Comments on: Librarians who Write, Yet Again http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/05/10/librarians-who-write-yet-again/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Louise http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/05/10/librarians-who-write-yet-again/#comment-633 Louise Thu, 13 May 2004 16:30:59 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2004/05/10/librarians-who-write-yet-again/#comment-633 Hello Karen. I guess I've caused some confusion without meaning to. I mentioned the NMRT list to Todd after he'd created the Topica list (based on a discussion on an entirely other list), and mentioned the Topica list to you, as I assumed the two lists might want to know about each other. I knew about the NMRT list, in part from reading this blog. I thought (perhaps I was wrong) that it might be helpful to cross-post things like calls for papers or recent publications (LIS-related or not) by librarians, etc. Nonetheless, I knew from Todd that the focus for the list he started would be more general and chatty, which (I also thought) didn't seem to be NMRT's focus. However, if that's not the case perhaps the description could be expanded as you mentioned, Karen. I had lurked on the NMRT list briefly at one point, but there had been few posts. I'm glad to hear that's started up again. I had considered signing back on, but if you plan to change it to invitation-only, how would one get an invitation? Especially for new writers? If I've caused trouble or offense, as I seem to have, my apologies. My intent was solely to keep the lines of communication open and let everyone know about our varied areas of interest. Best, Louise Hello Karen. I guess I’ve caused some confusion without meaning to.

I mentioned the NMRT list to Todd after he’d created the Topica list (based on a discussion on an entirely other list), and mentioned the Topica list to you, as I assumed the two lists might want to know about each other. I knew about the NMRT list, in part from reading this blog. I thought (perhaps I was wrong) that it might be helpful to cross-post things like calls for papers or recent publications (LIS-related or not) by librarians, etc.

Nonetheless, I knew from Todd that the focus for the list he started would be more general and chatty, which (I also thought) didn’t seem to be NMRT’s focus. However, if that’s not the case perhaps the description could be expanded as you mentioned, Karen.

I had lurked on the NMRT list briefly at one point, but there had been few posts. I’m glad to hear that’s started up again. I had considered signing back on, but if you plan to change it to invitation-only, how would one get an invitation? Especially for new writers?

If I’ve caused trouble or offense, as I seem to have, my apologies. My intent was solely to keep the lines of communication open and let everyone know about our varied areas of interest.

Best,
Louise

]]> By: Todd http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/05/10/librarians-who-write-yet-again/#comment-632 Todd Wed, 12 May 2004 09:13:08 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2004/05/10/librarians-who-write-yet-again/#comment-632 I can assure you it is merely coincidence that I created librarianwriters just as you were talking about it. If you read the description of the list I created, you'll see that it's purpose is not geared towards scholarly publication in the field of library science, thus people wanting to discuss their own creative writings would be out of place on NMRTWriter. It’s merely by coincidence that I happened to create a Topica list called librarianwriters, around the time it was being discussed in your weblog. I had never read your weblog before someone brought it to my attention that you were discussing this topic. If you reread the description of the list, you’ll see that my list does not focus on scholarly publishing in LIS, although these discussions are welcomed. The purpose of NMRTWriter is to serve those interested in scholarly publishing. There seems to be room for both lists to exist, since there isn’t really a lot of overlap. I can assure you it is merely coincidence that I created librarianwriters just as you were talking about it. If you read the description of the list I created, you’ll see that it’s purpose is not geared towards scholarly publication in the field of library science, thus people wanting to discuss their own creative writings would be out of place on NMRTWriter.

It’s merely by coincidence that I happened to create a Topica list called librarianwriters, around the time it was being discussed in your weblog. I had never read your weblog before someone brought it to my attention that you were discussing this topic.
If you reread the description of the list, you’ll see that my list does not focus on scholarly publishing in LIS, although these discussions are welcomed. The purpose of NMRTWriter is to serve those interested in scholarly publishing. There seems to be room for both lists to exist, since there isn’t really a lot of overlap.

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