Network Bulletin No. 97-69 Date: December 19, 1997 Subject: NLS-reports Listserv Index term: Documents archived on the listserv We have been very pleased with the network's enthusiastic response to NLS Documents for Network Libraries (NLS-Reports), an electronic distribution-only listserv for network bulletins and other documents. Since the listserv was announced in Network Bulletin 97-06, January 24, 1997, 145 subscribers have signed up, and we hope more will subscribe in the future. As a reminder, network librarians who want to subscribe to the listserv or want members of their staff to receive the distribution should e-mail NLS at: [log in to unmask] No special syntax or language is required. The message should include the name of the library and the first and last name and e-mail address of each person you want added to the list. Because the audience of these NLS publications remains the same as it is for the print versions, librarians may submit names of only library or administering agency staff members. NLS will then add the addresses to the distribution list and send each subscriber a confirmation message. Documents sent by this list are automatically archived. Subscribers can get a list of the available documents by sending an e-mail message to: [log in to unmask] with the following command in the body of the message: INDEX NLS-REPORTS A complete list of documents will be returned to you by e-mail. Files are named according to the following scheme: Each file name has seven characters followed by a "txt" extension: Example: nb97-02.txt The first two characters are the bulletin-type code. (A list of bulletin types appears below.) The second and third characters (97 in the example) indicate the year. The fourth character is a hyphen, which acts as a separator. The fifth and sixth characters (02 in the example) represent the bulletin number. The bulletins are numbered sequentially through the year, beginning with "01" for the first bulletin. The bulletin types are: Added Entries ae Automation Reports ar Books Wanted bw Braille Circular bc Focus on Electronic Information ei Focus on Native Americans na Machines and Accessories ma Media Services ms Network Bulletins nb Publications Reports pr Technical Reports tr Other Transmittals ot You can order any document with the command: get filename.txt For example, to retrieve Network Bulletin No. 19, issued in 1997, the command would be "get nb97-19.txt" (without the quotes) in the message area. For further information contact: Carolyn Hoover Sung Chief, Network Division