Library-Oriented Lists and Electronic Serials By Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 1.0 Computer Conferences Computer conferences are becoming an increasingly important form of communication for librarians. There are a growing number of computer conferences of interest to librarians on BITNET and Internet. Computer conferences are commonly called "lists." The software used to support these lists is typically referred to as the "list server." 1.1 Lists That Use Eric Thomas's List Server Many BITNET lists utilize a list server that was developed by Eric Thomas. Please note that some of these BITNET lists also have Internet addresses, which are not shown here. (Entries that appear in this document for the first time or have been changed are marked with an asterisk.) ADVANC-L@IDBSU Geac Advance Library System AFAS-L@KENTVM African American Studies and Librarianship ALF-L@YORKVM1 Academic Librarian's Forum ARCHIVES@INDYCMS Archives and Archivists List ARIE-L@IDBSU RLG Ariel Document Transmission System ARLIS-L@UKCC Art Libraries Association of North America ASIS-L@UVMVM American Society for Information Science ATLAS-L@TCUBVM Data Research ATLAS Users AUTOCAT@UVMVM Library Cataloging and Authorities Discussion Group BI-L@BINGVMB Bibliographic Instruction BIBSOFT@INDYCMS Discussion of Software for Citations and Bibliographies BRS-L@USCVM BRS/Search Users BUSLIB-L@IDBSU Business Librarians CALL-L@UNBVM1 Canadian Academic Law Libraries List* CARL-L@UHCCVM CARL Users CDPLUS-L@UTORONTO CDPLUS Software User Group CDROMLAN@IDBSU CD-ROM LANs CDS-ISIS@HEARN UNESCO's CDS/ISIS Text Retrieval Software CHMINF-L@IUBVM Chemical Information Sources CIRCPLUS@IDBSU Circulation and Access Services COLLDV-L@USCVM Library Collection Development List CONSALD@UTXVM Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation COSNDISC@BITNIC Consortium for School Networking CWIS-L@WUVMD Campus-Wide Information Systems ELDNET-L@UIUCVMD ASEE Engineering Libraries Division ELEASAI@ARIZVM1 Open Library/Information Science Research Forum ELLASBIB@GREARN Library Automation in Greece ENDNOTE@UCSBVM EndNote/EndLink Users Forum EXLIBRIS@RUTVM1 Rare Books and Special Collections Forum FEMINIST@MITVMA ALA Social Responsibility Round Table Feminist Task Force FISC-L@NDSUVM1 Fee-Based Information Service Centers in Academic Libraries GEONET-L@IUBVM Geoscience Librarians and Information Specialists GOVDOC-L@PSUVM Government Documents ILL-L@UVMVM Interlibrary Loan IMUG-L@OHSTVMA Innopac Music Users Group INDEX-L@BINGVMB Indexer's Discussion Group INFO+REF@INDYCMS Information + Referral List INNOPAC@MAINE Innovative Interfaces Users INT-LAW@UMINN1 Foreign and International Law Librarians JESSE@ARIZVM1 Open Library/Information Science Education Forum LABMGR@UKCC Academic Microcomputer Lab Management LIBADMIN@UMAB Library Administration and Management LIBEVENT@USCVM Library Events in Southern California LIBEX-L@MAINE Exhibits and Academic Libraries Discussion List* LIBMASTR@UOTTAWA Library Master Bibliographic Database LIBPER-L@KSUVM Library Personnel Issues LIBPLN-L@QUCDN Library Planning LIBRARY@INDYCMS Libraries and Librarians LIBREF-L@KENTVM Discussion of Library Reference Issues LIBSUP-L@UWAVM Library Support Staff LM_NET@SUVM School Library Media & Network Communications MAPS-L@UGA Maps and Air Photo Forum MEDLIB-L@UBVM Medical and Health Sciences Libraries MLA-L@IUBVM Music Library Association MULTILIS@ALBNYVM1 multiLIS Users NETTRAIN@UBVM Internet/BITNET Network Trainers Discussion List NOTIS-L@TCSVM NOTIS Users NOTISACQ@CUVMB NOTIS Acquisitions Discussion Group NOTMUS-L@UBVM Notis Music Library List NOTRBCAT@INDYCMS Rare Book and Special Collections Catalogers NYSO-L@UBVM MLA New York State/Ontario Chapter Discussion List OFFCAMP@WAYNEST1 Off-Campus Library Services List PACS-L@UHUPVM1 Public-Access Computer Systems Forum PACS-P@UHUPVM1 PACS-L Publications Only PRO-CITE@IUBVM The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List RLIN-L@RUTVM1 RLIN Users* SAVEIT-L@USCVM SAVEIT Users* SERIALST@UVMVM Serials Users Discussion Group SLAJOB@IUBVM Special Libraries Association Employment Opportunities* SPILIB-L@SUVM SPIRES Users UNICRN-L@PSUORVM SIRSI/UNICORN Automated Library Systems USMARC-L@MAINE USMARC Advisory Group Forum VETLIB-L@VTVM2 Veterinary Medicine Library Issues and Information* VPIEJ-L@VTVM1 Publishing E-Journals: Publishing, Archiving, and Access Z3950IW@NERVM Z39.50 Implementors Workshop To subscribe to a list, send the following e-mail message to LISTSERV@NODE, where NODE is the part of the address after the "@" character: SUBSCRIBE List First Name Last Name (If you are not on BITNET, ask your computer center how to address a message to the desired BITNET node.) For example, Jane Doe sends the following e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 to subscribe to PACS-L: SUBSCRIBE PACS-L Jane Doe You can obtain a directory of list server documentation by sending the following e-mail message to the list server: INFO ? Once you know the name of the desired documentation file, send another INFO command to the list server to obtain the file. For example, to get a file that describes searching the message database of a list, send the following command: INFO DATABASE. 1.2 Lists That Use Anastasios Kotsikonas's List Server Anastasios Kotsikonas's list server is being used to support a growing number of Internet lists. To subscribe to a list, send the following e-mail message to LISTSERV@NODE, where NODE is the part of the address after the "@" character: SUBSCRIBE List First Name Last Name (If you are not on Internet, ask your computer center how to address a message to the desired Internet node.) To obtain list server documentation, send the following e-mail message to the list server: HELP. CNI-ANNOUNCE@CNI.ORG CNI's News Announcement Network CNI-ARCHITECTURE@CNI.ORG CNI's Architectures and Standards Working Group CNI-BIGIDEAS@CNI.ORG CNI's Big Ideas Forum CNI-COPYRIGHT@CNI.ORG CNI's Copyright and Intellectual Property Forum CNI-DIRECTORIES@CNI.ORG CNI's Directories and Resource Information Services Working Group CNI-LEGISLATION@CNI.ORG CNI's Legislation, Codes, Policies, and Practices Working Group CNI-MANAGEMENT@CNI.ORG CNI's Management and Professional and User Education Working Group CNI-MODERNIZATION@CNI.ORG CNI's Modernization of Scholarly Publication Working Group CNI-PUBINFO@CNI.ORG CNI's Access to Public Information Working Group CNI-TEACHING@CNI.ORG CNI's Teaching and Learning Working Group CNI-TRANSFORMATION@CNI.ORG CNI's Transformation of Scholarly Communication Working Group PALS-L@KNUTH.MTSU.EDU PALS System PUBLIB@NYSERNET.ORG Public Libraries and the Internet* VISIONS@LIBRARY.SDSU.EDU Strategic Visions Steering Committee Electronic Discussion Forum on the Future of Librarianship 1.3 Other Lists These lists use diverse software. Contact the person who sponsors the list you are interested in to get further information about how the list software works. ACRLNY-L (Listings of Library Jobs and Events) Send the following command to LISTSERV@NYUACF: SUBSCRIBE ACRLNY-L First Name Last Name. AGRIS-L (Agricultural Information) Send the following message to LISTSERV@IRMFAO01: SUBSCRIBE AGRIS-L First Name Last Name. ALEPHINT (ALEPH Library System Users) Send the following command to LISTSERV@TAUNIVM: SUBSCRIBE ALEPHINT First Name Last Name. CADUCEUS (History of Medicine Collections Forum) Send a subscription request to Inci Bowman: IBOWMAN@UTMBEACH. Conservation DistList (Conservation of Archive, Library, and Museum Materials) Send a subscription request to Walter Henry: WHENRY@LINDY.STANFORD.EDU. CORMOSEA (Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia) Send a subscription request to Kent Mulliner: MULLINER@OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU. DYNIX_L (DYNIX Users) Send a subscription request to: DYNIX_L-REQUEST@SBU.EDU. EASTLIB (Committee on East Asian Libraries) Send the following command to LISTSERV@MENTO.OIT.UNC.EDU: SUBSCRIBE EASTLIB First Name Last Name. IAMSLIC (International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers) Send the following command to LISTSERV@UCSD.EDU: SUBSCRIBE Your E-Mail Address IAMSLIC. KATALIST (Discussion on Library Systems and Databases--In Hungarian) Send the following command to LISTSERV@HUEARN: SUBSCRIBE KATALIST First Name Last Name. LAW-LIB (Law Librarians) Send subscription requests to: LAW-REQ@UCDAVIS.EDU. Contact Elizabeth St. Goar for technical questions: ESTGOAR@UCDAVIS.EDU. LIB_HYTELNET (HYTELNET Program) Send subscription request to Peter Scott: SCOTT@SKLIB.USASK.CA. LS2K (LS/2000 Users Group) Send subscription request to: LS2K-REQUEST@CC.UTAH.EDU. PAMnet (Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics Librarians) Send a subscription request to Joanne Goode: JMGOODE@UKCC.UKY.EDU. STUMPERS-L (Difficult Reference Questions) Send the following message to ROSLIBREFRC@CRF.CUIS.EDU: SUBSCRIBE STUMPERS-L Your E-Mail Address. 1.4 Diane Kovacs's Directory Diane Kovacs and her colleagues have compiled a useful directory of lists in many subject areas. To retrieve this directory, send the following e-mail message to LISTSERV@KENTVM or LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU: GET ACADLIST README F=MAIL GET ACADLIST FILE1 F=MAIL GET ACADLIST FILE2 F=MAIL GET ACADLIST FILE3 F=MAIL GET ACADLIST FILE4 F=MAIL GET ACADLIST FILE5 F=MAIL GET ACADLIST FILE6 F=MAIL GET ACADLIST FILE7 F=MAIL For further information about the directory, contact Diane Kovacs: DKOVACS@KENTVM. 2.0 Electronic Serials There are a growing number of library-related electronic journals and newsletters available on BITNET and Internet. ACQNET (The Acquisitions Librarian's Electronic Network) Send a subscription request to Christian Boissonnas: CRI@CORNELLC. ALA Washington Office Newsline (ALAWON) Send the following e-mail message to LISTSERV@UICVM: SUBSCRIBE ALA-WO First Name Last Name. ALCTS NETWORK NEWS (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services) Send the following message to LISTSERV@UICVM: SUBSCRIBE ALCTS First Name Last Name. For a list of back issue files, send the message: INDEX ALCTS. The Arachnet Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture* Send the following message to LISTSERV@UOTTAWA: SUBSCRIBE ARACHNET First Name Last Name. Citations for Serial Literature Send the following message to LISTSERV@MITVMA: SUBSCRIBE SERCITES First Name Last Name. For a list of back issue files, send the message: INDEX SERCITES. Consortium Update (SPIRES) Send a subscription request to: HQ.CON@STANFORD. Current Cites TELNET MELVYL.UCOP.EDU; Enter command: SHOW CURRENT CITES. (Also distributed on PACS-L.) Further information: David F. W. Robison, DROBISON@UCBLIBRA. Hot Off the Tree (HOTT) (Excerpts and Abstracts of Articles about Information Technology) TELNET MELVYL.UCOP.EDU; Enter command: SHOW HOTT. Further information: Susan Jurist, SJURIST@UCSD.EDU. Information Networking News Sent to CDROMLAN subscribers. See above. IRLIST Digest (Information Retrieval List Digest) Send the following message to LISTSERV@UCCVMA: SUBSCRIBE IR-L First Name Last Name. For a list of back issue files, send the message: INDEX IR-L. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship Send a subscription request to: ACRLSTS@HAL.UNM.EDU. Journal of Academic Media Librarianship Send the following message to LISTSERV@UBVM: SUBSCRIBE MCJRNL First Name Last Name. LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal* Send the following message to LISTSERV@KENTVM: SUBSCRIBE LIBRES First Name Last Name. MeckJournal Send a subscription request to MECKLER@TIGGER.JVNC.NET. Network News Send the following message to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1: SUBSCRIBE NNEWS First Name Last Name. Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues* Send the following message to LISTSERV@GIBBS.OIT.UNC.EDU: SUBSCRIBE PRICES First Name Last Name. Public-Access Computer Systems News Sent to PACS-L and PACS-P subscribers. See above. For a list of back issue files, send the following message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: INDEX PACS-L. The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Sent to PACS-L and PACS-P subscribers. See above. For a list of article files, send the following message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: INDEX PACS-L. Michael Strangelove has compiled a helpful directory of electronic serials. To retrieve this directory, send the following e-mail message to LISTSERV@UOTTAWA or LISTSERV@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA: GET EJOURNL1 DIRECTRY F=MAIL GET EJOURNL2 DIRECTRY F=MAIL For further information, contact Michael Strangelove: 441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1993 by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. All Rights Reserved. Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by academic computer centers, computer conferences, individual scholars, and libraries. This message must appear on all copied material. All commercial use requires permission. ----------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Voice: (713) 743-9804 | | Assistant Director For Systems Fax: (713) 743-9748 | | University Libraries BITNET: LIB3@UHUPVM1 | | University of Houston Internet: | | Houston, TX 77204-2091 LIB3@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU | |------------------------------------------------------------| | Co-Editor, Advances in Library Automation and Networking | | Editor-in-Chief, The Public-Access Computer Systems Review | +------------------------------------------------------------+ Revised 1/11/93