Ed. note:  Since this came directly to the list address and it
is Friday and made our day, I am sharing it with the subscribership,
as well as offering a personal response.   -B.MacLennan

1 message & 1 reply from the moderator-du-jour:

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Thank you (whoever you are) for the time you put into moderating this list.
 The XXXXXs Library Associations listserv is not moderated and we get an
incredible amount of junk mail (once even an ad for a porngraphic CD-ROM).

I appreciate your efforts.
Andrew E. Leonhart
Mabee Library
MidAmerica Nazarene College
2030 E. College Way
Olathe, KS 66062

(913) 782-3750 x162
(913) 791-3285 (fax)
aleonhar@manc.edu

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Reply from the moderator:

In case others are wondering, there are three people who moderate
SERIALST.  We are:

Birdie MacLennan       Marcia Tuttle            Ann Ercelawn
Listowner & Moderator  Associate Moderator      Associate Moderator
University of Vermont  Univ. of North Carolina, Vanderbilt University
bmaclenn@uvmvm.uvm.edu Chapel Hill              ercelaa@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
or:                                             or:
bmaclenn@zoo.uvm.edu   tuttle@gibbs.oit.unc.edu ercelawn@library.vanderbilt.edu

AND:
If you are wondering what we do, or what is involved in moderating
SERIALST, see the fall 1996 issue of _Serials Review_, "SERIALST
and the Global Serials Community: The Five Year Evolution of an
Electronic Discussion Forum" (p. 1-21).  This article captures
much of the day-to-day saga ...

On some days, the care and feeding of SERIALST does require a fair
amount of energy -- that is why there are three of us!  We think the
time involved in moderating has been and still is worth the effort.
We also appreciate the lively discussion and quality of content
in the messages our subscribers have sent us over the years.  You are,
after all, what makes SERIALST what it is, and what keeps our jobs
as moderators interesting.

Thank you for your interest and participation.

    Birdie MacLennan
    SERIALST Listowner/Moderator    bmaclenn@uvmvm.uvm.edu
    University of Vermont           bmaclenn@zoo.uvm.edu