Editor's note: Please direct questions regarding the use of the libsup-l
archives to Mike Scully (mscully@swedish.org), not to SERIALST.
This topic has been discussed before on SERIALST as well. Search, for example,
carpal tunnel in the SERIALST archives:
http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=serialst

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2 messages:

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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:20:00 -0800
From: Mike Scully <mscully@SWEDISH.ORG>
Subject: Overuse Injuries: libsup-l discussion/archives

I promised to get information on accessing the recent libsup-l discussion,
and here are the results:

There are two ways to obtain libsup-l list archives:

1.      Send e-mail to listproc@u.washington.edu
     In the body of the message, type a request using the format:
                get LIBSUP-L LIBSUP-L.logyymm
                Example: get LIBSUP-L LIBSUPL.log9802  ("yymm" = the year and
 month)

        Having seen the archives (using the second method below), I can tell
 you that the files to request (in, I am guessing, separate messages) are:
        LIBSUP-L.log9801
        LIBSUP-L.log9802
        LIBSUP-L.log9803

The text of all messages on the list for that month will arrive in your
e-mail as one VERY long message (it's way too easy to overload our e-mail
program here, but that's another story, and MY problem) in a continuous
stream.  It may be best to export the resulting message to a file, import
that file to your word processor or text-editor, and remove the unwanted
material (we talk about all kinds of library-stuff unrelated to repetitive
stress injuries, believe it or not!).

The list owner (or "Listmom" as she signs her messages, when done in that
capacity) also reports you can search the archives via e-mail (it
figures....).  To do so, send
a message to the same 'listproc' address, but in the body of the message,
type:
        search LIBSUP-L topic/terms you seek
        Example: search LIBSUP-L repetitive stress injury.

Boolean searches are also possible:
        search LIBSUP-L "cts &~repetitive stress"
...for example.

(The "&" = 'AND'; can't explain the "~".)

2.      The archives are semi-searchable via the University of Washington gopher
system. Point your browser to:
gopher://lists.u.washington.edu:70/11/public/libsup-l.  (No, not everything
on the web is accessed with "http://www...."  :-)  ).

Specifically, look at the three most recent files:
        LIBSUP-L.log9801
        LIBSUP-L.log9802
        LIBSUP-L.log9803

When you look at any one of these, via gopher, the subject line of each
message appears (in date order, it would seem).  Click the item of interest
to you to view the message itself.

By e-mail (and whether by fetching the log, or searching the archives), or
by gopher, I can report there are varying discussions including
'ergonomics', 'mouse alternatives', 'carpal tunnel syndrome', 'cts',
'repetitive stress injury', 'rsi', and probably others I missed.

Mike Scully            * Reference Library      * 206/386-2484
Library Systems Coord./* Swedish Medical Center * 206/386-3570 (fax)
WMLA QuickDOC          * 747 Broadway           * mscully@swedish.org
Representative         * Seattle WA  98122-4307 * www.wln.com/~swedlib1/

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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:28:00 -0800
From: Mike Scully <mscully@SWEDISH.ORG>
Subject: libsup-l archives: quick follow-up

<begin Behind-covering operation>
Oops!  Misread the directions for searching the libsup-l archives via
e-mail:

A boolean search is accomplished by sending, for example:

        search libsup-l "cts &repetitive stress" (quotes are required)

To search for "and but not" (translation: THIS but not THAT), use the
example:

        search libsup-l "cts &~repetitive stress" (again quotes are required;
 the
"&~" denotes "but not", effectively).

</end Behind-covering operation completed>

Mike Scully            * Reference Library      * 206/386-2484
Library Systems Coord./* Swedish Medical Center * 206/386-3570 (fax)
WMLA QuickDOC          * 747 Broadway           * mscully@swedish.org
Representative         * Seattle WA  98122-4307 * www.wln.com/~swedlib1/