[LM_NET] GEN: Etiquette Reminder to All LM_NET Members

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@IIS.SYR.EDU>]

Dear Colleagues,

Please read and abide by the guidelines below. Some of the postings lately
seem to be of the type addressed by our LM_NETiquette (from which the
follwing was taken):

A FRIENDLY REMINDER

   Never post a message to the group which would not be of interest to
   thousands of people.  Similarly, please respect the wishes of the
   member who posts the message and  requests to receive a reply
   privately, to his/her e-mail address. It is considered wasteful of 
   the time of list members to be pestered with meaningless (to them)
   messages which are of value only to a small number of people. LM_NET
   is NOT a newsgroup  where people reply to each other routinely posting 
   to the entire group.

   Normally, please send information only to the individual person who
   requested it. If they receive a lot of replies, they will probably
   post them to the group. Please use our Target/Hit procedure to
   gather information, and share later with the group.

   Conversation on LM_NET should focus on the topics of interest to
   the school library media community, including the latest on school
   library media services, operations, and activities.  LM_NET is
   for practitioners helping practitioners, sharing ideas, solving
   problems, telling each other about new publications and up-coming
   conferences, asking for assistance or information, and linking
   schools through their library media centers.

   Think before you post. Do I really want to say this to the entire
   world (and have it posted to the LM_NET Archives as well?) Reread
   what you wrote. Did you really say what you intended to? Once a
   message is sent, it can't be retrieved. Sending to the individual
   or to the entire group is an important consideration.

   The LM_NET discussion is open to ALL school library media specialists -
   worldwide- and people involved with the school library media field.
   It is _not_ for general librarians or educators.  Please help keep the
   activity and discussion focused on school library media.  But, LM_NET
   can be used by library media people for many different things-- to ask
   for input, share ideas and information, link programs that are
   geographically remote, make contacts, etc.

Peter Milbury, LM_NET Co-Moderator   pmilbury@iis.syr.edu
School Librarian/CA TeleMentor, Chico HS, Chico, CA
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