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ABTAPL  
ABTAPL is the Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries The list will be used as a forum for sharing experience and information in the fields of theological and philosophical librarianship and resource management.

ADLIB-USERS  
A discussion list for Adlib software users in archives, libraries and museums to keep in touch with each other and to share ideas, tips and best practice

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.

BRETFORD  
A list to share support and other information for the Bretford Myritrac laptop cabinets.

CAIRO-PS  
List for the core project team in the JISC-funded CAIRO project accross three institutions.

CALM-LIS  
<HTML> <font size="+2">The list serves professional archivists and other staff using the CALM archive management system. Axiell's software, CALM, is used to catalogue archives held in archive repositories and special libraries, etc. If you use CALM and would like to subscribe to this list, please register using your work email address.</font> </HTML>

COSI  
A closed list for users of the Customers of SirsiDynix International (EMEA) library management systems, primarily those based in the UK and the rest of Europe.

CYBERCRIMES  
The purpose of this list is to provide a forum which will: a) identify a network of academics who are interested in discussing the issue(s) of cybercrime, b) it will also engender discussion on the subject.

DIGITALMUSICOLOGY  
The list is a forum for interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners to share news, events, and discussion of Digital Musicology.

DRAMBORA  
DRAMBORA is a risk management toolkit to support the assessment of digital repositories. It was developed with support from the JISC and the European Community by the HATII at the University of Glasgow on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre (UK) and DigitalPreservationEurope.

DUPLICATE-JOURNALS  
This public list will further the service provided by lis-medjournal-duplicates (which covers medical/nursing titles) by extending it to cover all subjects. Libraries or institutions in the UK can offer their duplicates to others, and hopefully fill their own gaps by obtaining some in return.

EBOOK-ACCESSIBILITY  
A collaborative list to facilitate discussions and planning in relation to crowd sourced e-book accessibility audits.

EPRINTSREF  
Discussion around the Eprints REF plugin

EPUG-UKI-SUMMON  
This list is a sub-list of EPUG-UKI-CONFIDENTIAL. Any messages posted to EPUG-UKI-CONFIDENTIAL will also be distributed to all subscribers of EPUG-UKI-SUMMON. Discussion list for users of the Summon discovery system within the UK and Ireland.

EVIDENCE-BASED-LIBRARIES  
To promote the transfer and development of evidence based practice to librarianship and information science. It will discuss issues such as systematic reviews, critical appraisal and rigorous research designs in librarianship, principally but not exclusively, in health information work.

GOAL  
GOAL is dedicated to the discussion of Open Access practice and policy-making by the worldwide research community (in no order: researchers, librarians, universities, research institutions, research funding agencies, governmental research policy-makers and commercial entities) with the aim of enabling concrete, practical steps to be taken to achieve Open Access.

ICE  
To describe, swap knowledge about, and develop teaching and training strategies and practice in the area of (digital) curation, preservation, archival practice and records management.

INFOSYS-RESEARCH  
Forum for those working on Information Systems (IS) topics, eg. Development, Methodologies, Use/Operation, Quality, Theories, etc. Postings may include: discussions on IS topics; requests for references/advice; questions on theory/research; thoughts on recent books; conference details/calls for papers, etc. <HTML> Forum for those working on Information Systems (IS) topics, eg. Development, Methodologies, Use/Operation, Quality, Theories, etc. Postings may include: discussions on IS topics; requests for references/advice; questions on theory/research; thoughts on recent books; conference details/calls for papers, etc. </HTML>

INTEROPERABILITY  
A list for discussion of issues related to building and using interoperable digital services across a range of domains such as libraries and museums. It will also disseminate details of work from the UK Interoperability Focus, and will act as a forum for others working in this important field. Note that this list is now closed.

JISC-METADATA  
Discussion forum for project members working with metadata (descriptive, structural or preservation) and associated standards. Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to: metadata production, procedures, tools and programming, evaluation et cetera. <HTML> Discussion forum for project members working with metadata (descriptive, structural or preservation) and associated standards. Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to: metadata production, procedures, tools and programming, evaluation et cetera. </HTML>

JISC-RESEARCHDATASPRING  
This list is used by its members to make announcements and share ideas/suggestions/questions related to the Research Data Spring initiative.

JISC-SHIBBOLETH-PUBLISHERS  
This email list is for announcing and discussing issues regarding federated access management. The intended audience for this list are academic publishers and other service providers that provide a service to UK further and higher education institutions.

KOHA-USERS  
The list is for librarians, library teams, system managers, technical staff and those with an interest in using the Koha Library Management System in all types of libraries.

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-ALL  
This list has been retained 28/04/2015. No one can subscribe to this list and no one can post to this list. contact helpline@jiscmail.ac.uk for all enquiries regarding this list Superlist for LIBER members

LIBRARY-SYSTEMS-CHANGE  
A list for libraries interested in the changes of the library systems landscape and challenges of procurement within this complex landscape.

LIBRARY-TECHNOLOGY  
A forum for the discussion of new developments in Library Technology. Online and in-person group.

LILA-DISCUSSION  
Discussion list for staff and researchers working in small libraries/archives within larger organisations to promote sharing skills, knowledge and resources and to increase knowledge of the collections held by their respective institutions.

LIS-CLA-DCS  
This mailing list is for users of the Copyright Licensing Agency's DCS #(Digital Content Store) product.

LIS-EUR-IUG  
This list is for current and potential users of the Innopac system and discussions will focus primarily on issues of concern to Innopac libraries in Europe. The list is intended to complement the main Innopac mailing list based in the United States.

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

LIS-KEYLINKS  
This mailing list is for users of the Copyright Licensing Agency's and Kortext's KeyLinks resource list management system.

LIS-OSS  
An unrestricted list to facilitate the discussion, comparison, adoption and development of open source software solutions for libraries, whether full Library Management Systems or smaller components.

LIS-TALISLIST  
This list is used by users of the TalisList ReadingList software for the exchange of experience and information on how lists are set up and managed in academic libraries.

LIS-UKFUNNEL  
This is a list for those who use the UK Funnel to NACO as a way of contributing authority records to The LCC Name Authority File.

LIS-WEBPEOPLE  
A forum for all those working on the library and information service web pages, encompassing issues such as career paths, acessibility and other aspects of design, management issues, editing software selection, statistics and performance, integration with other library systems, off campus access.

LIS-WINCHILL  
LIS-WinCHILL purpose is to provide a discussion forum for WinCHILL members across the academic, science and health fields.

LIS-WMNET  
This list has been retained 02/06/2021 no one can subscribe to this list and no one can post to this list. Contact help@jisc.ac.uk for all enquiries regarding this list This is a discussion list for health librarians across the HE, FE and NHS sectors.

OJS-USERS  
This list is used by UK OJS (Open Journal Systems) users (or potential users) to share experiences and knowledge about supporting Open Access journal publishing in Higher Education.

OPENATHENS  
<HTML> A discussion list for OpenAthens customers. <p>This list is intended to enable OpenAthens customers to talk directly to each other. It should not be used by customers to report service-affecting issues - that can only be done by logging a support ticket with the <a href="https://www.openathens.net/support.php"target="_blank">OpenAthens Service Desk</a> </p> <p>To check the OpenAthens service status, visit <a href="http://status.openathens.net"target="_blank">status.openathens.net</a></p> </html>

PUREUK  
Email list for Atira Pure UK User Group

READING-LIST-SOLUTIONS  
A list for users and software developers of reading list solutions (commercial and open source software, or other approaches) in academic institutions to discuss issues around their implementation, use, development and interoperability with other systems.

RIVAL  
This email list is to enable members of the RIVAL network to contact each other. It is open to 'normal' members (i.e. those who attend the RIVAL events) and 'remote' members ( i.e. those who cannot attend in person but who follow RIVAL events online.)

SCOT-VLE  
This is the forum for a group set up to evaluate VLE options and undertake a procurement process for the sector. List members will be those involved in TEL, Ed Tech, IT, Procurement and Teaching and Learning more widely.

SCURLMOBILEDEVICES  
Map current provision of library services to mobile devices and collaborate on developments

YLG-LIST  
This list is for CILIP YLG members to exchange information and best practice models.

YLG-LIST  
This list is for CILIP YLG members to exchange information and best practice models.