The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture __________________________________________________________________ ISSN 1068-5723 August 23, 1993 Volume 1 Issue 5 KOVACS2 V1N5 PART TWO (KOVACS2 V1N5) The Directory of Scholarly E-Conferences: 1991-1993 by Diane K. Kovacs, Editor-in-Chief (dkovacs@kentvm.kent.edu) The Directory Team Gladys Smiley Bell Paul Fehrmann Leslie Haas Gerald Holmes Michael Kovacs Jeanne Langendorfer Amey Park Kara Robinson Table of Contents __________________ Appendix C Library Uses Appendix D Teaching Uses (as text or supplement) Appendix E Research or Professional Activity Uses ______________________________________ Appendix C: Library Uses (p)=Cataloged print edition on RLIN 153 Libraries in the United States have holdings record on OCLC (not listed) United States Dartmouth College (p) Naval Postgraduate - Dudley Knox (p) California --"We have a copy of the printed directory at a number of reference points on campus. I'm not sure we have your version of the scholarly lists at the Main Reference Desk yet. I do know that our catalogers would find it helpful if there were a clear and distinct title page on the directory...We really do appreciate your work, and having such a directory to wave around during net training is a big help." (see Teaching Uses also) University of California - Berkeley David F.W. Robison, Editor, Current Cites (drobison@library.berkeley.edu) --"Thank you. (And thanks for the WONDERFUL job that the team has done putting the directory together! I use our library copy heavily in making recommendations to faculty re. Internet discussion lists and interest groups.)" Santa Rosa Junior College Kathy McGreevy Voice (kmcgree@odie.santarosa.edu) Georgia --"It's a fine piece of work and a very valuable service. I intend to keep using it wherever I spot a need or even glimmer of a need. Thanks! Middle Georgia College Leslie Rampey (Leslier%USCN.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu) --Valdosta State College (p) Idaho Idaho State Library (p) Indiana --"We have it on reserve in the library. I have used it any number of times to find what types of discussion groups are available and where to subscribe to them. I have used it also, in answering a reference question. I suggested to a music professor, that he pose a question to one of the lists." Manchester College Doris Stephenson (dfs@manchester.edu) Purdue University (e-version) Scott B. Mandernack (Scott@hikssrv.lib.purdue.edu) Iowa University of Iowa (p) New York D. Samuel Gottesman Library, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (p) Columbia University - Butler Library (p) New York University (p) SUNY, Buffalo - Law (p) SUNY, Buffalo (p) Columbia University - Teachers College (p) IONA COLLEGE (e-version) Adrienne Franco (axf1%iona.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu) Massachusetts --"At Brandeis University, we have cataloged the ftp-able text in addition to the commercial edition (OCLC #25403509). We keep a looseleaf printout of the latest revision at our Reference Desk, and we keep an electronic copy in one of the Library's general accounts on our VAX cluster. A local note in our catalog gives both the ftp address and the local directory for anyone who wants an electronic copy...Two years ago we had a task force to sort through all the internet guides we were hearing about and to make recommendations about what finding aids all reference librarians should know about. We compiled an informal vertical file of various people's guides and selected four, including yours, to catalog, keep up to date, etc. We use it regularly in Reference and refer to it in upper level BI's. Recently, some colleagues and I did a presentation on electronic conferences as part of a staff education "Technofair" sponsored by the Boston Library Consortium where we listed the title on our handout as an essential work for separating the wheat from the chaff in helping University faculty and students find appropriate conferences. We find it invaluable..." Brandeis University Douglas Herman (02254dherman@binah.cc.brandeis.edu) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (p) Minnesota University of Minnesota - Law (p) Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania - Medical Library (p) Rhode Island Brown University (p) South Carolina --" What a lot of work! Well done!" Medical University of South Carolina Teri Lynn Herbert (HerbertL@lp.musc.edu) --"We have the print version of the list and our computer center has mounted it on our mainframe. I have used both the print and electronic versions. AT first we used the print version when librarians were just getting into using the internet to show them visually the list of what was availalbe We have also used it this way with faculty." University of South Carolina - Columbia Carol M. Tobin (D020191@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU) Tennessee Vanderbilt University - Education Library (p) Utah --"Your message asking for input prompts me to send a note thanking you for your directory. It's super. We have the print version right behind the Reference Desk in Ready Reference. I've suggested to other members of the department that it's a great tool to browse when the traffic at the desk is slow." (see Teaching Uses also) Utah State University Library (p) Deleyne Wentz (delwen@cc.usu.edu) University of Utah - Law Virginia --Hypercard Version on publicly accessible and staff Macintoshes. Also makes software available to faculty for their offices. Sweet Briar College Libraries John Jaffe (jgjaffe@sbc.edu) Wisconsin --"I ordered the print version (second ed.) about 15 months ago. I truly consider it one of the basic reference tools for the Net. I consult it about ten times a week. I also have the files on disk. I consult the files on disk about ten times a month. The Directory... has been one of my wisest reference purchases." St. Norbert College Todd Wehr Library Steve Herro (herrsj@sncac.snc.edu) International Australia --At the James Cook University Library (Townsville, Queensland, Australia) your directory has been used by the Library staff in choosing the lists we use. Relevant sections have also been copied by Faculty Librarians and distributed to Library Liaison Officers in various academic departments. We have not, however, made any attempt to discover what use they made of the information. Good luck with your next edition. James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland Jean Dartnall (lbjad@jculib.jcu.edu.au) Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle, Australia, New South Wales --"I have printed out the latest edition (all of it!) and placed a copy at our Reference Desk. I announced this fact in the library newsletter that goes to academic staff and a number have come in to consult it. I t is of course used by the faculty liaison librarians...Occasionaly if I need a filler for the newsletter I highlight one of the lists that I think academics may be interested in. So, in short, it is used as a standard reference tool and as a means for spreading the word about use of the Internet by academics." University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland Madeleine McPherson (mcpherso@zeus.usq.edu.au) Canada Canadian Centre for Architecture (p) University of Lethbridge (e-version) Seamus O'Shea (oshea@hg.uleth.ca) Bulgaria American University in Bulgaria (e-version) Malcolm Brown (ANNE@AUBG.BG) United Kingdom --"The ARL hard copy of your fine directory is in use at the Library and Information Service of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. It has helped us get started in our exploration of this fascinating new area of communication." Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Catherine Deering (cmdcar1@uk.ac.liverpool.uxb) --University of London (p) ___________________________________________________ Appendix D: Teaching Uses (as text or supplement) United States Arkansas --"Yes, I have used your wonderful list for sometime, both at Columbia U. and here in Arkansas (just changed jobs in January). It is particularly helpful for us when we are talking in general about the Internet to an audience of faculty and graduate students and can tell them about e-resources in their fields. My own background is in Classics, and I have referred several times to your (printed, in the ARL publication) list when talking with classicists about resources such as Classics-l and Ioudiaos." University of Arkansas Beth Juhl (bjuhl@saturn.uark.edu) California --"We use both forms of the directory when we teach Internet resources. We bring copies to the class and pass them around to the the students. In the case of our instructional program "students' are mostly library staff, but also include faculty and graduate students in the "Faculty Seminar" series. University of California - Berkeley David F.W. Robison, Editor, Current Cites (drobison@library.berkeley.edu) --"One of our journalism instructors has requested that a copy of your Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences, 6th ed., be posted on an electronic conference system which he runs on our campus. The system is used by his journalism studets, Art Dept. students and faculty and other campus users interested in learning about new information and telecommunications technologies. Thank you. (And thanks for the WONDERFUL job that the team has done putting the directory together! I use our library copy heavily in making recommendations to faculty re. Internet discussion lists and interest groups.) Santa Rosa Junior College Kathy McGreevy Voice (kmcgree@odie.santarosa.edu) --"I am teaching a library research methods course and would like to use portions of your Directory of Electronic ... to help introduce the students to the ways in which the internet can be a useful research tool." University of California - Berkeley Janice Woo (jwoo@info.Berkeley.EDU) Pennsylvania --"I am teaching a detailed, three-day workshop on Internet resources for faculty in June. I'm planning to use your list extensively in my planning, because I want to make sure each participant finds out about stuff in his/her own area. I will also be referencing the directory as a place they can go to find out stuff on their own. I have put the hypercard stack version out on a file server, but I don't think many people have used it. I hope to change that with this class." Haverford College Academic Computing Kyle Barger (kbarger@haverford.edu) --"I make students in my gov docs and health information classes use it to locate additional e-conferences of interest for a term-length *lurk* and.or participation. They choose what format to use (the paper copy in the SLIS library or the electronic copy whichthey ftp for themselves) and they seem well-pleased with its use. They must find at least two additional e-conferences for each course (2 in addition to GOVDOC-L for govinfo, and 2 in addition to MEDLIB-L for health information) and then wrte a "reflection paper" on the e-conferences at the end of the term. They are amazed at the real variance in traffic, the difference between moderated and unmoderated lists, the flames and mistakes, but most of all, they are stunned by how much useful information gets spread around via e-conference!" University of Pittsburgh Ellen Detlefsen (ellen@lis.pitt.edu) Texas --"I am moderating a workshop on electronic networking for the American Association for the History of Medicine in Louisville on May 15. In one of the handouts, I have included a brief paragraph about the Directory and instructions on how to get the ACADLIST README file" University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston Inci Bowman, Moderator of CADUCEUS (IBOWMAN@UTMBEACH) --"I would like permission to copy several entries from DSEC for inclusion in a file that I'm working on, "Mary's Quick & Dirty Guide to the Internet for Petroleum Engineers". This will be distributed in the Petroleum Engineering dept. at Universtiy of Texas, shared with librarian buddies & possibly put into a file for ftping. The paragraph before the entries establishes their source: "Moving right along, let's talk about who you want to talk to..." University of Texas Mary Pettengill (mary_pettengill@pe.utexas.edu) Virginia --"Our staff is sponsoring a program early in January (1992) to introduce some of our faculty to various resources available through the Internet...I am requesting permission to copy sections of your classified directory of BITNET conferences to distribute to the faculty..." College of William and Mary Berna L. Heyman (blheym@wmvm1.cc.wm.edu) Utah --Library and Computer Services joint end-user training and assistance. Utah State University Library Deleyne Wentz (delwen@cc.usu.edu) Wisconsin --"I would like to distribute an excerpt of the "6th Directory of Scholarly E-Conferences" to a group of students in a Historical Methods class that I will be teaching next week." University of Wisconsin-Parkside Ann Margaret Scholz (scholza@cs.uwp.edu) International Australia --"...we have used your directory in our training sessions to librarians in Australia and in Internet/AARNet training on our own campus..." e-version into Hyperrez software distributed on diskette and photocopies of the printout. University of Newcastle, Australia, New South Wales Charmian Mitchell (ulcem@cc.newcastle.edu.au) Canada --"You may remember me from months ago, complaining we were about to lose our e-mail at the College of New Caledonia...I like to believe my efforts contributed to our keeping e- mail...Your directory of e-conferences, which I obtained via e-mail in December, was an important part of my argument as it allowed me to show people something tangible. I printed it off and put it on 2 hour reserve in the library...I also assigned my Computer Info Systems students (I am parttime faculty as well as a librarian) to use their accounts to get information for their seminars. One student did a technical seminar on Internet and used a conference to obtain data on gender inequity in computing...I now facilitate an Internet Support Group for about 12 faculty and librarians. The conferences listed in your directory are the most valuable resource we have. Once a faculty member gets onto a list, they discover their own goodies...We are giving a workshop in Prince George this Friday for other local librarians and some from farther north. Your directory will be on our show and tell list." College of New Caledonia, Prince George, British Columbia Lynda J. Williams (williams@cnc.bc.ca --"I recently obtained a copy of the Directory via e-mail. I have used it to identify some useful discussion groups. It has substantially changed my use of the Internet...I expect that use of the Directory will increase somewhat at our institution (Okanagan University College), as I will be giving an Internet workshop to instructional faculty later this month, at which time I shall provide faculty members with instructions for obtaining the Directory. Thanks for one of the best directories I have seen. Okanagan University College, Vernon, British Columbia ------------------------------------------------------------- -----------Ross Tyner (rhtyner@admin.okanagan.bc.ca) --"Next week I am giving a lecture to a class of graduate students (20-30) in English Literature. The topic is using the Internet to find information. As part of the lecture I would like to distribute to them the section of your list describing literature conferences. May I please have your permission to do this?" Thank you very much. University of New Brunswick Stephen Sloan (SLOAN@UNB.CA) United Kingdom --"...could I please print and hand out a copy of the Physics and Space sections of your acadlist to about 10 staff and postgraduate students at a seminar in the library for the University of Newcastle Physics Department. University of Newcastle Charmian Mitchell (ulcem@cc.newcastle.edu.au) --"just to acknowledge your enquiry about the use of the Directory, and to say how useful it is. We have had a copy on our shared library directory for some time, searched simply using agrep, and it gets used particularly to identify potentially useful archives. In fact, next week I'm starting a workshop for fellow librarians for each to work up a resource guide in a chosen subject, and it'll be a central key to a particular form of information...I've given quite a few lectures and talks around the UK and Europe, and, again, your Directory always gets cited." University of Sussex Peter Stone (alfa8@central.sussex.ac.uk) _________________________________________ Appendix E: Research or Professional Activity Uses United States California --Gary Gach, AsianWeek, San Francisco (ggach@path.net) --"I started using it to answer querries from network services (our campus computer and communication service). Now, I use the Directory as a guide for Professors. My method of working is to try to discover specific research interests and to suggest related groups." Pepperdine University Bruce Brown (bbrown@pepvax.pepperdine.edu) District of Columbia --"In response to your request for information on how the Directory is being used, please know that I have relied it on it heavily. I used it to get a sense of the use of research and education networks by humanities scholars to communicate with one another, and to understand better the extent to which humanities scholars are using Internet. I am also sending copies of the notice announcing the sixth edition of the Directory to about 150 colleagues at the National Archives and Records Administration who are receiving e-mail accounts for the first time and want to learn more about scholarly conferences -- what exists and which ones they would like to subscribe to. I also refer people to the Directory who ask me what they should be subscribing to. It is a great resource!" National Archives and Records Administration Avra MIchelson (TMI@CU.NIH.GOV) --Open Systems Technology, Inc. --"...project on the future impact of networks." Congressional Budget Office Philip Webre (PZW@GWUVM) Florida --"1. Recommend lists in appropriate subject categories to faculty and grad students in the School of Business Administration (I'm the bibliographer for this school)...2. Just recently I used the _Directory_ as my main source of information to write an appendix to my soon to be published book (coauthered with Hope Tillman), _The Internet and Special Librarians: Use, Training and the Future_. The appendix, "Electronic Conferences of Interest to Special Librarians," is divided into three sections, the first is an annotated list of library-related conferences, the second, an annotated sampling of conferences in various subjects chosen to show the diversity of conferences available, and the final section tells how to subscribe. This section is reprinted from the _Directory_ with permission. University of Florida - Coral Gables Sharyn Ladner (SLADNER@umiami.IR.Miami.EDU) Idaho --"I have put the directory in my word processor and used it to print out subject oriented lists for various faculty members when I have been introducing them to the use of the Internet. Some get excited, some do not. I use it myself with string searches in the various files, do cut and pastes, etc. I find it useful. Our library has purchased and cataloged the print version so we are probably on the list you got from RLIN. Idaho State Library Phyllis J. Brown (browphyl@isu.edu) Maine --"I am writing to request permission to reproduce Acadlist File5 (Biological Sciences), of your "5th Revision of the Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conference", for distribution at an upcoming meeting. The Biological Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association is co- sponsoring an informal session called, "Internet for Life Sciences Librarians", at the upcoming SLA meeting in June. File5 is an excellent sources of information and one we'd like the members to be aware of." The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine Doug Macbeth (dtm@aretha.jax.org) Massachusetts --"I am writing to say that I am a great fan of your collection of discussion groups. I recommend it in my presentation to groups around Harvard and around New England. My instructions have three options - to obtain it via email, by ftp or to log on to MIT's Techinfo to view it on-line. Harvard University Melanie Goldman (ZIBITM@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU) --"I am compiling a list of library-related lists on the INTERNET for the Library Instruction Round Table's publication committee, of which I am a member. We are exploring the possibility of sending information about LIRT activities, programs, publications, etc. to library professionals. I would liketo get your permission to include some of the groups in your magnificent compilation of library-related lists." Boston College Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah (SARKODIK@BCVMS) Michigan --"I would like to distribute a list of some conferences to some of the science libraries and faculty here at the University of Michigan." University of Michigan Tracy Primich (USERGF2P@UMICHUM) Mississippi --"We have used it in this way. We retrieved the Library related files and printed them our. We then passed the list around to our staff. Every one picked the list s/he was interesed in joining and then, I hope, joined. We forward interesting things to each other as they come up on our lists. I have also forwarded the message on how to retrieve any of the files to our academic e-mail list for faculty to pick from and retrieve at their leisure. I don't know if they ever did anything but they had the option." Mississippi State University Suzy Turner, Reference Services Coordinator sjt1@ra.msstate.edu New Mexico --"I have used the files a lot. I am giving a presentation at the SALALM conference in Guadalajara next week and I have included it in my list of sources for finding discussion lists for Latin America...Keep up the good work." New Mexico State University Molly Molloy (mmolloy@lib.nmsu.edu) New York --"You have done--are doing--a glorious service to the academic world with the electronic conferences directory. I have just downloaded a copy, and it's what I've been looking for for a couple of years--I'm one of those people who, for lack of anyone better, periodically undertakes to help move my colleagues electronically along...Anyway, your gift is from the gods." Dept. of English & Comparative Literature Hobart and William Smith Colleges John Thiesmeyer (THIESMEYER@HWS) --(re. ITTE@DEAKIN.OX.AU)"We are preparing to make major changes in our Teach Ed curriculum as we add a multimedia lab to be used by our preservice education majors. This list sounds like it could provide a wealth of information for us. Thanks, in advance, for any help you can provide." State University of New York - Plattsburgh Jeannette Mammano (MAMMANJH@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU) --"I am a writer for a new publication, "Searcher", edited by Barbara Quint. In researching an article on the uses of the Internet for businesses I wish to excerpt from your list of listserv lists." American Institute of Physics Larry Krumenaker (lek@aip.org) Ohio --"Well, lately, at work people are getting a spark of interest, so I have been going around signing them up for lists and showing them how to use email a bit more, like retrieving the list." Cleveland Public Library Penny O'Connor (aa327@Cleveland.Freenet.edu) Pennsylvania --"When people ask me about Internet I have suggested that they sign up to a list to get their feet wet and given them lists from your directory to get them started. It's entries are far more informative than the long truncated lists available from the listserves. I have given it to members of the library staff, history professors, graduate students in a number of disciplines and even a fellow to runs a computer network in one of the labs." Indiana University of PA Theresa McDevitt (MCDEVITT@GROVE.IUP.EDU) South Carolina --"I am writing to say that our library does not have a print version, nor have we cataloged the electronic form. I work in the Science library, and am responsible for liaison and book selection in the physical sciences. I therefore retrieved the File 6, and have it stored electronically. I have used it to browse lists that might be of interest to the science faculty, and I have forwarded a complete copy of the appropriate sections to various science department heads for distribution." University of South Carolina Ann C. Eastham --"We have a committee working on getting our campus onto the Internet. As part of the justification we are identifying those faculty who would find a discussion group or LISTSERV useful in their research and teaching...We would like permission to reproduce 20 copies of the ACADLIST files for campus use. Presbyterian College Morris Galloway (mmgall@hubcap.clemson.EDU) Tennessee --"I have been using your Scholarly Directory both in print and the electronic version... I am presently beginning work on a book... So I am very much interested in finding discussion lists to do with all aspects of education. Your directory has been helpful. I like the way you have categorized the lists. In my case it was very helpful to be able to get the section on education. In the printed form it makes it easy to go right to the subject area you are interested in." Education Library, Vanderbilt University Jean Reese (reesemj@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu) Texas --"Professor Tony Mitchell from St. Clouds State University and myself areworking on a paper about methodologies of research related to the usage of electronic networks and we would like to reference your work. University of Texas - Permian Basin Marcin Paprzycki, PhD (M_PAPRZYCKI@UTPB) Washington --"The paper is in our real library and the electronic version is in our virtual library. I am using it at present to compile a list of potential VR related conferences for the Virtual World Society" Human Interface Technology Lab, Univ. of Washington Toni Emerson (diderot@hitl.washington.edu) --"Besides using your directory in answering questions for our clients, we provide a pointer to it in our recently published book, "The Internet Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to our World Online." The reference to the directory is in the chapter on Internet mailing lists, letting the readers know where they can go for more information on how to find a list that fits their needs." NorthWestNet Mike Showalter (mike@nwnet.net) Wisconsin --"I would like to use the list names and abstracts from 13 of the entries from ACADLIST in a handout for our information technology staff. We are the state education agency for Wisconsin. A few of the staff members have dial access, and we are moving toward getting a node on the Internet..." Department of Public Instruction, Professional Library Kay Ihlenfeldt (ihlenkm@macc.wisc.edu) International Australia --"Second thing - our Faculty (education) uses a local file server for file sharing - closed to outside world. To save your listserver work, can I have your permission to leave a copy of the whole list on the file server? Deakin University, Australia Chris Bigum (Chris.Bigum@deakin.edu.au) Belgium --"I believe your directory is a very usefull tool. I use it to make know several listservs to patrons who could be interested. Secondly, I am in a group of the "Association Belge de Documentation" (ABD) involved in library instruction. Our present job is to make better know the networks such as EARN/BITNET and the INTERNET to the library professionnels and their patrons in Belgium. For this, your directory is equally important." Universite de Liege-Sart Tilman, Charles Kaminski (U202901@BLIULG11) Canada --"I am writing a literature review on the use of computer- mediated communication (CMC) for distance education and training that will be published as a monograph by the American Journal of Distance Education..." Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University, Alberta Rosalie Wells, Ph.D. (rosaliew@cs.athabascau.ca) --"I did use your Scholarly E Conferences files in a report I produced last year, while in a different life in our organization. It was referred to, and appended to a Report on International Intellectual Electronic Resources and the Calgary Board of Education. At the time of writing the report I was very impressed, and somewhat in awe of the diligence and thoroughness of your work...Thanks for your good work." William Aberhart High School, Calgary, Alberta Bill Hanson (BHanson@CBE.ab.ca) --"Thanks very much for posting the list of scholarly e- conferences on CRTNET. Terrifically valuable stuff. St. Thomas University,New Brunswick Jim Reither, English (inkshed@unb.ca) --"I have downloaded the academic discussion list. I would like to edit it to provide lists of relevant discussions to faculty." Camosun College, British Columbia Catherine Winter (winter@camosun.bc.ca) --"I am co-authoring a paper for internal distribution to faculty and students. We are introducing Internet with a quick survey of some features. I would like to include a sample entry from your ACADLIST files of academic lists." Laurentian University, Ontario Dave Goforth (goforth@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca) Chile --"I have been trying to use the acadwhol.hqx files in my MAC to find Internet or BITNET interest groups files." Universidad de Concepcion Ricardo Reich, Alternate Director Project REUNA (rreich@halcon.dpi.udec.cl) Germany --"I'm working on a description of how forums of academical interest are organized (is the subscription open? e.g.) as part of a study of forums. Using the ACAD-files could help me to save a lot of time, because I don't have to select the relevant forums from the "list global"." Am Fassberg, Goettingen, Germany Bjoern Broge (bbroge@gwdu03.gwdg.de) Guam --"I am very interested in obtaining the files. We are developing an active telecommunications community among our faculty and this information would be quite useful." University of Guam Arlene Cohen (acohen@uog.pacific.edu) Hungary --"I write a monthly Hungarian newsletter called Online Hirado (Online News) and it has a column of BITNET/INTERNET lists (every month an other subject). Besides other sources (List of all BITNET listserver lists, JANET lists etc.) your directory is a great help to compile this part of the newsletter." University of Miskolc Laszlo Drotos (h1192dro@ella.hu) Ukraine --"I just like to express my thanks for the good job you've done designing the list of academic e-mail conferences..." Dnepropetrovsk University Eugene Serebrjany (ashokh@glas.apc.org) United Kingdom --"I am one of a team of subject librarians here at Hull University, and I have responsibility, among others, for looking after the School of Geography and Earth Resources. I am in the process of pulling together a list of Internet resources in this subject area (databases, mailing lists, electronic journals/newsletters) and have found your "Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences" to be invaluable...I would like to reproduce the information I have gathered as a handout for in-house use when training students/staff about the Internet. I would also like to send an electronic copy of the list to BUBL so that I can share the work I have done and maybe others will contribute items I have missed." University of Hull Katy Barnett (K.Barnett@uk.ac.hull.lib) Unknown --"I'm the editor of PA News, the newsletter for the parapsychological association. We're a scholarly body composed mainly of psychologists and engineers with an interest in scientific laboratory and field studies of so- called psychic phenomena. A lot of our people are "on-line" and I would like to do a short two paragraph filler on your list -- highlighting scholarly conferences that may be of interest to our members, mentioning you and your work compiling it, and giving them the e-mail instructions to access and download it themselves. Ours is an international community and I think this would be a service to them." 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