All,
Curious as to how many list members might prefer a message board
format over the standard email listserv currently in place. Message
boards make more sense to me for the following reasons:
1. Generally speaking, it is difficult to browse the ARSClist
archives. Especially if a topic began in one month but continued into
the next, as the two parts tend to become divorced from one another.
2. With a message board, one can view both the original
topic/question/etc and all subsequent responses in one fell swoop,
something that comes in particularly handy when performing searches in
the archives. As it stands now, all posts in the archives must be
viewed individually, losing much narrative/conversational flow along
the way.
3. When a list member changes the name of a thread in
mid-conversation, subsequent posts again become divorced from the
original topic.
4. Let's be honest, on chatty days, the in-box traffic can get a
little overwhelming...especially for those of us NOT taking part in a
particular conversation.
For the record: Yes, I'm aware of the *digest* option...seems to me,
the only grievance it solves is item #4.
thanks as always,
Brandon
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Brandon Burke
Assistant Archivist for Audiovisual Collections
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6010
voice: 650.724.9711
fax: 650.725.3445
email: burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx