LINK+ Repository: Listservs

The listserv is the go-to for important information about LINK+. The following staff at your library should be subscribed:

• All official LINK+ contacts (those listed on your repository Member Contact page)
• Anyone who works with LINK+ materials and needs to be "in the know" (i.e. about downtime alerts, courier issues, meeting notices...all important LINK+-related information)

All members should have more than one staff member subscribed to the listserv.

To subscribe, send an email Amy Homick.

If you are subscribed but not receiving listserv postings, make sure your spam/email filters are set to accept messages from linkplus@listserv.iii.com.

The following are some general tips for participating in the listserv:

• Include a signature tag on all messages (include your name and affiliation and your e-mail address.)
• Make the subject line meaningful and useful.
• Start a new message when starting a new topic rather than replying or forwarding a previous topic's message.
• When responding to a posting, place your comments at the top of the message and include only the relevant portions of the previous message in your reply.
• Remember that when you hit the reply button that you will be automatically responding to the entire list. Only reply to the entire list if it benefits everyone.
• Do not send administrative messages (e.g. unsubscribe requests) to the list. Such messages should go to the LINK+ Administrator.

To post to the linkplus listserv, send your message to linkplus@listserv.iii.com or click the "Click here to post a message to the LINK+ listserv" link on the repository Home page. You must be subscribed to post a message to the listserv.

The listserv rejects posts that exceed a certain size, so try to limit attachments to small sizes and one-page documents. When pasting pictures into the body of an email posting, make them as small as possible.

If the listserv rejects your posting, scroll down and take a look at the reason. This could give you a good idea of why your post was rejected. For example, "exceeded storage allocation" means that your message was too big or you added an attachment that was too large.