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<font face="Helvetica Neue">All:<br>
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I have created our new list, via Google Groups, which takes the
place of the earlier one (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:libri@lists.hampshire.edu">libri@lists.hampshire.edu</a>),
<b>effective</b>
<b>now</b>.<br>
<br>
As before, it is a forum in which members can engage in discussion
of the history and art of the book and literary/print culture, and
announce events in those fields: primarily, but not exclusively
in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts and the greater
northeast area (use your discretion in determining what is likely
to be of real interest to the majority of subscribers). However,
switching the platform to Google Groups should make use of the
list simpler and more transparent.<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica Neue">We will begin by trying this out
as a public list: Only members can post to the list or access its
archived messages on the Web, but anyone can join and become a
member (if spam becomes a problem, we can revisit this decision).</font><br>
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<font color="#cc0000"><b>Please visit this site</b></font> to
join:<br>
<br>
</font><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/libri-list?hl=en">http://groups.google.com/group/<b>libri-list</b></a><br>
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It is best and simplest if we employ this "opt-in" method: <br>
<br>
• Inactive members need simply not respond, if they wish to drop
out (we have had a number of "unsubscribes" in recent weeks, e.g.
from people who had moved away from the area or are otherwise no
longer engaged in local book matters). They will receive no
further emails from the old list or the new one.<br>
• Active members can consider anew and set their own preferences
(nickname, e-mail address, delivery options [e.g. each message vs.
digest], etc.)<br>
• <b><font color="#cc0000" face="Helvetica"><font face="Helvetica
Neue">Just remember</font></font></b>: the address under
which you subscribe is the one under which you will receive
messages and from which you must post. If you already have a
Google/gmail account, you may find it simplest to use that one for
the sake of integration (I have done so), but that, of course, is
up to you.<br>
<br>
I have also made public my own <font color="#cc0000"><b>Google
Calendar</b></font> for book-related events: <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tiny.cc/c1oiy">http://tiny.cc/c1oiy</a><br>
<br>
Because we want this to remain a public calendar rather than one
accessible only to subscribed members (given the current
constraints of the Google system, I would have to add the e-mail
address of every individual member and keep that list constantly
updated), we ask that you send announcements to any of the list
managers at the Five Colleges (addresses available on the Groups
members page), who can then post them. Provisionally:<br>
<br>
• Hampshire: Jim Wald<br>
• UMass: Jim Kelly, Joe Black, Phil Palmer, </font><font
face="Helvetica Neue">Steve Harris, </font><br>
<font face="Helvetica Neue"> • Amherst: Mike Kelly<br>
• Smith: Martin Antonetti<br>
• Mount Holyoke: Tatiana Ginsberg<br>
<br>
If you would like to receive authorization to post to the calendar
on your own, just send a request to one of the list managers
(again, remembering to use the same e-mail address under which you
are subscribed).<br>
<br>
We hope that this listserve makes it easier for us to share what
is important, and thereby, to strengthen the already vibrant book
community in the Pioneer Valley.<br>
<br>
In the meantime, happy Thanksgiving!<br>
<br>
Jim Wald<br>
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