"LM_NET covers a wide range of interests, all related to library and information work in education...posts concern reading comprehension (computer versus print), graphic novels in the library, flexible scheduling, questions on the name of a story, computer tampering, hoax Web sites, and many more (Eisenberg and Milbury).
I subscribed to the LM-NET Select because I felt that it would a little less overwhelming for me to handle. Listservs still tend to overwhelm me, but I am sure that once I find myself in the weeds at my new job, I will be on the listserv asking for help or reading the up-to-date discussions on hot topics. It is important to stay abreast of what is happening in the library media world and I believe that LM_NET helps in that way. I also believe that a topic can be beaten to a pulp on this discussion list and it is important to not get wrapped up and side tracked on discussion that goes off on a tangent.
Is this a good use of time, professional or personal? I believe that as long as it is monitored just as Milbury attempts to do, then time will not be wasted reading the different posts. It's definitely a benefit to sign up for the select version of LM_NET.
Eisenberg, Mike and Peter Milbury. "The
LM_NET Community." Knowledge Quest
33 (2004): 46-47.
