Library and Information Science-Related Discussion Lists

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AASL Lists
American Association of School Librarians

ACQNET-L
A moderated list to provide a medium for acquisitions librarians and others interested in acquisitions work to exchange information, ideas, and to find solutions to common problems. The list is archived.

AFAS-L
African American Studies and Librarianship

ALAOIF
American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom

ALSC-L
Association of Library Services to Children

Archives - Society of American Archivists
List about archives and archivists

ARLIS
Art Libraries Society Discussion List

ASIS-L
American Society for Information Science

AUTOCAT
A forum for the discussion of all questions relating to cataloging and authority control in libraries. The range of topics discussed extends from the very broad to the very specific, from the very theoretical to the most pragmatic.

BI-L
Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Group: a computer conference dedicated to discussing ways of assisting library users in efficiently exploiting the resources available in and through the library of the 1990s.

BUSLIB-L
Business Libraries Discussion List

CARL Lists
CARL User's Information List was set up to facilitate discussion and disseminate information about the CARL system.

CIRCPLUS
Circulation, reserve room, stack maintenance, security, and similar issues in libraries.

COLLDV-L
Library Collection Development List
A moderated discussion e-conference directed primarily to library collection development officers, bibliographers, and selectors plus others involved with library collection development, including interested publishers and vendors.

CRISTAL-ED
Devoted to discussions on discovering the knowledge and skills for a new academic program that is committed to producing leaders who will create, organize, manage, and apply new forms of libraries and information environments to meet human needs. Sponsored by the five-year W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Coalition on Reinventing Information Science, Technology, and Library Education (CRISTAL-ED) Project

FEMINIST
American Library Association Feminist Task Force Discussion List

GOVDOC-L
Discussion of Government Document Issues

ILL-L
Discussion of Interlibrary Loan Issues

JESSE
Moderated Open Library/Information Science Education Forum

KIDLIT-L
Children and Youth Literature List

LIBADMIN-L
Library Administration and Management

LIBJOBS
LIBJOBS is an Internet mailing list for employment opportunities for librarians and information professionals.

LIBPER-L
Library personnel issues

LIBREF-L
Discussion of Library Reference Issues

LIBSUP-L
Library Support Staff

LIS-L
Library and Information Studies Student Discussion Group

LITA-L
Library and Information Technology Association List

LM_NET
School Library Media & Network Communications

MEDLIB-L
Medical & Health Sciences Libraries Discussion List

MUSEUM-L
Discussion list about museums and archives

NEWLIB-L
Discussion list for new and prospective librarians to share ideas and concerns in the early stages of their careers

NMRT-L
American Library Association's New Member Roundtable discussion list

PACS-L
"The Public-Access Computer Systems Forum (PACS-L) is an Internet list that deals with end-user computer systems in libraries. Utilizing PACS-L, subscribers discuss topics such as CD-ROM databases, digital libraries, electronic publishing, Internet information resources, and online catalogs."

PUBLIB
Discussion of public library issues

PUBYAC
List for Children and Young Adult Librarians in Public Libraries

WEB4LIB
Website development issues for libraries

YALSA-BK
Young Adult Library Services Association Book Discussion List

YALSA-L
Young Adult Library Services Association List