From: LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET (Public-Access Computer Systems Forum)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pacs-l
Subject: Library-Oriented Lists and E-Serials
Date: 15 Nov 92 21:41:22 GMT
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU

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.

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| Assistant Director For Systems     Fax:   (713) 743-9748   |
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Revised 11/14/92
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