Electrifying Judaic Studies Who, Where & When The Judaic Studies electronic newsletter encourages scholars to share information immediately and efficiently via computer networks. Subsidized international academic networks allow instant access to researchers around the world, effectively eliminating distance thru low-cost communication. Information in electronic form is much more malleable than printed matter. It can be quickly distributed and thoroughly searched; from afar reacted to, corrected and enhanced. Why Even as original ideas and explanations develop, the raw data generated by a project can be posted and available to the scholarly world. The individual receives the corrections and additions of specialists in other areas interested in the data. The community benefits collectively from the free flow of information, which prevents duplication of effort, enables almost interactive consulting, and may well suggest possible joint efforts. How PC's and laptops have transformed our habits. In place of card files, we've begun to use computer files; instead of scratch pads, we type texts and citations directly into laptops. Clerical workers have replaced erasers and whiteout with wordprocessors; printers have traded lead type for laserprinters and typesetting programs. Wherever information first becomes electronic, a copy can be created, uploaded into an account, and sent for posting. Effort involved: several keystrokes and diskette insertions. Time expended: fifteen minutes at most. The computer personnel of any institution are there to set up accounts and provide instruction in their use. In the course of a few 15-minute sessions, even one who has never dealt directly with a computer terminal can become comfortable enough to enter an account, receive and send mail. What * schedules and course offerings * conferences and lectures * reading lists and bibliographies * dissertations and projects * summaries & reviews of recent or forthcoming books & articles * calls for papers and requests for information Advertise for faculty, and especially for students: We appear as "Judaica" on the global list of hundreds of topical listservs, which most students browse thru soon after receiving accounts on their school systems.