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I agree with Richard McElroy. I have to fit collection development duties in with myriad other responsibilities and I appreciate any shortcuts I can get to make sure I hear about new books and catalogs. If I'm not interested, I simply delete the email. I think it does a disservice to our longtime vendor partners to leave them out. I know that I've learned about a lot of vendors and resources through their messages to the list and I'd like to see those messages continue (obviously, I don't want the list to turn into one big advertisement but that has never been the case in the past, and I don't imagine that our fellow ARLIS members who are dealers and vendors would do such a thing). Karen Bouchard Brown University On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Richard McElroy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would like to express two views concerning the recent decision to not > allow "commercial" postings on ARLIS-L. > > First as an acquisitions librarian I found receiving electronic catalogs > and new book announcements a great service. I did not see it as spam but > an integral part of the selection process. I am disappointed to see access > no longer allowed. Also I am concerned about what the criteria is. Are we > allowing university presses but not antiquarian dealers? I would not want > to have an argument as to which is more appropriate or beneficial. This > seems to me a limiting of resources for no sound justification. > > Second, this is contrary to the founding principles of ARLIS. Dealers, > publishers and visual providers have been full members in some cases since > our founding. There was discussion at our founding about the role of firms > in the society and it was decided they would be welcome as members. That > is the reason for the title "Art Libraries Society", not "Art Librarian > Society". Firms such as Ars Libri and F.A. Bernett have been most generous > supporters of our society and open communication with other members should > be an allowed benefit. > > I hope this decision is reconsidered. > > -- > Richard McElroy > 12 Peirce Street > Arlington, MA 02476 > 781-646-7254 > [log in to unmask] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Karen A. Bouchard Scholarly Resources Librarian for Art and Architecture Rockefeller Library, Box A 10 Prospect Street Brown University Providence, RI 02912 USA Phone: (401) 863-3218 [log in to unmask] http://libguides.brown.edu/profile.php?uid=56435 Images at Brown blog, latest entry: https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/image-collections-in-the-brown-library/newer-posts/thedomesticinterior<https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/image-collections-in-the-brown-library/newer-posts/music> Tweeting all about art, architecture, music & more at: @KbouArtMusic If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero. *Epistulae ad Familiares*, book IX, epistle 4. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~