Library-Oriented Computer Conferences and Electronic Serials
By Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
1.0 Computer Conferences
1.1 BITNET Lists
ADVANC-L@IDBSU Geac Advance Library System
ALF-L@YORKVM1 Academic Librarian's Forum
ARLIS-L@UKCC Art Libraries Association of North America
ATLAS-L@TCUBVM Data Research ATLAS Users
AUTOCAT@UVMVM Library Cataloging and Authorities Discussion
Group
BI-L@BINGVMB Bibliographic Instruction
BRS-L@USCVM BRS/Search Users
BUSLIB-L@IDBSU Business Librarians
CHMINF-L@IUBVM Chemical Information Sources
CIRCPLUS@IDBSU Circulation and Access Services
CNIDIR-L@UNMVM Coalition for Networked Information
Working Group on Directories
CWIS-L@WUVMD Campus-Wide Information Systems
ELLASBIB@GREARN Library Automation in Greece
GOVDOC-L@PSUVM Government Documents
ILL-L@UVMVM Interlibrary Loan
INNOPAC@MAINE Innovative Interfaces Users
LIBADMIN@UMAB Library Administration and Management
LIBPLN-L@QUCDN Library Planning
LIBREF-L@KENTVM Discussion of Library Reference Issues
LIBRES@KENTVM Library and Information Science Research
MAPS-L@UGA Maps and Air Photo Forum
MEDLIB-L@UBVM Medical and Health Sciences Libraries
MLA-L@IUBVM Music Library Association
NOTIS-L@TCSVM NOTIS Users
NOTISACQ@CUVMB NOTIS Acquisitions Discussion Group
NOTMUS-L@UBVM Notis Music Library List
NOTRBCAT@INDYCMS Notis and Other Rare Book Catalogers
PACS-L@UHUPVM1 Public-Access Computer Systems Forum
SERIALST@UVMVM Serials Users Discussion Group
SPILIB-L@SUVM SPIRES Users
VTLSLIST@VTVM1 VTLS Users Discussion Group
Z3950IW@NERVM Z39.50 Implementors Workshop
To subscribe, send the e-mail message:
SUBSCRIBE List First Name Last Name
to LISTSERV@NODE, where node is the part of the address after the "@".
For example, Jane Doe sends the following e-mail message to
to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 to subscribe to PACS-L:
SUBSCRIBE PACS-L Jane Doe
For a complete list of all conferences on BITNET, send the
following command to any LISTSERV address:
LIST GLOBAL
A more useful directory of BITNET conferences, which is classified
by subject and includes descriptions, is also available. Send
the following commands to LISTSERV@KENTVM:
GET ACADLIST FILE1
GET ACADLIST FILE2
GET ACADLIST FILE3
GET ACADLIST FILE4
GET ACADLIST FILE5
For further information on this directory, contact Diane Kovacs:
DKOVACS@KENTVM
1.2 Internet Lists
Conservation DistList (Conservation of Archive, Library, and
Museum Materials)
Send a subscription request to Walter Henry:
WHENRY@LINDY.STANFORD.EDU
DYNIX_L@OYSTER.SMCM.EDU (DYNIX Users)
Send a subscription request to Todd D. Kelley:
KELLEY@OYSTER.SMCM.EDU
EXLIBRIS@ZODIAC.RUTGERS.EDU (Rare Books, Manuscripts,
and Special Collections)
Send a subscription request to:
EXLIBRIS-REQUEST@ZODIAC.RUTGERS.EDU
Include your name and e-mail address in the body of the message.
Contact Peter Graham for questions: GRAHAM@ZODIAC.RUTGERS.EDU
LAW-LIB@UCDAVIS.EDU (Law Librarians)
Send subscription requests to: LAW-REQ@UCDAVIS.EDU
Contact Elizabeth St. Goar for technical questions:
ESTGOAR@UCDAVIS.EDU
LIB_HYTELNET@SASK.USASK.CA (TELNET Access to Network Resources)
Send subscription request to Peter Scott: SCOTT@SKLIB.USASK.CA
LS2K@CC.UTAH.EDU (LS/2000 Users Group)
Send subscription request to: LS2K-REQUEST@CC.UTAH.EDU
2.0 Electronic Serials
ACQNET (The Acquisitions Librarian's Electronic Network)
Send subscription request to Christian Boissonnas:
CRI@CORNELLC
ALCTS NETWORK NEWS (Association of Library Collections &
Technical Services)
Send the following message to LISTSERV@UICVM:
SUBSCRIBE ALCTS First Name Last Name
Consortium Update (SPIRES)
Send subscription request to: HQ.CON@STANFORD
Current Cites (Annotated Citations About Computer Technology and
Librarianship)
TELNET MELVYL.UCOP.EDU; Enter command: SHOW CURRENT CITES
Further information: Roy Tennant RTENNANT@LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU
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
IRLIST Digest (Information Retrieval Research)
Send the following message to LISTSERV@UCCVMA:
SUBSCRIBE IR-L First Name Last Name
Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues
Send the following message to LISTSERV@UNCVX1:
SUBSCRIBE PRICES-L First Name Last Name
Public-Access Computer Systems News
Sent automatically to PACS-L 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 automatically to PACS-L subscribers. See above.
For a list of article files, send the following
message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1: INDEX PACS-L
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Copyright (C) 1991 by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. All Rights Reserved.
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conferences, individual scholars, and libraries.
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| Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Voice: (713) 749-4241 |
| Assistant Director For Systems FAX: (713) 749-3867 |
| University Libraries BITNET: LIB3@UHUPVM1 |
| University of Houston CompuServe: 71161,3410 |
| Houston, TX 77204-2091 |
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| PACS-L Moderator (PACS-L@UHUPVM1) |
| Editor-in-Chief, The Public-Access Computer Systems Review |
| Co-Editor, Public-Access Computer Systems News |
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