How to Subscribe to the CLENERT Discussion List
NOTE: As of May 2007, all ALA Electronic discussion lists have been moved to a new, open-source mailing list application called Sympa. Sympa provides ALA members a Web site for handling subscriptions and dropping subscriptions much more readily than the previous tool used by ALA. It also allows ALA list subscribers to search archives, change mail options, and more. Essentially, this system allows you better control over how you use our mailing lists.
Set up your account
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Go to the Clenert list page http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/clenert and choose the "subscribe" link from the left side of the page, and enter your email address.
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A password will be sent to your email.
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Retrieve it and enter it into the password field, then press the "subscribe" button and you will be subscribed.
Once you log in, you'll be able to change your preferences, see which ALA lists you belong to, change your password, change how you receive them, and more.
Account preferences If you change your e-mail address or your name, you can log in, choose "preferences" from the upper right corner, and change the relevant information yourself.
Modify your account Once you've received your password in your e-mail, log in and choose "Your subscriptions" from the upper right corner. This will show you all ALA lists to which you've subscribed. Click on any of your lists. If you choose "subscriber options," you can change the way you receive mail from the lists (digest, normal, nomail, etc.) along with a description of what each reception method means. The "nomail" option, for example, allows you to continue to be a member of the list without receiving any mail—a great option for vacations or medical leave periods.
Archives Archives are now easily searchable and viewable by month. To search, choose the list from which you wish to fin archives, and click on "archives" in the left-hand navigation. Enter your search term in the box. If you'd rather go by date, the calendar at the top of the Archives page shows archives by month and year to 1998; choose the month you're looking for and you can view all posts to that particular list during that month.
How to Sign Up
There are two ways to subscribe to the CLENERT list:
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Send an e-mail to sympa@ala.org
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In the Subject line, put: SUBSCRIBE CLENERT YOUR NAME
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For Example, SUBSCRIBE CLENERT Jane Smith
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Do not put anything in the body of the message
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Go to the ALA Mailing Lists service described above and follow that procedure.
When your request to subscribe has been approved by the list owners, you will receive an e-mail welcome message.
The list archives are available here: http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/clenert.