Congratulations to those 85 of you who have already signed up for the CLAO
listserv, located at Yahoo.ca. What you might not be aware of is that you can
tailor all your listserv experiences to your own preferences. At
“churchlibraries” group (groups are what yahoo calls their listserv feature)
membership is at the discretion of the group moderator, and only members can
post messages to each other and see email addresses. Messages do not go
through an editorial or review process, but appear directly for all members.
Currently email attachments are not permitted in messages (such as pictures),
and all text appears in black and white (no color).
You can join our churchlibraries listserv using any email address you like, just
remember that your address will be visible to the entire group. The intention of
listserv’s are to allow a group of like-minded individuals the opportunity to
share expertise, answer each others’ questions, and comment on whatever
someone is interested in.
When you initially sign up to a group, you are given the option of how to
receive notices regarding posts to the message board. You can choose to
receive posts through individual emails, a Daily Digest (or daily summary of the
posts), or you can do as I do and select No Mail / Web Only. I prefer to read
the posts when I choose to visit the group site (sometimes no more often than
once a month), and I find individual or daily emails are far too bothersome and
interruptive for me.
One individual can join multiple groups, for example, my group list includes
Brantfordfreecycle, GardeningInCanada, and churchlibraries, and you can drop
out of a group by unsubscribing (Yahoo! Groups > My Groups page >
name of Group you wish to unsubscribe from > Unsubscribe > Update).
Sharing information is much more critical than most of us realize, and using a
listserv is a good way to share what you know.
