Hi. I don't remember who asked for this, but I hope this is what you are looking for. Bad Subjects is highly recomemded...good wierd stuff. Allison ____________________________________ 8th Revision Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences March 1994 ____________________________________ Information on the following topics can be found at the end of this file: * Descriptions of field labels * The Directory Team * Scope of the Directory * How to Retrieve the Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences. * Subscription Instructions Copyright 1994 by Diane K. Kovacs, The Directory Team and Kent State University Libraries. Single copies of this directory from its networked sources, or of specific entries from their networked sources, may be made for internal purposes, personal use, or study by an individual, an individual library, or an educational or research institution. The directory or its contents may not be otherwise reproduced or republished in excerpt or entirety, in print or electronic form, without permission from Diane K. Kovacs, Kent State University Libraries. ([log in to unmask]) ____________________ ======================= =Popular Culture= compiled by Kara Robinson - [log in to unmask] This subject subdirectory is part of the Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences. See the file ACADLIST README for scope field explanations. Contact Diane K. [log in to unmask] ======================= LN: BADSUBJECTS TI: BAD SUBJECTS: POLITICAL EDUCATION FOR EVERYDAY LIFE. Recent articles appearing in _Bad Subjects_ discuss _Jurassic Park_, alien abductions, television talk shows, punk rock, and area studies in academia, to give a sense of the kinds of topics that interest us. Our seventh issue, featuring our new manifesto, Stephen Shirreffs' "Three Deaths in Vancouver," Ron Alcalay's "Representing America," and Annalee Newitz' "Gender Slumming,". SU: (I) [log in to unmask] ED: Yes AR: Yes MO: Joe Sartelle (I) [log in to unmask] SA: (I) [log in to unmask] KE: Popular Culture - Film - Television - Popular Music ____________________ LN: NIGHT-L TI: An unmoderated list for discussion of folklore, fact and fiction about supernatural creatures of all sorts ( ghosts, ghouls, demons, vampires, "things that go bump in the night", etc). This list is for discussion of these topics only. Another list will be provided for the posting of original fiction pertaining to the supernatural. SU: (I) [log in to unmask] ED: No AR: No MO: Morgan Bottrell (I) [log in to unmask] SA: (I) [log in to unmask] KE: Popular Culture - Supernatural - Occult - Vampires - Ghosts ____________________ LN: POPCULT TI: Discussion of all aspects of popular culture. The POPCULT list is now in place. It is open to analytical discussion of all aspects of popular culture. The list will not be moderated. Matertial relevant to building bridges between popular culture and traditional culture will be very strongly encouraged. SU: (I) [log in to unmask] ED: No AR: No MO: Peter Montgomery (I) [log in to unmask] SA: (I) [log in to unmask] KE: Popular Culture - Cultural Analysis ____________________ Copyright 1994 by Diane K. Kovacs, The Directory Team and Kent State University Libraries. Single copies of this directory from its networked sources, or of specific entries from their networked sources, may be made for internal purposes, personal use, or study by an individual, an individual library, or an educational or research institution. The directory or its contents may not be otherwise reproduced or republished in excerpt or entirety, in print or electronic form, without permission from Diane K. Kovacs, Kent State University Libraries. ([log in to unmask]) The Association of Research Libraries has sole permission to produce and sell a print version of the Directory of Scholarly E- conferences. Contact Ann Okerson - [log in to unmask] for more information. ____________________________________ 8th Revision Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences March 1994 ____________________________________ Contents: 1. The Directory Team 2. Scope of the Directory 3. How to Retrieve the Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences. 4. Subscription Instructions ********** 1. The Directory Team: ********** Diane Kovacs - Editor-in-Chief (Bitnet)dkovacs@kentvm (Internet)[log in to unmask]) Gladys Bell (Bitnet) gbell@kentvm (Internet) [log in to unmask] Michael Kovacs (Internet) [log in to unmask] Paul Fehrmann (Bitnet) pfehrman@kentvm (Internet) [log in to unmask] Leslie Haas (Bitnet)lhaas@kentvm (Internet)[log in to unmask] Jeanne Langendorfer (Bitnet)jlangend@kentvm (Internet)[log in to unmask] Jolene Miller/Amey Park (Bitnet)apark@kentvm (Internet)[log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask] Kara Robinson (Bitnet)krobinso@kentvm (Internet)[log in to unmask] ****** 2. Scope of the Directory ****** This directory contains descriptions of electronic conferences (e-conferences) on topics of interest to scholars. The 8th revision includes relevant new e-conferences created as of January 1, 1994. E-conference is the umbrella term that includes discussion lists, Internet interest groups, e- journals, e-newsletters, Usenet newsgroups, forums, etc. We have used our own judgment in deciding what is of scholarly interest, and accept any advice or argument about our decisions. We have placed the entries into categories by deciding the *dominant* academic subject area of the electronic conference. Usenet Newsgroups have been directly reviewed for inclusion in this version. The Internet and Bitnet addresses are marked with an (I) or a (B) respectively. Earn and Usenet sites are marked with an (E) or a (U) respectively. Many LISTSERV e-conferences have peer sites, in order to save space we have only listed the main LISTSERV node for these. Where possible, the information in each record has been checked for currency and accuracy by contacting the moderators or other contact person. We chose the term *moderator* as the umbrella term to describe: contact person, coordinator, listowner, editor, moderator, etc.; whoever is in charge. **************************************************** The field labels are as follows: LN: (e-conference name) TI: (topic information) SU: (subscription information) ED: (edited? Yes or No - Private lists were called edited) AR: (archived? if Yes, frequency, Private=subscribers only) MO: (moderator, editor, listowner, manager, coordinator,etc.) SA: (submission address(es)) KE: (keywords) **************************************************** Topic descriptions are taken in whole or part from the descriptions provided by each moderator. Thank you to Marty Hoag, Listowner of New-List for providing the archives of New-List as a clearing house for list information. Special thank you to David Hartland. NISP/Mailbase Project, Computing Service, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne for information on 235 of the United Kingdom MAILBASE e-conferences. Thank you also to Teri Harrison for updating and providing information on the COMSERVE conferences, Pedro Saizar for providing information on Latin American Studies electronic conferences, Joseph Van Zwaren for Israeli electronic conference information, and Joan Korenman for information on Women's Studies conferences, Jean Schneider for confirming european e-conferences and Hunter Monroe for checking on the unannounced and relocated e-conferences. Thank you very sincerely to all the individuals who contributed conference names, information and feedback about conference statuses. Any errors are the responsibility of the compilers of each section. If you can provide corrections or additional information about any of these electronic conferences, please contact the Directory Team member responsible for that area or: Diane Kovacs - Editor-in-Chief (Bitnet) DKOVACS@KENTVM (Internet) [log in to unmask] ********* 3. Contact [log in to unmask] PRINT version is available from the Association for Research Libraries. The print version is combined with the Directory of Electronic Journals and is called _The Directory of Electronic Journals Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists_ Contact Ann Okerson - [log in to unmask] for more information. ********* ********** 4. General Subscription Instructions: ********** To subscribe to a LISTSERV (both Unix Internet and IBM/VM LISTSERV software is in use. Both Internet and Bitnet addresses are provided where possible), COMSERVE, LISTPROC, MAILBASE, MAILSERV, MAJORDOMO, NEWSERV or SARASERV discussion list send an e-mail message addressed to the Bitnet or Internet address provided in the SU: field. Leave the subject line blank. The text of the message *must* read: SUBSCRIBE LISTNAME Yourfirstname Yourlastname Your Institution (LISTNAME means the name of the list..e.g. if the LN: field says LIBREF-L@KENTVM.KENT.EDU..the LISTNAME is LIBREF-L) Bitnet users should use the Bitnet address. Internet users should use the Internet server address. Do not include any other text and *leave the subject line blank* as this is being read by a computer and not a person....the machine just won't understand and will bounce back your command if it is not worded as specified above. To subscribe to Internet Interest Groups, you send an e-mail message to list-REQUEST@host (e.g., SOC-CULTURE-GREEK- [log in to unmask]). The -REQUEST address gets you to the Coordinator, rather than to the membership of the entire e- conference. Please look carefully at the entry for each list you are interested in, to see if a -REQUEST address has been provided. Include your name, address, and institutional affiliation in your message Usenet Newsgroups are generally accessed by typing "RN" or "NN" at the shell prompt, ready screen or $ prompt on your e- mail account. Check with your Computer Services People to find out what the local availability and procedures are for access to Usenet Newsgroups. Subscription directions for other types of discussions are included with individual entries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allison Smith University of Wisconsin Madison School of Library and Information Studies [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~