To Join New OLA Listserv In an effort to increase communication with our members, OLA has launched its own listserv. Hosted by the Oberlin College Center for Information Technology, the listserv enables the Steering Committee to send occasional announcements of upcoming events and items of interest via email directly to those members who sign up to receive them. The new list is a moderated, announcement-only format. All members who would like to share announcements and information with the rest of the OLA community may do so by forwarding their messages to the list moderator, who will send approved posts to the entire list membership. Because the listserv will be announcement-only, we expect the volume to be fairly low; in other words, if you choose to sign up, you should not have to worry about having your inbox filled with OLA mail on a daily basis. Here are some basic instructions on using the list: To subscribe, send a message in the form: Subscribe ola_news by e-mail to: majordomo@venus.cc.oberlin.edu. An approval request will be generated by the system so that the moderator can confirm that you are an OLA member. Once that confirmation has been made, you will be subscribed to ola_news at the address from which you sent the request. Once you subscribe to the list, you will be sent a welcome message that details the list’s function as well as instructions for unsubscribing, which you may do at any time. If you wish to send a message to the moderator for posting to the whole list, use the address: ola_news@oberlin.edu. Your message will be automatically forwarded to the list moderator for approval and posting. NOTE ON CONFIDENTIALITY: The list moderator will only approve current OLA members as subscribers to ola_news, and the list of subscribers will not be shared or made public in any way by OLA. However, subscribers should be aware that anyone already subscribed to the list who is familiar with the command system for this listserv software might be able to access email addresses (not names) of subscribers. Because the software is commercially produced and administered by the Oberlin Center for Information Technology, we are unable to change this feature of the program. Since anyone attempting to do this would have to already be an OLA member subscribed to the list, we believe that the risk to members concerned about confidentiality is minimal. The new listserv replaces an older system of email addresses kept by OLA to which many of you have added your names over the past several years. Because of the different nature of the new list, we will not be automatically transferring names from the old list, but instead request that you follow the simple instructions above for subscribing to the new list. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Elyssa Faison ’88 at efaison@world.oberlin.edu. OLA Home