Members of the UX group belong to the following orgs and read the following lists:
Nicole
- formerly on ASIST, but taking a break this year (2010)
- email lists I usually read:
- NEASIS-L
- Anthrolib
- Lynda.com newsletter
- free culture at MIT
- MIT's webpub
- Mac Partners at MIT
- Mobile partners at MIT
- IT Partners at MIT (thinking of getting off this one)
- IST security newsletter (MIT)
- UPA Boston (usability professionals association)
- email lists I filter and read infrequently:
- Woo Themes newsletter (wordpress themes we pay for)
- Slideshow Pro newsletter
- Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox
- Jared Spool's UIE Tips
- Mark Hurst's Good Experience
- Current Cites
- Internet Scout Report
- Cooper Jounal
- Adaptive Path - AP Experience Now
- Change This
- NGC4lib
- LibraryThing's newsletters
- code4lib
- Google Librarian newsletter
- Berkman Buzz (at Harvard)
- Tidbits (Mac news)
I also read LOADS of RSS feeds, too many to list here.
Darcy
Professional orgs:
- ASIST
- ASEE/ELD (not active member, but still on email list)
Email lists (besides above orgs)
- webpub@mit.edu (MIT Web Pub)
Lisa H.
Professional orgs:
- RUSA (reference focus)
- LLAMA (management focus) – currently on Using Assessment ... very long name Committee
- ACRL New England
Email lists (besides above orgs)
- AnthroLIB
- ARL assessment list
- BLC Community of Interest on Assessment
- Crosstalk (MIT talks on various technology topics)
- Dig_ref
- Library link of the day – one link each day of interest in all aspects of libraries
- LITA-L – ALA's technology divisions email list. I don't belong to the division right now