Indeed, the Dance Librarians Discussion Group listserv, DLDG-L has been in existence since the early '90s and maintains a small but interested and active group of dance and performance arts librarians, archivists, and scholars. Not only does the list serve as the communication vehicle for the ALA/ACRL/ARTS/DLDG, but as importantly, it serves as a communication vehicle among this larger group of international practitioners and scholars. In addition to sharing subject specific information resources, asking and answering reference questions, the list most recently advocated through this vehicle to rescue an important archival collection that was about to be destroyed, placing it in a new home. Coincidentally, the list had been maintained and moderated through a university librarian. She is now retiring and list was picked up by ALA for maintenance. For all of these reasons, I think that this subject specific list continues to prove its value and usefulness.

Mary Choquette
Former dance librarian, archivist, and curator

Mary Edsall Choquette, M.L.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
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The Catholic University of America
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-----Original Message-----
From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum on behalf of Ericka Patillo
Sent: Fri 23-Apr-10 8:42 AM
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Subject: Re: Library-oriented lists...
 
Hi,

Music librarians generally refer to the Music Library Association's
web site (http://musiclibraryassoc.org/), which is relatively up-to-
date and has myriad resources. Also, the association's email list (mla-
l) is still a forum for active communication. MLA has many student
members, and I think most instructors who teach music librarianship
encourage their students to subscribe to the list.

Ericka

Ericka Patillo
PhD Student (and former music librarian)
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina

On Apr 22, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Gretchen Whitney wrote:

> Greetings all,
> In the early days of the Internet/Web (mid 1990s), there were a
> variety of efforts put forward to organize Internet information
> resources specifically for librarians. Remnants of these include
>
> Wei Wu, Library Oriented Lists and Electronic Serials
> http://www.txla.org/pubs/tlj74_1/article5.html
>
> Charles Bailey, Library Oriented Lists and E-Serials
> http://lawlibrary.ucdavis.edu/LAWLIB/Jan94/0182.html
> Note the extensive specialised groups
>
> Diane Kovacs, Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
> http://www.kovacs.com/directoryhistory.html
>
> These services have died.
>
> Troutman, Leslie, An Internet Primer for Music Librarians
> http://www.jstor.org/pss/899170
> A nice piece that may or may not being kept up to date.
>
> What has replaced them?
>
> Endeth the preface.
>
> What library-oriented electronic communication services (permanent/
> persistent like listserv and other e mail discussion lists) or
> transient (MySpace, Facebook etc) services are you referring your
> students to for communication and community?
>
> Endeth the question.
>
> Beginneth the aftermath.
>
> Where does the student go to communicate with like minded
> individuals who are interested in art or music librarianship,
> children's literature, repairing books, building web sites, or
> whatever might be their field of interest.
>
> Have the professional associations taken up these communication needs?
>
> Who is pulling this all together for the discipline as a whole, as
> the early responders did?
>
> --gw
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