[Metadatalibrarians] proper usage of this list

[Diane I. Hillmann]

Karen:

I agree, these posts make me uncomfortable as well, not to mention the 
effect on my overstuffed inbox! 

Diane

Karen Benko wrote:
> Lately I've noticed a few messages on this list that read like 
> solicitations. Is this supposed to be allowed, or are these things 
> slipping through? Personally I'd rather not get them, but if it 
> doesn't bother most subscribers, I can live with them.
>
> Richard Price wrote:
>> Dear MetadataLibrarians members,
>>
>> I just wanted to let you know that there are now 12 members of
>> MetadataLibrarians on
>> Academia.edu listing their research interests such as Digital
>> Collections, Cataloging, and Information Retrieval. They have also
>> listed contacts, photos and papers.
>>
>> There are thousands of people listing the same research interests as
>> the MetadataLibrarians
>> members on Academia.edu, so there are lots of researchers for 
>> MetadataLibrarians
>> members to discover.
>>
>> To see the 12 members of MetadataLibrarians on Academia.edu, and 
>> their research
>> interests and papers, follow the link below:
>>
>> http://lists.academia.edu/See-members-of-MetadataLibrarians
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> Dr. Richard Price, post-doc, Philosophy Dept, Oxford University.
>> Founder of Academia.edu
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Richard Price
>> <richard.w.price at academia.edu> wrote:
>>  
>>> Dear MetadataLibrarians members,
>>>
>>>
>>> I wanted to tell the list about a new feature on Academia.edu.
>>> Academia.edu launched 12 months ago and now helps 300,000 academics a
>>> month answer the question 'who's researching what?'  There are already
>>> 117 people on Academia.edu with Metadata as a research interest.
>>>
>>>
>>> We have built a dedicated page on Academia.edu for the
>>> MetadataLibrarians mailing list:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://lists.academia.edu/See-members-of-MetadataLibrarians
>>>
>>>
>>> This page will show you fellow members already on Academia.edu.  You
>>> can see their papers, research interests, and other information.
>>>
>>>
>>> Visit the link below, sign up with Academia.edu, and see who else from
>>> MetadataLibrarians is on Academia.edu.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://lists.academia.edu/See-members-of-MetadataLibrarians
>>>
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Richard Price, post-doc, Philosophy Dept, Oxford University.
>>> Founder of Academia.edu
>>>
>>>     
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