JISCMail

General Academic Library

ALIS-WALES
Welsh HE library and information professionals working together on service accessibility

ARCHIVES-NRA
The UK discussion list for archivists, conservators and records managers.

ART-EPHEMERA
A list dedicated to the discussion of issues relating to the collection, documentation, storage and promotion of collections of contemporary art ephemera in art and design libraries.

ARTDESLIB
A discussion and information sharing list for art and design librarians.

ASKASK
This list is for people wanting to learn more about the ASK Project. It can be used by anyone wanting to learn more about the ASK project.

ATHENSDA
A discussion list for organisations that have already or are considering implementing AthensDA.

AUTOLIB-N
The Autolib Northern User Group JISCmail list to facilitate discussion between Autolib users in FE colleges in the NW, NE and Yorkshire and Humber.

BIBLIOTHERAPY
A mailing list for anyone interested in the links between reading fiction and non-fiction and health. Bibliotherapy, including Books on Prescription, reading groups, self-help etc.

BL-WAFSS
Infomation exchange re web archiving between institutions sharing infrastructure

CALM-LIS
The list serves the professional archivists, system managers and technical staff using the CALM archive management system in archive repositories, record offices and academic, public and special libraries.

CASBAH-RSLP
A discussion and information mailing list for the RSLP funded CASBAH project, Caribbean Studies - Black and Asian History. The project aims to identify and map national research resources for Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian people in Britain. More details at www.casbah.ac.uk

CASS-COG
This list is used to discuss operational issues relating to the establishment of the Collaborative Academic Store for Scotland, involving UK HE and the NLS.

CDG-DEVONCORNWALL
This list is for the Devon and Cornwall Division of the Career Development Group

CDGWALES
This list is for the members of the Career Development Group in Wales, a group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.

CIG-E-FORUM
The purpose this list is to provide an e-forum for moderated & facilitated discussions on topics of relevance to knowledge organisation, metadata, etc. Discussions are intended to be topic specific within specified time periods, enabling an exchange of experience and perspectives. Discussion will be facilitated by the Committee of the Cataloguing and Indexing Group of CILIP.

CILIPTHAMESVALLEY
Discussion and announcements from CILIP in the Thames Valley, which holds regular meetings, visits and networking opportunities for members of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire areas.

COFHE
Mailing list for members of the Academic & Research Libraries Group (ARLG) Group of CILIP to discuss matters of common interest. Sixth form college librarians are eligible to join ARLG.

COLRIC
To be used by CoLRiC members as a forum for communication, and to inform members of developments, changes in the services, publications, projects etc. from CoLRiC

COSMIC
Closed discussion list for members of the COnfederation of Scottish MIni Cooperatives (COSMIC), a confederation of independent organisations, services and projects working together to foster and sustain co-operation between Libraries, Archives, Museums, Electronic Learning Services and others actively engaged in building and developing 'virtual Scotland'

DC-ARCHITECTURE
This list, which supersedes dc-datamodel, dc-schema, and dc-implementors, is intended for discussion of a technical architecture for the Dublin Core.

DC-COLLECTIONS
This list is intended for discussion of issues related to the use of the Dublin Core (DC) for describing collections of resources.

DC-GOVERNMENT
This list is intended for discussion of the uses to which the Dublin Core Element Set might be put in describing government and public sector resources.

DC-LIBRARIES
A mailing list for the DCMI Libraries group focussing on issues from the library sector.

DC-LIBRARIES-AP
This list is intended to progress work on the development of an Application Profile scoping use of the Dublin Core Element Set within the library domain

DC-REGISTRY
The DCMI Registry Community is a forum for service providers and developers of both metadata schema registries and controlled vocabulary registries to exchange information and experience.

DC-USAGE
A mailing list for the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative's Usage Working Group. This group makes recommendations on the acceptance of proposed qualifiers for the Dublin Core element set.

DIGITISATION-HAGUE-2009
A restricted list to assist with organising the EBLIDA - LIBER Digitisation conference in October 2009

DIGITISATION-STRATEGY
This list is for use by academic, technical and curatorial staff, managers and librarians involved in developing digitisation strategies for their organisations. It is administered by staff at The John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester.

DIGITISATION-SURVEY
This list will be used specifically in the implementation of theme 4 of our strategic plan, 2008-2011, regarding the coordination and funding of digitisation activity. Sublist of RLUK-ALL

E-RESEARCH-LIBRARYSUPPORT
The List is set up with the aim of promoting discussion about what support researchers require from the Library and Information community and the issues arising from that.

ENDNOTE
To share knowledge & expertise of EndNote, EndNote Web & Reference Manager among UK FE, HE & Research Council site licences. Also for Adept Scientific & Thomson Reuters to announce new releases, patches, user group events and beta testing of new versions.

ETHOS-STEERING-GROUP
The EThOS Electronic Theses Online Service Project seeks to develop a one stop shop providing access to UK theses. The service is being developed by a consortium consisting of the British Library, Imperial College London, Cranfield University, Robert Gordon University, University of Glasgow, University of Hull and University of Birmingham. The consortium is supported by several other universities. Initial funding has been provided by the JISC and RLUK. The EThOS service has been live since 20th January 2009 in a beta version, providing access to information about some 250,000 theses together with an ordering facility. In addition to the live service, there is a toolkit of information and advice to universities considering participating in the service.

EURODOC
List for those in charge of European Documentation Centres (EDC) or similar EU information relays for discussion of European Union documentation and information policy.

FE-LRC-WALES
This list is for practitioners in Further Education Learning Resource Centres in Wales who are supporting e-learning and managing electronic resources. It is maintained by RSC Wales: http://www.rsc-wales.ac.uk/.

HEAR-EMPLOYER-INTEREST
Allowing employers and recruiters to keep up to date with HEAR (Higher Education Achievement Report) developments, and to be the first to recieve notice of plans for national implementation.

IAML-UK-IRL
A discussion group for anyone involved in the provision and management of music library services. For members of IAML(UK & Irl) and interested parties.

INSTREPMANSCOT
Institutional Repository Managers Scotland group aims to share good practice and explore solutions to technical challenges pertaining to the institutional repository.

INTERREG
JISC email group to use as a vehicle for communication and briefing on the new Interreg (interregional) Programme and funding issues.

IRISH-STUDIES
This is a general discussion forum for Irish studies with an initial focus on the Queen's University Belfast and JSTOR digitization project which will deliver 100 full text journals, 205 full text monographs and 2,500 manuscript images with detailed metadata. The resource will be free in the UK and Ireland. It is anticipated that list members will engage in discussion on the development of further research resources relating to Ireland.

JAZZ-RESEARCH-NETWORK
The list is used by the Jazz Research Network members as a discussion forum, and to announce current JRN news and events.

JISC-REFMAN
The list is intended to help the users of the EndNote, Reference Manager and ProCite reference management pacakages, enabling them to exchange information and the software plug-ins for these packages, e.g. Online Connect Files, Import Filters and Output Styles.

JISCDLA
This list is used to communicate with the deep log analysis contacts at the institutions subscribed to the JISC National E-books Observatory Project

KILN
The KILN mailing list is used for information sharing and discussion between the staff of member organisations.

LEANTHINKING
An online email community fourm for individuals and groups involved in or considering Lean Kaizen activities in their University, to share ideas and experiences, tips and advice and perhaps support.

LIB-RFID-UK
A discussion list for UK education, learning and research related organisations, who have implemented, or are thinking of implementing, RFID technology in their Libraries. Members from other sectors are also welcome.

LIBER-NEWS
This list is used for informing about LIBER activities and services.

LIP_SW
LIP_SW are the partner institutions of Bournemouth University.

LIS-ACCESS
This list will look at library support to 'non-traditional' students. It will be concerned with the issues relating to library ACCESS and how best to support those students disadvantaged in this respect (part-time, distance students and so on).

LIS-ACCESS-CYMRU
This is a discussion list for cross-sectoral library access and borrowing schemes in Wales.

LIS-ACQ
This list is for anyone with an interest in Acquisitions (excluding serials) to discuss policies, selection, supply, funding, EDI, tendering, digitisation,acquisition of electronic materials etc.

LIS-ALLCU
This list is used by the Association of Librarians in Landbased Colleges and Universities to enable discussions to take place relevant to those working (or related) to the sector.

LIS-ARTS-HUMANITIES
This list enables information professionals, who support research, learning and teaching in the Arts and Humanities, to discuss and exchange information about the latest developments in the field.

LIS-AWHILES-LA
A closed discussion list for membvers of the All Wales Health Information and Library Extension Services

LIS-BCA
A discussion forum for users of the Bliss Bibliographic Classification (BC). The list will be used to disseminate information about the activities of the Bliss Classification Association and to promote interest in faceted classification.

LIS-CIGS
Discussion forum on the cataloguing, classification and retrieval of electronic information objects stored locally and remotely, and other topics of interest to the Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland. (http://www.slainte.org.uk/cigs/cigshome.htm)

LIS-CILIP-REG
For librarians working towards registration on the CILIP register of Chartered Members, (i.e. MCLIP ) to discuss professional issues, and issues of concern to the Chartering process

LIS-CILIPS-NE
A list for Librarians and Information Professionals in North-East Scotland to share information about continuing professional development, events and networking locally.

LIS-COFHE-WALES
This list is primarily for discussion announcements among members of the CILIP Colleges of Further and Higher Education special interest group who work or live in Wales

LIS-COLLMAN
A list for Scottish HEIs to share information on decisions made on material in their print collections.

LIS-COV-AND-WARKS
This list will be used by members of the Coventry Warwickshire LRC Manager's Forum and colleagues from local organisations

LIS-DIRSERVICES
This list is used by the M25 Consortium's Director Services Task & Finish Group in the administration of the tasks within the group.

LIS-E-BOOKS
The lis-e-books mailing list is used for the discussion of anything related to e-books within the UK academic library community.

LIS-GREEN
A list for library staff at all levels to help make their libraries greener and more environmentally sustainable. Good practice, tips, policies, strategies.

LIS-HEBRAICA-LIBS
For UK librarians in educational institutions with Hebraica collections to discuss matters of mutual concern such as collection development, cataloguing and meetings.

LIS-HILT-SG
List to facilitate interchange between steering group members of the HILT (High-Level Thesaurus) project. The purpose of the project is to study and report on the problem of cross-searching and browsing by subject across a range of communities, services, and resource types. Funded by RSLP and JISC.

LIS-ILL
For interlibrary loan and document supply service queries, announcements and discussion.

LIS-IMPACT
This list is to facilitate networking between libraries interested in measuring their impact.

LIS-INFOLITERACY
Lis-infoliteracy will provide a discussion forum for librarians and information professionals involved in information literacy and information skills teaching across all sectors. It will cover all delivery methods and issues concerning user education and explore the sharing of resources at a national level. Formerly lis-infoskills.

LIS-LANCSILL
A list of the discussion of all aspects of use and operation of the Lancaster Inter-Library Loans Systems.

LIS-LCBS
A list to discuss the support and development of the London Classification of Business Studies (LCBS), a classification scheme and thesaurus for business literature and resources.

LIS-LINK
A general Library and Information Science list for news and discussion. Used by the BUBL Information Service to transmit BUBL update bulletins.

LIS-NFIP
A forum for the discussion of local information planning in the UK. 'LIPS' cover about 50% of the UK and involve collaborative planning amongst academic, national, public and specialist libraries and information providers.

LIS-PERF-MEASURES
The list will support work undertaken in Performance Measurement in all sectors of the Information & Library community throughout the world.

LIS-POLISH
Discussion list for Polish and East European librarians in the UK and librarians responsible for Eastern European languages stock, to exchange information about book #suppliers and events.

LIS-PROFESSION
A list for the exchange of information on issues of current professional interest to Chartered Library and Information professionals, etc.

LIS-PUBLIB-RESEARCH
This list aims to encourage a forum for discussion between the HE sector and public libraries on areas such as; research methodologies, CPD and management theories. This will help support current research underway at UCE in Birmingham, into developing research expertise in the public library sector.

LIS-QUAL
List for discussion of all aspects of quality systems, assurance, service, measurement and improvement in LIS units of all types, for the sharing of relevant experience, and for information exchange on the development and use of local, national and international standards for quality.

LIS-RESEARCHSUPPORT
This list is intended for librarians in universities, colleges of higher education and research institutions to facilitate discussion about library support for researchers. It will encourage the sharing of ideas and good practice and help create a network of research support librarians.

LIS-SCOLMA
The SCOLMA list is intended to facilitate discussion of library, archive and other information support for African Studies, including but not restricted to announcement of meetings, assisting and promoting resource sharing and collaboration, and annuncements of new print and electronic resources

LIS-SERIALS
An informal list open to members of the serials community to discuss matters relating to serials/journals including selection, pricing/finance, supply, collection management, relegation, automation, cataloguing, binding, preservation, electronic developments, news, jobs, meetings, training, etc.

LIS-SUPERCONVERGENCE
A growing number of universities are bringing together a range of services to provide integrated and student-focussed services. This list provides directors of these services to share best practice and consider the challeneges involved in service provision.

LIS-TALIS-ASPIRE
A discussion list for current customers of the Talis Aspire Resource List application

LIS-UCR
LIS-UCR will facilitate electronic communication between members of CILIP's University, College and Research Group and other interested parties. It will be used to to publicise activities, discuss national issues and foster a sense of community within UC&R.

LIS-UKBIBS
For the discussion of bibliographic standards and metadata used in UK libraries, including: UK MARBI proposals and papers; legacy use of UKMARC; UKMARC-MARC21 conversion; views and opinion on AACR2, LCSH, GSAFD, Dewey, UDC, HILT terminologies, Dublin Core and other standards.

MCAP
This is an annoucement and discussion list for scholars and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, interested in the issues and concerns of movement capture, analysis and preservation/archiving - arising out of the AHRC Beyond Text project: "The theory, practice and art of movement capture and preservation: an interdisciplinary investigation"

MEG-LIB
This list is for people who are responsible for the provision of library services in colleges with a significant number of both higher education and further education students ('Mixed Economy Colleges').

NOF-DIGI
This list allows people applying for New Opportunities Fund Digitisation funding to share experiences, keep informed of developments and learn easily about good practice. The list will particularly encourage discussion of the technical standards required when developing digital cultural resources.

PTEG
News and discussion list to encourage communication between members of CILIP'S Personnel Training and Education Group

READER-DEVELOPMENT
The Reader Development mailing list exists to promote the discussion of reader development activities in libraries and other organisations and to disseminate the findings of research into reader development and reading.

REF-DISCUSSION
The list is intended to serve as a forum for discussion on issues faced by all within the UK research community as a result of the introduction of the REF. Members are encouraged to share technical queries and solutions for collecting bibliographic, bibliometric and other data for the REF.

RETRO
A news and discussion list on a national strategy for retrospective cataloguing and conversion for the library and information and archives sectors. This list will be used by library and information services staff working on the retrospective cataloguing of collections in university libraries and other institutions across the UK.

RSC-SE-KENTLIBRARIES
This list is open to all FE LRC and library staff working in Kent and Medway to support training in the effective use of ILT and related current issues

RSC-SE-LIBRARY
Mailing list of Library Staff from Colleges of Further Education in the South East Region. Sub-list of rsc-se-superlist

RSLP-CD
The RSLP Collection Description mailing list is used to provide RSLP projects and other interested parties with information about the RSLP Collection Description Project and to discuss issues related to the adoption and implementation of the project's collection description schema and tools.

SAF-UIS
Support group for Senior Information Services Administrators in the HE sector

SCURLLEGALISSUESGROUP
Sharing best practice on legal issues in the educational environment

SPARC-EUROPE-FORUM
Announcements regarding open access and the work of SPARC Europe to a general audience

STAR
The mailing list for the STAR (Scotland's Transatlantic Relations) Project

UALL-SSDN
This list is to allow members of the UALL (Universities Association for Lifelong Learning) Student and Staff Development Network to communicate about issues relating to the teaching and support of part time and mature students in Higher Education

UK-MEG
This list is intended to support the work of the Metadata for Education Group (MEG), which seeks common approaches to the description and exchange of educational content across all levels of the UK's educational system. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/education/ for more information.

UNESCO-THESAURUS
The 'UNESCO Thesaurus' (http://www.ulcc.ac.uk/unesco/) has been developed by UNESCO for suject indexing in the fields of education, science, social and human science, culture, cummunication and information. This list is intended for users of the Thesaurus and those interested in it.

YU-INFOSKILLS
The YU-Infoskills list is for information skills practitioners in HE institutions in Yorkshire and Humberside. It is maintained by the Yorkshire Universities' Information Skills Group. The Group's aims are to encourage collaboration and co-operation between the region's institutions in the area of information skills teaching and related materials, and to provide support for practitioners by encouraging networking and the sharing of good practice.

YULIS-DIRECTORS
List of the Chief Librarians in Yorkshire Universities

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