MHSLA Electronic Mailing List

The MHSLA electronic mailing list (listserv) assists in the distribution of MHSLA-related information, facilitates information sharing on matters of interest to health sciences librarians, promotes the continuing education of information professionals, and facilitates resource sharing and interlibrary loan activities.

Membership is open to anyone interested in health sciences information management and librarianship, however, you must be subscribed to post to the list. Individuals are not automatically added to the list when joining MHSLA as a member.

The List Owner for MHSLA may be contacted at ff2662@wayne.edu.

To subscribe to the MHSLA list:

Send message to: LISTSERV@list.uiowa.edu
Body of the message: SUBSCRIBE MHSLA <first name> <last name>

To send a message to the MHSLA list:

Send message to: MHSLA@list.uiowa.edu

Commonly used commands:

To get information about advanced commands:

Send message to: LISTSERV@list.uiowa.edu
Body of the message: INFO REFCARD

To remove your name from the list:

Send message to: LISTSERV@list.uiowa.edu
Body of the message: SIGNOFF MHSLA

To stop receiving mail from MHSLA temporarily:

Send message to: LISTSERV@list.uiowa.edu
Body of the message: SET MHSLA NOMAIL

To receive messages from the list after stopping mail temporarily:

Send message to: LISTSERV@list.uiowa.edu
Body of the message: SET MHSLA MAIL

To receive a copy of a message that you post to MHSLA:

Send message to: LISTSERV@list.uiowa.edu
Body of the message: SET MHSLA REPRO

To NOT receive a copy of what you post to MHSLA (this is the default):

Send message to: LISTSERV@list.uiowa.edu
Body of the message: SET MHSLA NOREPRO

To receive a list of subscribers:

Send message to: LISTSERV@list.uiowa.edu
Body of the message: REVIEW MHSLA