ANNOUNCING H-LOCAL: STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY
         Announcing H-LOCAL, an H-Net e-mail discussion list for
    state and local history and museum studies. H-LOCAL was
    established to link its members in a discussion of teaching,
    research, methodology, and public presentation of state and local
    history. H-LOCAL seeks to involve academics, museum
    professionals, and practitioners in an active discussion of the
    methods, sources, exhibition, interpretation, and teaching of
    state and local history. H-LOCAL welcomes comments on all
    methodological and theoretical approaches.  H-LOCAL will be
    entirely non-political and will not circulate petitions or
    appeals for action.
 
         H-LOCAL discussions may include current research and
    research interests; methods and tools of analysis; reviews of
    primary and secondary sources; calls for papers; information on
    conferences, grants, fellowships, and Internet resources. H-LOCAL
    expects to commission reviews of new scholarly works and museum
    exhibits.
         H-LOCAL will also be a forum for exploring the approaches,
    methods, techniques, and tools used in teaching state and local
    history and museum work. Particular emphasis will be placed on
    methodology and content in teaching, including oral history and
    public history. Syllabi, reading lists, and examinations are all
    valuable subjects for discussion. We hope to establish a regular
    syllabus exchange. H-LOCAL will also welcome discussions
    regarding exhibiting and interpreting in state and local history
    museums.
         H-Net regularly prepares a list of job opportunities for
    historians, and H-LOCAL will carry announcements of its
    availability.
         To subscribe to H-LOCAL, send a message with subject line
    empty to
                         [log in to unmask] and include as your text
    the following (be sure that text is no more than one line long):
 
         subscribe h-local yourfirstname yourlastname, college/org.
       for example,
         SUBSCRIBE H-LOCAL Pat Jones, Utopia State U.
    Messages intended for everone on H-LOCAL should be sent to
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    H-LOCAL is moderated to filter out messages and items that, in
    the judgment of the moderators, do not further the purpose of
    H-LOCAL. The moderators will not alter the meaning of any message
    but will, if necessary, add name and e-address, modify the
    subject line, and correct typographical errors. The moderators of
    H-LOCAL are approved by H-Net.
    They are:
       Tom Costa, Clinch Valley College, Wise, Virginia
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       Ken Aitken, Regina Public Library, Saskatchewan
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       Joseph Arpad, Cal State, Fresno
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         H-LOCAL is a part of H-Net, an international initiative to
    assist humanities scholars to go on-line, using their personal
    computers. H-Net is operated on a voluntary basis by 100+
    scholars in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, Britain and
    Italy. It is directed by Richard Jensen and an elected committee;
    and has financial support primarily from the National Endowment
    for the Humanities. H-Net sponsors an ever growing list of
    electronic discussion groups or "lists" developed by and for
    scholars in the humanities. In total, they reach over 18,000
    subscribers in 57 countries. Each list is moderated by one or
    more scholars and has a board of editors. H-Net also sponsors
    training workshops about the Internet for humanities faculties.