id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt istl-1375 A Month in the Life of a Mailing List .html text/html 3853 256 48 By using mailing lists one can: facilitate collaboration provoke discussion engender ideas answer questions assess methods and materials Electronic mailing lists help librarians stay up to date with issues and activities in the profession. The number of mailing lists focusing on library-related topics is staggering -- there are 185 entries in the library and information science section of {The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences}. cache/istl-1375.html txt/istl-1375.txt