Share information on archives and archivists. Copyright, privacy, terabyte storage systems, idea for new collections, results from existing projects, dreams, and fears are the subject of this list.
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The topics welcomed on this list have to pertain to the historical, the technical, the esthetical aspects of the trade. Information on conservation issues. An electronic news and discussion group for those interested in rare books, manuscripts, special collections, and librarianship in special collections. It is open to anyone with a mature and abiding interest in the interdisciplinary study of libraries and information broadly construed to include literacy and reading, print culture, libraries and archives, computerization and automation, information retrieval and documentation, and electronic information and communication. The H-LIS electronic discussion group and Web site will consider all geographic regions and time periods in an effort to enhance understanding and interpretation of the LIS past.