Re: MODERATOR--RBML Discussion

[John Lancaster <jlancaster@amherst.edu>]

> The emerging discussion about RBML, an RBMS-sponsored publication, is a 
> classic example of the type of discussion that was meant to be carried 
> out on the relatively new RBMS list.  As much as the recently posted 
> blurb about the publication has its place on ExLibris, RBMS soul 
> searching about its future, about the RBML award, etc., should take 
> place on the RBMS list--not on ExLibris.

The whole point of Peter Graham's note, it seems to me, was that keeping
RBML material in-house is misguided -- the issues (as well as the articles
that appear in RBML) are specifically of interest to the wider rare-book
and librarianship communities. 

For instance, it might be of interest to know how many ExLibris 
subscribers are even aware of RBML and its potential relevance to their 
interests.  (This is not a survey, but a rhetorical query; do not reply 
to me or the list.)


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