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I appreciate not having commercial postings on ARLIS-L, and have liked the new policy. Personally, I unsubscribe from all vendor advertisements as fast as I can, instead relying on reviews, on-line and print catalogs, and websites for my ordering. Could there be a subset of the list-serv for people who would like to opt in to commercial solicitations and promotions--an ARLIS Marketplace list-serv? And do vendors not have their own email list-servs to alert interested parties about their wares? ------- Anna Simon Research & Instruction Librarian Art, Film, and Museum Studies Ars Hoya: GU Art Blog <https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/ajs299/> Georgetown University Lauinger Library 37th & O Sts. NW Washington, DC 20057 202-687-7467 On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Bouchard, Karen <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > 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] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~