Title:	MAILING LISTS ON THE INTERNET - A COLLABORATION TOOL THAT IS STILL ALIVE. THE CASE OF THE REDIRIS LISTS
Author(s):	Antonio Muñoz-Cañavate, Alejandro Cordero González, Pedro Hípola and Eduardo Alfredo Cardoso Miranda
ISBN:	978-989-8533-69-2
Editors:	Pedro Isaías and Hans Weghorn
Year:	2017
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Mailing lists, email, Spain, Listserv, RedIRIS
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	261
Last Page:	266
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	The appearance of telematic networks such as Bitnet, Internet, etc., gave rise to the emergence of diverse applications that allowed users to communicate with each other. Email distribution lists were one such application. The possibility of creating open or closed forums, with very specific themes, aimed at people dispersed around the world, who could come into contact at a much lower cost than other communication systems – for example, postal mail or telephone – revolutionized systems of collaboration. However, the arrival of the so-called Web 2.0 with its new category of social media applications which make it easy for users to insert information on Web platforms seems to have called into question the interest of those mailing lists. This paper analyses the validity of such lists through a study of all the email lists managed by the RedIRIS network (Red Española para Interconexión de los Recursos Informáticos – Spanish Network for Interconnection of Informatic Resources) through the information provided by the network's log file that indicates the activity of its lists and the public information on its website. The results include the number of lists created, their permanence, a study by year of their creation, their professional topics, and activity levels. They show that mailing lists are still used effectively as communication tools by the scientific and academic community despite the rise of the aforementioned Web 2.0 social media.
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