Re: lita

From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nyob> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 11:37:07 -0500 To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

On Jan 5, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Sylvain Machefert <smachefert_at_U-BORDEAUX3.FR> wrote:

>> Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers to equal LITA‚Äôs size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once used to be. ‚ÄîELM
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> For a list created more than 10 years ago, can we trust the number of subscribers figure ? How many dead addresses ? (not saying that number of members of an association == active members, sure).

There are zero dead mailing list addresses because the LISTSERV software prunes such things on a daily basis. Yes, we can trust the number of subscribers, but that does not mean all of the subscribers actively participate in the community. ‚ÄîELM