Reminder: change of name for lis-e-journals@jiscmail.ac.uk

["Cole, Louise" <Louise.Cole@kingston.ac.uk>]

**Apologies for cross-posting **

The JISCMail discussion list lis-e-journals will change its name 
and remit to lis-e-resources from the 1st July 2008.

The lis-e-resources discussion list is the new name for 
lis-e-journals, a list owned and managed by the UKSG, which was 
initially set up to discuss matters relating to e-journal 
provision and management.

Lis-e-resources now officially extends the scope to include all 
e-resources (e-journals, e-books, databases, web services) which 
can be purchased, leased on subscription models, or available on 
open access.

It complements the Electronic Resource Management Handbook - a 
free, Open Access publication available from the UKSG website 
(http://www.uksg.org/serials#handbook).

Current members of lis-e-journals will be automatically migrated 
to the new list. If you are a potential new members, please email 
lis-e-resources-request@jiscmail.ac.uk for details, or visit 
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lis-e-resources.

Although related to UKSG, lis-e-resources is not intended to be a 
UK-specific list and currently has a significant number of 
members from other parts of the world.

Membership of the list is open to all sectors involved in the 
area of e-resources: currently we have information professionals 
from universities and colleges, commercial organisations, health 
services and hospitals, and government; a range of publishers and 
organisations dedicated to supporting publisher/library services; 
intermediaries including subscription agents and vendors of 
e-resource management products; and interested individuals 
without a specific affiliation.

Members of lis-e-resources are encouraged to participate in 
discussions, to raise questions and issues, to engage with 
colleagues from other sectors - no question or post is too 
insignificant as long as it is directly related to e-resources. 
More general posts relating to publishing product development, 
staffing announcements, resource provision, or information 
sharing may be sent to Serials eNews or to other appropriate 
JISCMail lists (lis-link, lis-serials etc).

If there is any doubt on the suitability of a post for 
lis-e-resources, you should contact the list owners directly and 
they would be delighted to assist (Lesley Crawshaw - 
l.a.crawshaw@herts.ac.uk or Louise Cole - 
louise.cole@kingston.ac.uk) or visit the JISCMAIL instructions at 
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/policy/index.htm which detail the 
acceptable use policy.

Archives of lis-e-journals will still be available for viewing 
after the migration of the membership list on 1st July, and any 
emails sent to the old list will automatically be forwarded to 
the new one.

If you have any comments or queries, please do not hesitate to 
contact the list owners.

Thanks


Louise Cole
Senior Information Advisor (Collections)
Nightingale Centre, Kingston Hill Campus
Kingston University
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey
KT2 7LB

Email louise.cole@kingston.ac.uk
Telephone 020 8417 5383
Fax 020 8417 5312