Library Access Services related listservs at Princeton University:

Lib-CIRCPLUS and Lib-ERESERVES

About the lists

In 2007, Princeton University began hosting these two long-standing circulation related listserves. Lib-CIRCPLUS, which was previously hosted by Boise State University as CIRCPLUS and Lib-ERESERVES which was previously hosted by ARL as ARL-ERESERVE.

Lib-CIRCPLUS is used to discuss issues of importance to those who work in circulation and related functional areas in libraries; Lib-ERESERVES is used to discuss issues of importance to those who use and manage electronic reserve collections in libraries. In 2008, the Lib-ERESERVES discussion was expanded to include the discussion about ways in which libraries are integrating content into their campus course management systems, such as Blackboard, Moodle, Angel and others. Topics are varied and wide-ranging, but all are related to Circulation and Access Services related matters.

How do I subscribe or join the list?

There are two ways to subscribe to the lists:

1. Send an email to listserv@lists.princeton.edu with the following message (be sure you are subscribing to the list or lists of your choice):
   
   Subscribe lib-circplus [your name]
   or
   Subscribe lib-ereserves [your name]
   
        NOTE:
        DO NOT include the brackets above when typing your name in the command.
        DO NOT include any other text in the body of the message.
   


2. Visit the web-page for the list and select the link to "Join":
   https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=LIB-CIRCPLUS
   https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=LIB-ERESERVES
   

In both cases, you will be asked to confirm that you would like to subscribe to the list. you MUST confirm your subscription before you may receive or post messages.

How do I unsubscribe or leave the list?

Similar to subscribing, there are two ways to leave the list.

1. Send an email to listserv@lists.princeton.edu with the following message (be sure you are unsubscribing to the list or lists of your choice):
   
   Signoff lib-circplus
   or
   Signoff lib-ereserves
   
        NOTE:
        You MUST send this request from the email address you used to subscribe.
        DO NOT include any other text in the body of the message.
   


2. Visit the web-page for the list and select the link to "Leave":
   https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=LIB-CIRCPLUS
   https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=LIB-ERESERVES
   

How do I send a message to the list?

To send a message to the list, send email to

• lib-circplus@princeton.edu
or

• lib-ereserves@princeton.edu

Please note that you must send messages to the list from the same email address that you used to subscribe to the list. If you use email aliases, you may not be able to send messages from the alias.

How do I access the list archives?

You may access the list archives by visiting:
https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=LIB-CIRCPLUS for the CIRCPLUS archives, or
https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=LIB-ERESERVES for the ERESERVES archives.

These archives are searchable. Unfortunately, the earlier archives from Boise State (circplus) and ARL (ereserves) are not available.

Respect for others

List participants are asked to be collegial when posting messages to the lists. The messages are neither moderated nor censored, but we all expect them to be professional. Especially when responding to messages with which you disagree, please do not intentionally insult or offend the original sender or others who may not share the same belief or sentiment. Subscribers are asked to show courtesy and exercise tolerance in their postings. Personal messages should be addressed to individuals, not broadcast to all subscribers. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.

Miscellaneous issues

Although you may send attachemnets to the list, all messages must be sent in text format only. You should be aware that not all subscribers to the list use the same equipment or software, so please use attachments judiciously and only in formats where the attachment is most likely to be read by all.

You may adjust your list settings (set to digest; suspend/resume delivery, etc) from the above mentioned web pages.

Even more information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the LISTSERV reference card, which you can retrieve by sending an "INFO REFCARD" command to LISTSERV@LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU.

Questions and comments

Please address all questions and comments about these lists to
     Trevor A. Dawes
     tdawes at Princeton.edu

      Blaine Thompson [co-owner, LIB-CIRCPLUS]
      thompsob at ipfw.edu

      Kriss Ostrom [co-owner, LIB-CIRCPLUS]
      kriss at mail.lib.msu.edu

      Gus Stamatopoulos [co-owner, LIB-ERESERVES]
      gs206 at columbia.edu