I would like to chime in here and say that I don't mind the death notices, birth announcements, event publicity, or political discussions on this list at all. I agree with all of those who have said that we need these sorts of seemingly extraneous information because we are a community. I'm not a librarian, but I feel part of your community because I work with books and because I am Jewish. I belong to many professional organizations and attend many conferences, and it matters to me that this particular group is a Jewish one because too often I feel alone or even isolated in my Jewishness at these professional events. To me, the birth announcements, etc., are what make this list Jewish, or if you don't want to go quite that far, they are what makes this list a Jewish community.
To those complaining about the number of posts, I receive the posts in digest form. That means I get one message from HaSafran a day. It does not take me long to scroll through the one, long email and read what I want and skip over what doesn't interest me. I don't even have to delete anything as I scroll. It's very easy and pretty speedy. I highly recommend this method of delivery to those of you who feel inundated. Thank you for letting me be part of your Jewish community. June Cummins ________________________________________ June Cummins, Associate Professor Department of English and Comparative Literature San Diego State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
