**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

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

Joint list-owner lis-e-journals

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