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Hi, This is advance notice of a change of name and remit for lis-e-journals which will take place from the 1st July 2008. The lis-e-resources discussion list is the new name for lis-e-journals, a list owned and managed by the UKSG, which was initially set up to discuss matters relating to e-journal provision and management. Lis-e-resources now officially extends the scope to include all e-resources (e-journals, e-books, databases, web services) which can be purchased, leased on subscription models, or available on open access. It complements the Electronic Resource Management Handbook - a free, Open Access publication available from the UKSG website (http://www.uksg.org/serials#handbook). Current members of lis-e-journals will be automatically migrated to the new list, however you are advised to amend your email address book from the 1st July 2008 to ensure you can post to the new list. For others, please email [log in to unmask] for details, or visit www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lis-e-resources. Although related to UKSG, lis-e-resources is not intended to be a UK-specific list and currently has a significant number of members from other parts of the world. Membership of the list is open to all sectors involved in the area of e-resources: currently we have information professionals from universities and colleges, commercial organisations, health services and hospitals, and government; a range of publishers and organisations dedicated to supporting publisher/library services; intermediaries including subscription agents and vendors of e-resource management products; and interested individuals without a specific affiliation. Members of lis-e-resources are encouraged to participate in discussions, to raise questions and issues, to engage with colleagues from other sectors - no question or post is too insignificant as long as it is directly related to e-resources. More general posts relating to publishing product development, staffing announcements, resource provision, or information sharing may be sent to Serials eNews or to other appropriate JISCMail lists (lis-link, lis-serials etc). If there is any doubt on the suitability of a post for lis-e-resources, you should contact the list owners directly and they would be delighted to assist (Lesley Crawshaw - [log in to unmask] or Louise Cole - [log in to unmask]) or visit the JISCMAIL instructions at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/policy/index.htm which detail the acceptable use policy. Archives of lis-e-journals will still be available for viewing after the migration of the membership list on 1st July, and any emails sent to the old list will automatically be forwarded to the new one. If you have any comments or queries, please do not hesitate to contact the list owners. Cheers Lesley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lesley Crawshaw, Faculty Information Consultant, Learning and Information Services University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] phone: 01707 284662 fax: 01707 284666 joint list owner: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~