l is very silly. If everyone writes 25
>anecdotes then I will spend a lot of time tapping my delete button. I read
>Museum-l to get info, not entertainment. For entertainment I read novels,
>watch TV, yell at my kids, etc.
>
>Please do not send your anecdotes to Museum-l. Instead please send them to
>the originator of this idea, Anita Cohen-Williams at
>[log in to unmask], who can then collate them, arrange them by
>subject, throw out the obnoxious, etc., then send one message to Museum-l
>that we can read or delete with a single stroke.
>
>Sorry to be a killjoy, but I do not want to waste time separating the
>information from the other stuff. For me, the ratio of useful to other on
>this list is getting dangerously close to where I will have to unsubscribe,
>and I do not want to do that because there is good info exchange here, when
>it is not too diluted.
>
>
> R. Scott Williams
> Conservation Scientist (Chemist)
> Canadian Conservation Institute
> 1030 Innes Road
> Ottawa, Ontario
> Canada K1A 0M5
> tel: 613-998-3721
> fax: 613-998-4721
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
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>Subject: A lighter note
>Author: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> at INTERNET
>Date: 3/21/96 6:01 PM
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>Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library
>Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
>Tel: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169
>[log in to unmask] Owner: HISTARCH, SPANBORD, SUB-ARCH
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Jim Angus
Information Technology and Hypermedia Programs
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
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