[Sighfis-l] Interested in determining the fate of H-INFO?

[Kathryn La Barre]

Greetings,
A small group of colleagues at the University of Illinois Graduate School
of Library and Information Science have expressed interest in stepping
forward to prevent the demise of the H-INFO list. If you are interested in
any of the positions that would ensure the survival of this list, or have
questions about getting involved please respond directly to me offlist:
Kathryn La Barre
klabarre at illinois.edu
Chair SIG/HFIS 2011-2012
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science

_________ Call for interest _______________

H-Info focuses on the interdisciplinary, international study of information
and information institutions, broadly construed. It includes the
foundations and history of print culture; reading and reception histories;
the history and foundations of library and information sciences; and the
history of libraries, archives, document-based cultural repositories, and
other information institutions.

Dear H-Info subscribers:

I am writing to you to ask that you help us determine the fate of H-Info.
You are well aware that the list has not posted since November 16, 2010 The
list editors labored faithfully to develop the network's potential, and feel
that there is no longer an interest for this list.  H-Net considers its
networks to be permanent resources -- as editorial staffs change, audiences
and fields remain.

http://www.h-net.org/~info/

Let me ask, then, that the subscribers write toh-info at h-net.msu.edu<mailto:
h-info at h-net.msu.edu>  to tell
us what they wish to do with the list:

-- revive the list with the same or different, related mission -- perhaps to
a more sharply-defined subject;

In order to revive the list, we will need an editorial staff for it: at
least two online editors to handle list traffic, an advisory board of
scholars (at least six, including the editors), a web editor to develop the
list's web site, and a book review editor if the list wishes to commission
book and software reviews.  Information on becoming an editor or board
member may be found at

http://www.h-net.org/contact/nomination.html

-- terminate the list

If we determine that the response (or nonresponse) to this message warrants
it, we can terminate the list without further efforts to revive it.  The
list's logs will remain accessible at H-Net's web site.

Our VP of Networks, Jonathan Anuikvp-net at mail.h-net.msu.edu
<mailto:vp-net at mail.h-net.msu.edu>  will edit the
list until decisions about its future have been made. All queries on
becoming a list editor or advisory board member can be directed to
vp-net at mail.h-net.msu.edu<mailto:vp-net at mail.h-net.msu.edu>  as well.

Best wishes,

Heather

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Heather Hawley
H-Net Associate Director
406 Natural Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
phone: (517) 353-5223
fax: (517) 355-8363
hawley at mail.h-net.msu.edu<mailto:hawley at mail.h-net.msu.edu>

-- 
Kathryn La Barre
President ISKO C/US
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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