Electronic Lists, Web Sites & Resource Guides

Compiled by Walter Henry

LISTSERV lists

To subscribe, send mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NET with the following command in the text (not the subject) of your message:

SUBSCRIBE listname FirstName Lastname

Replace "listname" with the name in the first column of the table.

AAT-L	`AAT-L@UICVM.UIC.EDU` Art & Architecture Discussion List
AMIA-L	`AMIA-L@UKCC.UKY.EDU` Association of Moving Image Archivists
BIBSOCAN	`BIBSOCAN@UTORONTO.BITNET` Bibliographical Society of Canada
BOOK_ARTS-L	`BOOK_ARTS-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU` The Book Arts: binding, typography, collecting
CIDOC-L	`CIDOC-L@FREESIDE.NRM.SE` CIDOC Distribution List
ERECS-L	`ERECS-L@UACSC2.ALBANY.EDU` Management and Preservation of Electronic Records
EXLIBRIS	`EXLIBRIS@RUTVM1.RUTGERS.EDU` Rare Books & Special Collections Forum
MUSEUM-L	`MUSEUM-L@UNMVMA.UNM.EDU` Museum discussion list
ICOM-ANNOUN	CE `ICOM-ANNOUNCE@FREESIDE.NRM.SE` ICOM Announcements Distribution List
ICOM-SWEDEN	`ICOM-SWEDEN@FREESIDE.NRM.SE` ICOM Sweden Distribution List
IMAGELIB	`IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU` IMAGELIB
PRESED-L	`PRESED-L@UICVM.UIC.EDU` ALCTS Preservation Course & Workshop Instructors Discussion
ROCK-ART	`ROCK-ART@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU` Rock Art Discussion and Information
TEXTILES	`TEXTILES@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR` Textiles & Clothing Studies Discussion List

In addition, Photohst (History and Criticism of Photography), a particularly fine list, seems not to turn up in a global listserv search, so to subscribe you may have to send your message to listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu instead of listserv@listserv.net, e.g.,

subscribe photohst FirstName Lastname

Non-Listserv Lists

Conservation DistList: Send one-line message (subscribe consdist FirstName Lastname) to request@cool.stanford.edu. You will then be sent a questionnaire, a requirement for participation in the list.
alt-photo-process@vast.unsw.edu.au: Send one-line message (subscribe alt-photo-process FirstName Lastname) to listproc@vast.unsw.edu.au
ICOM-Announce on mailserv@nrm.se: subscribe icom-announce Firstname Lastname

Web Sites

Conservation OnLine http://palimpsest.stanford.edu: (Includes ICOM, GBW, CPA, WAAC, etc. Also jumping-off places to other sites of interest, including most things listed here.)

Organizations, etc.

American Library Association: http://www.ala.org
Ancient Monuments Laboratory: http://robin.eng-h.gov.uk
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America: http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/booknet1.html
ArchNet (Archaeology): http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/ArchNet/ArchNet.html
ARL, Cause, CNI, Educom: http://www.cni.org/CNI.homepage.html
British Library: http://portico.bl.uk
Canadian Hetitage Information Network: http://www.chin.doc.ca
Center for Book Arts: http://www.avsi.com/minsky/cba.html
Columbia's Oversized Images Project: http://www.columbia.edu/imaging/html/largemaps/ oversized.html
Getty Art History Information Project: http://www.ahip.getty.edu/ahip/home.html
ICOM: http://www.icom.nrm.se/icom.html
ICOMOS: http://hpb1.hwc.ca:10002/ICOMOS_Main_Page.html
IFLA: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/
ISO: http://www.iso.ch/welcome.html
Library of Congress: http://lcweb.loc.gov
NCPTT: http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/
NEH: http://www.neh.fed.us
NIST: http://www.nist.gov
Preservation Education Exchange: http://rap.solinet.net/presedho.htm
Scholarly Societies Project: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html
Society of American Archivists: http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu:80/~us-saa
The Bibliographical Society of America: http://aultnis.rutgers.edu/bsastuff/bsahome.html [No longer online]
Univ. of Ariz. Imaging Databases (& IMAGELIB archives): http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/images.html

Resource Guides

Archival and Conservation Resources: http://ils.unc.edu/archives/archives.html
Library Oriented Lists & Electronic Serials: http://info.lib.uh.edu/liblists/home.htm
Museum Online Review: http://www.com/morr
Peter Stott's Internet Resources for Heritage Conservation: http://hpb1.hwc.ca:10002/Internet_Resource_Guide.html

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