One of my responsibilities at Butler is being the Library Liaison for Foreign Languages, both modern and classical. If you are interested in any aspect of languages or linguistics, whether as a librarian or a student of languages, here’s an excellent online resource:

The Linguist List

There are 138 email lists that are hosted at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG. As you scroll down, you’ll see the complete list, from the African Languages and Technology Working Group to the Word and Paradigm Morphology List, with the numbers of subscribers to each list. Clicking on the names of the lists will take you to their archives and instructions for subscribing. Those lists that say “0 subscribers” also say “Mirror,” and they do seem to be active. They must just be hosted somewhere else or subscribed to somewhere else.

There’s something here for anyone interested in any aspect of languages or linguistics, so check it out. And be sure to use an aggregator like Bloglines to manage your subscriptions and handle all your messages. It’s much easier than an email InBox.