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MLA-L: The Music Library Association Discussion List |
Indiana University hosts MLA-L, a mail distribution service for music librarians and those interested in music librarianship. The services provided by MLA-L include mail distribution and mail archiving. Although MLA-L is used to distribute news about the Music Library Association and its activities, the list remains independent of the association.
Using MLA-L
About postingSince every mail message will be distributed to all subscribers, care should be exercised when sending mail to the MLA-L. Refrain from sending messages of interest to only a known small group (such as committee business) or messages intended for only one other individual. Please note that any message sent to MLA-L will be distributed to all subscribers. A "reply" to a mail message that has been distributed via a distribution list will be distributed to all list subscribers. In many cases you will want to reply only to the original sender; you should therefore not use the "reply" command, but send a mail message addressed to the original sender.
Set up an IU List accountTo change subscription options and view the MLA-L archives, you will need to set up an IU List account. Go to https://iulist.indiana.edu/sympa and click "First login?" in the top left.
Change your subscription optionsThrough the website:
Mail ArchivingCorrespondence distributed through MLA-L is archived in weekly logs.
HelpFor more information, see the IU List service help page.
HistoryMLA-L was founded in March 1989 by Ralph Papakhian (1948-2010) while he was serving as executive secretary of the Music Library Association. Papakhian stated the purpose of the list in the March-April 1989 issue of the MLA Newsletter:
Papakhian and Richard Griscom served as co-owners of the list until Papakhian's death in 2010. The current owners are Griscom and Misti Shaw (Indiana University). For more on the history of MLA-L, see Richard Griscom, "MLA-L at Twenty," Notes 65, no. 3 (March 2009): 433-63. |