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 [log in to unmask] 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 [log in to unmask] Ken Aitken, Regina Public Library, Saskatchewan [log in to unmask] Joseph Arpad, Cal State, Fresno [log in to unmask] 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.