From: LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET (Public-Access Computer Systems Forum)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pacs-l
Subject: Library-Oriented Conferences and E-Serials (Revised)
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:23:21 GMT
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU

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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| 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:               |
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| Co-Editor, Advances in Library Automation and Networking   |
| Editor-in-Chief, The Public-Access Computer Systems Review |
| Co-Editor, Public-Access Computer Systems News             |
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Revised 10/14/92