The H-Net Network has grown until it is now endorsed by many academic professional organizations. Its over 180 topic- or discipline-specific lists are often the primary internet forum for scholars. Individual lists are edited by a team of scholars and each has a board of editors.[1][better source needed] The Department of History at Michigan State University hosts H-Net.[2]
Online services
In addition to its email lists, H-Net provides three related online services:
H-Net Reviews: 46,000+ reviews of books and other publications, commissioned and published on its website and through its listservs[3][non-primary source needed]
H-Net Job Guide: academic position announcements, available on its website and through email[4][non-primary source needed]
H-Net Academic Announcements: announcements of academic conferences, calls for papers, and programs[5][non-primary source needed]
Discussion networks
Many of the lists deal with various areas of historical study. Within two years of its founding, Steven A. Leibo in a newsletter post described H-Net as being "among the most dynamic and effective contributions" to the internationalization of scholarship.[1]
History
H-Net began in 1992 as an initiative of Prof. Richard J. Jensen when he was at the History department at the University of Illinois Chicago, to assist historians "to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to share information on access to library catalogs and other electronic databases; and to test new ideas and share comments on current historiography."[6][non-primary source needed] H-net started moving operations to Michigan State in 1994.[7] H-Net is now organized as an international consortium of scholars in the humanities and social sciences and its networks are hosted by Michigan State University.[citation needed]
^"The Department of History and Humanities Technology". Michigan State University. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2012-10-20. Michigan State is also the home of H-Net, an international academic organization that offers over a hundred email discussion lists along with the leading online repositories for book reviews, job postings, and academic announcements