DigLibns: Digital Librarians List

[Roy Tennant]

DigLibns: An Electronic Discussion for Digital Librarians
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http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/DigLibns/

send the message "sub diglibns" to listserv at webjunction.org

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 at library.berkeley.edu).