List Review Service #025, 'GRMNHIST' (JUN 19, 1993)
URL: ftp://ftp.lib.ncsu.edu/pub/stacks/lrs/lrs-025
LIST REVIEW SERVICE ISSN: 1060-8192
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Issue No. 25 19 JUN 1993
GRMNHIST: German History Forum
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Published periodically by The University of Missouri, St. Louis
Libraries. Raleigh C. Muns (SRCMUNS@UMSLVMA.BITNET), editor.
CONTENTS: REVIEW (J.K. Stemmer) (52 lines)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY (29 lines)
SUGGESTED USES (07 lines)
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION (16 lines)
ANNOUNCEMENTS (12 lines)
END MATERIAL (31 lines)
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REVIEW -
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This list is not for those with just a passing interest in German
history. The tone of the list is highly academic and, generally
speaking, I think only those with a professional interest in the
topic would find any use or enjoyment in it. List members seem
to use it mostly as a resource, when facing a roadblock in their
personal research. This list is a place to throw out a question
and hope for a response that will help clear the jam.
The list is dedicated to the discussion of German history, covering
all subjects and periods. Questions are asked covering a wide range
of historical topics and eras. Various topics in recent posts have
concerned finding the proper English idiom when translating material,
a request for help in unravelling 18th-Century German territorial
bureaucracies and sources on German immigration into Texas in the
19th Century.
Many of these postings take the standard form of: "I am beginning\Can
anyone help\I am looking for..." These queries do get responses. But,
there is very little ongoing discussion on the list. Activity on the
list fluctuates considerably; long periods can go by with no postings
at all. Mostly it is used as a resource by the list members for
specific questions, not for recreation or ongoing conversations.
One exception was a request for signatures for a letter to be pub-
lished in a German newspaper or magazine in support of the East
German writer Christia Wolf. This topic generated many lengthy
responses. Eventually, someone commented about one particularly
verbose member's remarks. This drew the response, "Well, we must
admit - at least this discussion group came alive a bit." (Fred
Rump GRMNHIST 19 May 1993) The conversation continued; it developed
into an ongoing discussion on the history of the DDR and the role of
the Stasi in maintaining the East German state. Over the course of
this discussion, several list members took the opportunity to express
their personal experiences with the DDR to support their positions.
The list is not moderated and actually consists of 2 peered list-
servers one in the U.S. and one in Germany. Only the one in Germany
maintains a notebook. GRMNHIST is also affiliated with the History
Network, a collection of history related files and other resources
available on the internet. (Telnet to hnsource.cc.ukans.edu /
login: history - no password is required.)
The subscribers come from 12 different countries, including Japan and
Brazil.
-John K. Stemmer (Stemmej@ucbeh.san.uc.edu)
Stemmer is the Evening Reference/ILL Librarian at Raymond Walters
College (University of Cincinnati)
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SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY -
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Name of List Reviewed: GRMNHIST
Location: GRMNHIST@VM.USC.EDU
GRMNHIST@DGOGWDG1 (Bitnet archives)
Listowner: Thomas Zielke
Bitnet address: TZIELKE@DGOGWDG1
No. of Listserv Subscribers: 161 subscribers in 12 countries
Time Period Monitored: 10 MAY 1993 - 07 JUN 1993
No. Messages Period Monitored: 57
No. Queries Posted: 19 (33 % of total activity)
No. Non Queries Posted : 38 (67 % of total activity)
Lines Sent (est.w/o headers): 5200 (app. 227 screens of 23 lines)
Msgs Posted Past 12 Months: N/A
Searchable Archives: Yes
Avg. # msgs day/high/low: 2/12/0
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SUGGESTED USES FOR LIST -
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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION -
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To subscribe to GRMNHIST, send an e-mail message with blank subject line to:
LISTSERV@USCVM (Bitnet address)
or
LISTSERV@VM.USC.EDU (Internet address)
Message should consist solely of:
SUBSCRIBE GRMNHIST your_name
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Individuals wishing to contribute reviews should contact the editor
and request LIST REVIEW SERVICE guidelines and templates. The guide-
lines and templates can be used for instructional purposes. Several
University level instructors have assigned classes to evaluate Internet
discussion groups using these materials. Produced reviews can be sub-
mitted to the LIST REVIEW SERVICE for possible publication.
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END MATERIAL
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Opinions expressed are solely those of the reviewer and do not
represent the views of the University of Missouri, St. Louis.
Copyright 1993. Raleigh C. Muns (Reference Librarian)
Thomas Jefferson Library, University of Missouri, St. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63121 (ph:(314) 553-5059)
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