Library-Oriented Computer Conferences 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 on both BITNET and Internet are
commonly called "lists."
Many BITNET lists utilize the Revised LISTSERV software, which
was written by ERIC Thomas. This software is referred to
as the "list server." You can obtain a directory of LISTSERV
documentation by sending the following e-mail message to any 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
Internet 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.
1.1 BITNET Lists That Use the Revised LISTSERV Software
Please note that some of these lists also have Internet
addresses, which are not shown here.
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
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
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
CNI-ARCH@UCCVMA Coalition for Networked Information
Architecture and Standards Work Group
COLLDV-L@USCVM Library Collection Development List
CONSALD@UTXVM Committee on South Asian Libraries and
Documentation
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
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
LIBRES@KENTVM Library and Information Science Research
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
SERIALST@UVMVM Serials Users Discussion Group
SPILIB-L@SUVM SPIRES Users
UNICRN-L@PSUORVM SIRSI/UNICORN Automated Library Systems
USMARC-L@MAINE USMARC Advisory Group Forum
VPIEJ-L@VTVM1 Publishing E-Journals: Publishing,
Archiving, and Access
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 "@" character.
(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
For a complete list of all BITNET LISTSERV lists, send the
following command to any LISTSERV address:
LIST GLOBAL
A useful directory of BITNET and Internet lists, which is
classified by subject and includes descriptions, is also
available.
Send the following commands to LISTSERV@KENTVM:
GET ACADLIST README
GET ACADLIST FILE1
GET ACADLIST FILE2
GET ACADLIST FILE3
GET ACADLIST FILE4
GET ACADLIST FILE5
GET ACADLIST FILE6
GET ACADLIST FILE7
For further information, contact Diane Kovacs: DKOVACS@KENTVM.
1.2 Other BITNET and Internet Lists
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.
CNI-DIRECTORIES (Network Forum of the Coalition for Networked
Information's Working Group on Directories and Resource
Information Services)
Send the following message to LISTSERV@CNI.ORG:
SUBSCRIBE CNI-DIRECTORIES First Name Last Name
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.UCLS.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.
PALS-L (PALS System)
Send the following message to LISTSERV@KNUTH.MTSU.EDU:
SUBSCRIBE PALS-L First Name Last Name.
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.
VISIONS (Strategic Visions Steering Committee Electronic
Discussion Forum on the Future of Librarianship)
Send the following message to LISTSERV@LIBRARY.SDSU.EDU:
SUBSCRIBE VISIONS First Name Last Name
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.
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.
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.
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-L 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.
To obtain a complete list of electronic serials, send the
following commands to LISTSERV@UOTTAWA:
GET EJOURNL1 DIRECTRY
GET EJOURNL2 DIRECTRY
For further information, contact Michael Strangelove:
441495@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA.
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Revised 10/14/92