BUBBA-L is a new list about the conversational language, culture, lifestyles, history, and humor of the Southern United States. It grew from a discussion of "Y'all" on the LINGUIST list. Send a "sub bubba-l your name" message to listserv@knuth.mtsu.edu or contact David Robinson (robinson@knuth.mtsu.edu).. [Elliott Mitchell (mitcheec@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu), 9/14/93. net-hap.]

AUTOPOIESIS is a new list about autopoietic (self-producing) systems. See the theory propounded by H. Maturana and F. Varela in "Autopoiesis and Cognition" (D. Reidel, 1980) or more recently "The Embodied Mind." Send a "sub autopoiesis your name netaddress" message to thinknet@world.std.com. [Haim Yigal Bodek (hb003b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu), CYBSYS-L, 9/27/93.]

ETEXTCTR is a new moderated list for librarians building electronic text centers. Send a "sub etextctr your name" message to listserv@rutvm1.rutgers.edu. [Annelies Hoogcarspel (hoogcarspel@zodiac.bitnet), net-hap, 9/17/93.]

PARtalk-L, the Participatory Action Research Discussion List, is for discussion of socially transformative research. It springs from the Cornell Participatory Action Research Network, a loose organization of students, faculty, and local community organizers concentrated around Ithaca, NY. Send a "sub partalk-l your name" message to listserv@cornell.edu, or an "info partalk-l" message for more information. [Eleanor M. Cicinsky (v2153a @templevm.bitnet), RESEARCH, 9/24/93.]

HEPROC-L is a new list for discussion of higher education processes. Send a "sub heproc-l your name" message to listserv@american.edu. [Carl Reimann (p00714@psilink.com), net-hap, 9/25/93.]

Small-Press is a discussion list for authors, editors, and small-press publishers. Contact small-press-request @world.std.com. [L. Detweiler (ld231782 @longs.lance.colostate.edu), misc.writers, 9/20/93.]

Optiac Computing is a BBS covering holographic "photonic transistors" -- see Computer Applications Journal, Circuit Cellar INK, 8/92, p. 40, and US Patent 5,093,802. Information, tools, demos; (406) 273-4692. Rocky Mountain Research Center. [Vicki Pengelly (usv_pengelly@lewis.umt.edu), net-hap, 9/23/93.]