Listserv
The School requires all students to join our electronic discussion list. This list is a closed list for staff, faculty, students and alum of the UK School of Library and Information Science. This discussion list is an important way for the School to distribute announcements and for the community of the School to share questions and discuss issues. This is a particularly important opportunity for our off campus students to get to know their Lexington campus counterparts and for faculty and students to share ideas. The School holds students responsible for information distributed via the listserv. You will need an active e-mail account to subcribe to the list. The University of Kentucky provides free e-mail accounts to all registered students. To join the list:
Send an email to LISTSERV@LSV.UKY.EDU (this is the address of the program that manages these lists at UK). You can leave the subject line blank. In the body of the email, you should include the following information using your name. SLIS is the name of the list your are subscribing to. Be sure to send this message from the email address you want to subscribe. You will receive messages to this address and this will be the only address you will be able to use to post messages.
SUBSCRIBE SLIS yourfirstname yourlastname
The list owner must act on all subscriptions. There could be a delay of a day or two from the time you submit the request to the time it is acted on. If you don't receive a confirmation note from the listserv within a few days, you should follow up with a note to the list owner at will.buntin@uky.edu.
To leave the list:
Send a SIGNOFF SLIS message to LISTSERV@LSV.UKY.EDU (the program that manages the list) from the email address you use for your subscription.
Example:To: listserv@lsv.uky.edu
Message: signoff slis
To change addresses, just unsubscribe the old address and sign up again from the new account (see above).
SLIS Discussion Group General DO's and DON'Ts
* DO join the list and remain on it for your time in the program.* DO keep your introductory message. It contains important information about managing your discussion group membership including how to sign off from the list when you decide you want to.
* DO take advantage of the list to share information and get to know others.
* DO treat everyone with respect.
* DO learn about the netiquette of email discussion lists.
* DO update subject lines if needed when replying to the list.
* DO learn how to manage your subscription (change addresses when needed, sign off if you want when you finish your program, etc).
* DO use antivirus software.
* DON'T use patently offensive language, engage in name calling, or deride any group of list members.
* DON'T reply to the list with a message intended for one individual.
* DON'T reply to list messages with the one word reply of agreement to a previous post (the famous "I agree" or "ditto" response doesn't really contribute much to a discussion).
* DON'T send attachments unless there is no other way to share the information with everyone.
Welcome to the discussion list and thank you for your cooperation!
