May 21: New discussion lists are in development and should be available for subscription mid-June. Lists on this page are closed to subscription until the new lists are operating. Current subscribers to these lists will be automatically transferred to appropriate new lists.

Some of these lists are open to all, some are partners-only forums. There are also discussion lists, not included here, specific to individual RLG working groups and projects; to see what they're working on, visit Projects by Theme.

For all RLG customers and partners

RLG Services: rlg -services-forum
Open to all. A useful service for any RLG customer: Share tips and pick up pointers for using RLG's research resources, and get updated on RLG's latest projects and offerings.

For RLG Programs partners at large

RLG Announcements to Partners: rlg-announce
Partners only. News and announcements of interest to all RLG Programs partners. Moderator: Nancy Elkington 

Specific areas of interest

Art and Architecture: rlg-art-architecture
Partners only. Discuss all aspects of access, management, and preservation of art and architectural collections, with the directors and staff of art and museum libraries.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Günter Waibel

East Asian Studies: rlg-east-asian-studies
Partners only. Discuss issues of interest to the East Asian library community, with staff who have responsibilities for or interests in East Asian collections.
Moderator: Karen Smith-Yoshimura

Jewish and Middle East Studies: rlg-jewish-middle-east-studies
Partners only. Discuss issues of interest to the Jewish and Middle East Studies library community, with directors and staff of institutions and units devoted to such collections.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Karen Smith-Yoshimura

Law: rlg-law
Partners only. Discuss issues of interest to the RLG law library community, with law librarians and other staff interested in the use of legal resources.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Robin Dale

Marcadia® Automated Record Supply: marcadia
Open to all. Discuss Marcadia, the automated catalog record supply service operated by Backstage Library Works, read agendas and reports from user group meetings held during ALA, and learn about new enhancements.

Preservation: rlg-preservation
Partners only. Discuss preservation issues from repair to digital reformatting, with preservation department staff, conservators, and others interested in the preservation of research materials.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Robin Dale

Primary Sources: rlg-primary-sources
Partnes only. Discuss access, management, and preservation of archives and special collections, with directors and staff of institutions and units devoted to these resources.
Moderator: Merrilee Proffitt

Public Services & Collection Development: rlg-public-collections-service
Partners only. Talk with other participants who are engaged in building, providing access to, and helping users make the most of research collections, including electronic resources.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Merrilee Proffitt

RedLightGreen: redlightgreen
Open to all. Find out about the latest enhancements to RedLightGreen, RLG's easy-to-use search engine for undergraduate research.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Karen Smith-Yoshimura

Resource Sharing in CURL: shares-curl
Partners only. For SHARES participants in the UK and Ireland belonging to the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL).
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Dennis Massie

Resource Sharing Interlending Discussion: rlg-shares-ill
Partners only. For SHARES participants who would like to discuss policies, work flow, and protocols for document delivery and interlibrary loan services.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Dennis Massie

Resource Sharing ISO ILL Discussion: rlg-shares-iso
Partners only. Discuss the SHARES peer-to-peer technical environment with operational staff in SHARES interlibrary loan and access services offices. Topics include systems interoperability issues as well as tips and tricks for maximizing the benefits of peer-to-peer resource-sharing.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Dennis Massie

Resource Sharing Partnership Discussion: rlg-shares
Partners only. For staff in SHARES institutions interested in discussing a broad range of issues related to interlibrary loan and public service aspects of resource sharing.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Dennis Massie

RLG Discussion Forum on Unicode™: rlg-unicode
Open to all. For those interested in learning about and discussing how to use and create Unicode-encoded bibliographic data in library systems and exchanging Unicode-encoded MARC records.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Karen Smith-Yoshimura

RLG's ILL Manager Discussion: rlg-ill-manager
Open to all. For those interested in RLG's ILL Manager software and its use in the distributed, peer-to-peer interlending environment. Learn tips and tricks for using this next-generation resource-sharing environment, and about software updates.

SCIPIO discussion: rlg-scipio
Open to all. A forum for the users and contributors to SCIPIO, RLG's online union database of art and rare book sales auction catalogs.

System Administrators Discussion: rlg-system-administrators
Partners only. Discuss issues of interest to RLG Programs partners' systems librarians and administrators.
Unmoderated. RLG Programs liaison: Karen Smith-Yoshimura