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DigLibns: Digital Librarians List
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy Tennant)
Tue Dec 10 20:10:08 1996
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:10:42 -0600 (CST)
From: Roy Tennant <rtennant@library.berkeley.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
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DigLibns: An Electronic Discussion for Digital Librarians
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http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/DigLibns/
send the message "sub diglibns" to listserv@sunsite.berkeley.edu
Why DigLibns?
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DigLibns is a place to discuss practical digital library issues and
problems. We need to build systems that will make information stored in
digital forms easy to find and use. We need to create new kinds of
services and ways to deliver them. We need to get help with our problems
and share our solutions.
DigLibns is a place to discuss the impact of technology on our jobs and the
profession. If the library profession is to survive as the primary
interface to information *in any format* then we must retool, retrain,
and reinvent. We need to create, foster, beg, borrow and steal digital
skills, knowledge, and experience. We need to redefine our roles or risk
becoming an anachronism in an increasingly online world.
Purpose and Audience
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The DigLibns electronic discussion is for the discussion of issues
relating to digital librarianship. Although the discussion is primarily
aimed toward librarians and library staff involved in building digital
collections or maintaining digital services, anyone is welcome to join
the discussion. Those more interested in a research-oriented list may wish
to join DIGLIB (http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cgi-bin/ifla-lwgate/DIGLIB/), the
Digital Libraries Research Discussion. DigLibns is
a direct result of the Institute on Digital Library Development
(http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/IDLD/).
Administration
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The DigLibns list is hosted by the UC Berkeley Library. It is an
un-moderated list, but only subscribers may post messages. The software
program List Processor (ListProc) 6.0 is used to provide an automated
method for persons to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. Questions about
DigLibns may be directed to Roy Tennant (rtennant@library.berkeley.edu).
