Syracuse University's AskNPAC Archive of Chemistry Listservs AskNPAC aims to provide a central archive of chemistry-related listservs and newsgroups. A great idea but flawed in execution. The search engine seldom works properly and the archive seems to be incomplete. Their list of included newsgroups and listservs dates to 1998. The Chemical Information Sources Discussion List , hosted by Gary Wiggins of Indiana University, is probably the most important chemical information listserv.
Membership includes librarians and practicing chemists.
Subscribers include librarians and chemists. Sci.chem is an unmoderated discussion group, and it covers the discussion of all scientific aspects of chemistry. There are no eligibility requirements, anybody can post to sci.chem. There is no talk.chemistry group, consequently discussion often drifts away from the narrow focus of the science of chemistry. Bruce Hamilton maintains the sci.chem FAQs .