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Re: "Reasonable" E-Mail Contact?



On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:34:31 -0500, christine harper <harperc@SLU.EDU>
wrote:

>Friends,
>
>My, my, my, aren't we a defensive bunch.  All I did (I thought)was
>iterate a plea not to cut researchers off at the knees because they
>don't have e-mail, and the next thing I know I'm being castigated as a
>technophobe incompetent to do my job and uninterested in the
>preservation of electronic records.


Sorry Christine but that is not how your 'plea' came across. I just went
back and re-read it
http://listserv.muohio.edu/SCRIPTS/WA.EXE?A2=ind0204b&L=archives&O=A&P=18044

and saw it more as a "how dare you ask for an email address" message.
Granted not everyone wants the intrusion of a computer in their life, but it
is whether we like it or not a KEY component of our professional lives. I'm
not a big fan of cellphones, but they have also become a component of our
lives especially if folks are not at home such as my wife and I. I can reach
her more easily on her cellphone then leaving a message on voicemail.

With the availability of "free" email accounts and free access to computers
at local public libraries or cyber-cafes it is not unreasonable to assume
that a researcher has an email account. IN these days of tight budgets
postage and stationery can become very expensive compared to the use of
email.

As a sometime researcher and a full-time consultant I willingly provide my
email address as an efficient means for contacting me.

Peter Kurilecz

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