chosen to join. Whenever I send a post to this group or respond to
another's post, I am looking for advice from all of you or answering
another's request. Posting discussion list items to a blog doesn't make any
sense to me. Blogs are used (IMO) to express the writer's opinions or for
reporting events and other matters. Discussion lists are for discussion -
research, advice, opinions - back and forth. If a posting is published on a
blog, there is no context around it. Commenters may not get the original
poster's meaning if it is snipped to a blog. That being said, I agree that
whenever I send out an email, I have to assume that it might be publicly
published somewhere else - that's what I tell students. If a blogger fails
to publish an entire thread (and then, when does a thread officially end?),
it does the list a disservice.
Michelle
On Feb 5, 2008 1:24 PM, Brad Baugher <baugherb@oes.edu> wrote:
> I'm convinced that members agreed to abide by the conditions set forth for
> the listserve and any reposting without a member's knowledge constitutes a
> breach of agreement. If people would like to see the items reposted I
> think
> the list managers should offer members a chance to commit to a new
> agreement
> that includes such things as reposting.
>
> My 2 cents
>
>
> On 2/5/08 1:04 PM, "Marti Weston" <mweston@gds.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear ISED-L Members,
> >
> > Recently an ISED member began feeding ISED list posts to a blog. He
> > informed the list, although not the list managers, and ISED posts
> began
> > forwarding to the blog. Shortly thereafter we asked the list member to
> > disable the part of the blog that accepted ISED feeds until we had a
> > chance to discuss the change on the list.
> >
> > While the list managers recognize the limits of a traditional listserv
> and
> > believe that content should be made available in a variety of forms, we
> > wonder if list contributors want their postings published a second time
> on
> > a blog? On the blog they can be responded to without the knowledge of
> the
> > original writer, unless that person checks in on a regular basis.
> >
> > Our thought is that this particular use of ISED material does not really
> > come under the "Creative Commons." While anything can be reposted
> > anywhere on the Internet, is the automatic reposting to a blog something
> > contributors and subscribers wish to do? Should subscribers give their
> > permission to repost? Does participation on ISED give someone implicit
> > permission to repost?
> >
> > On January 17, my colleague and fellow manager, Curt, at the suggestion
> of
> > the other list managers, wrote a polite e-mail request that the blog be
> > disabled for the time being. The full e-mail was posted on the blog,
> > although it was intended for one person with copies to the other list
> > managers.
> >
> > We appreciate that those of you who have suggested changes or
> implemented
> > virtual communities with other tools have taken the time to check in
> with
> > the managers and then with the subscribers.
> >
> > Let's open this issue as a discussion topic. What are your thoughts? We
> > look forward to hearing your views.
> >
> > Best,
> > Marti Weston
> > Co-Manager, Independent School Educator's Listserv (ISED-L)
> > For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L
> >
> > [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
> > Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
> attribution,
> > non-commercial, share-alike license.
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution,
> non-commercial, share-alike license.
>
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Michelle S. Ohnstad, MLIS
michelle.ohnstad@gmail.com
Head Librarian
La Jolla Country Day School
La Jolla, CA
Web: http://www.ljcds.org
Library Media Specialist
Pacific Ridge School
Carlsbad, CA
Web:
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