Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 15:54:13 -0500

From: Natalie Maynor maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU

Subject: Bounced Mail



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Subject: ADS-L: error report from M-W.COM



The enclosed message, found in the ADS-L mailbox and shown under the spool ID

6299 in the system log, has been identified as a possible delivery error notice

for the following reason: "Sender:", "From:" or "Reply-To:" field pointing to

the list has been found in mail body.



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From: "E. W. Gilman" egilman[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]m-w.com

Organization: Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 07:50:45 +0000

Subject: Re: Faculty and Librarian



Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 23:48:42 -0700

From: Gail Stygall stygall[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu

Subject: Faculty and Librarian



One of our librarians here has posted a query to me and I thought I would

pass it on the list and ask for practices on other campuses. The

"faculty" code applicable to librarians is being revised and the

librarians are finding themselves irritated by not being able to use a

"correct" usage that parallels faculty as a group noun. They see their

options as follows:

librarian's code

librarians' code

librarian code

They prefer the third and wonder if others have had similar decisions to

make and what they chose (and how they defended it if they selected #3).

Cheers,

Gail

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Gail Stygall stygall[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu (206) 685-2384

English, Box 354330, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-4330

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Since "librarian" doesn't have a mass noun use like "faculty" does, a

4th alternative occurs to me, that of using the plural as an

attributive, producing "librarians code" on the analogy of "teachers

college". Would this be suitable?