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Over the past few months (and perhaps years) people in the SILS community have been discussing the possibility of an alternative to the sils-announce listserv. Especially in the case of an on-going discussion thread (for example, the recent string of posts regarding the departures of Profs. Poma-Swank & Bencivengo).

In response to what we believe to be a genuine need in the community, the Pratt-SILS Blog Committee has created this blog to host discussions, organize job & grant opportunities, and provide a comprehensive list of essential websites, resources and items of interest.

While we hope that this new blog will alleviate some listserv traffic, we would also like to see the site become an academic nexus for the Pratt-SILS community—a place to publish your class papers, post links to class projects and wikis, and share your work with your classmates.

Sincerely,

The Pratt-SILS Blog Committee

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Pratt-SILS Blog is an independent publication created by students of The Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science in New York City.