WML Tech Updates

WML Distribution Lists

• wmlstaff@owen.vanderbilt.edu – All WML staff. This email address is typically used internally to communicate about things that impact all WML staff. The other Heard Libraries use it, too.
• wmlinfoservicesstaff@owen.vanderbilt.edu – All the Information Services Team, including the Director. This email address is used for communicating internally within the library about reference questions, consultations, instruction, faculty requests, collections, and other related things. The other Heard Libraries use it, too.
• wmlaccessservicesstaff@owen.vanderbilt.edu – All the Access Services Staff. This email address is used for communicating internally within the library about circulation, reserves, covering the desk, student workers, etc. The other Heard Libraries use it, too.
• lct@owen.vanderbilt.edu – This email address is for the Walker Library Coordinating Team, lead by the Director. It includes the head of each functional area within WML – Information Services, Access Services, BIS, Collections, Tech Services, and Technology. This email isn’t used by anyone outside of WML.
• wmlweb@owen.vanderbilt.edu – This email address is typically used for contacting the person in charge of the Faculty Research Database. Currently, Deb Sommer is the only one on this list.

WML Mailboxes

• asklibrarians@owen.vanderbilt.edu – Things sent to this email address go straight to the AskLibrarians mailbox. This email is only used for librarian/patron interaction. When people fill out the Ask a Librarian form on the WML website, the content from that form gets sent to this mailbox. The Heard Library Purchase Request form also sends the content from that form to this mailbox.
• circulation@owen.vanderbilt.edu – Things sent to this email address go straight to the Circulation mailbox. This email is only used for library staff/patron interaction. When people fill out the Ask a Question form on the WML website, the content from that form gets sent to this mailbox. There are also other Heard Library forms that get sent to this mailbox, such as the student worker application form, reserve requests, and more.
• bis@owen.vanderbilt.edu – Things sent to this email address go straight to the BIS mailbox. This email address is only used for BIS staff/patron interaction. When patrons fill out the BIS Request form on the WML website, the content from that form gets sent to this mailbox.

WML Calendars

• WML Circulation Calendar – the Circulation desk schedule, including both library staff and student workers
• WML ConferenceRoom Calendar – for reserving the room for meetings, consultations, events, BIS client meetings, etc.
• WML Instruction Calendar – for putting the various instruction sections that all the librarians do on one calendar
• WML Service Calendar – the Reference Desk Schedule
• WML Blogging Calendar – the annual calendar of events in Owen that impact the library as well as events that the library coordinates, such as library orientations, career workshops, announcement of holiday hours, etc.