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 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
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's
Architecture and Standards Work Group
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
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
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-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-MODERNIZATION@CNI.ORG CNI's Modernization of
Scholarly Publication Working
Group*
CNI-PUBINFO@CNI.ORG CNI's Access to Public
Information Working Group*
CNI-TRANSFORMATION@CNI.ORG CNI's Transformation of
Scholarly Communication
Working Group*
PALS-L@KNUTH.MTSU.EDU PALS System
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.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.
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.
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.
Journal of Academic Media Librarianship*
Send the following message to LISTSERV@UBVM:
SUBSCRIBE MCJRNL 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-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.
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) 1992 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 |
| Co-Editor, Public-Access Computer Systems News |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
Revised 11/14/92