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From: "Oliver Obst" <obsto@uni-muenster.de>
To: medibib-l
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:49:06 +0000
Subject: (Fwd) OMNI needs you!
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From: s-welsh@nimr.mrc.ac.uk
Subject: OMNI needs you!
To: omni@mailbase.ac.uk
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 13:09:09 +0000 (GMT)
Reply-to: s-welsh@nimr.mrc.ac.uk
*** CONTRIBUTE TO OMNI ***
The OMNI project is looking for volunteers to help us make OMNI the
UK's best biomedical Internet service. Read on if you are a
practitioner, librarian, researcher, lecturer or student and would like
to be involved.
How can you help?
There are several ways you can help OMNI.
* Volunteer to add descriptions of resources to the OMNI database.
* Become an OMNI reviewer - and assess our coverage in a particular
subject area.
* If you are providing information on the Internet, collaborate with us
by sending us information about your services and data.
* Some other way? If you think you can help OMNI in some way not
mentioned above, please get in touch - we are open to suggestions!
VOLUNTEERING - YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED!
[?] I don't have a lot of time to spare, how much commitment is
required?
We recognise that you are all busy people. Our aim is to benefit from
your knowledge and expertise, not to burden you with vast amounts of
overtime. You can spend as little or as much time on OMNI as is
appropriate for you, there is no minimum commitment.
[?] I'd like to help, but I've never been involved with a project like
this one
It's more important that you have experience of organising information
and/or subject knowledge. Creating OMNI records is not complicated,
and we will be holding a Training Workshop on 31st January to help
you.
[?] Will I, or my organisation, receive any acknowledgment of my
contribution?
Yes! We will soon be creating a collaborators page at OMNI, where all
our volunteers, reviewers and collaborators will be listed. A link to
your own home page will be made if requested.
[?] I'm convinced, how do I volunteer?
Below is a "Developing OMNI" questionnaire, please fill in as much
detail as possible and return it to me, Sue Welsh by post or e-mail
(see addresses at the end of this message). Also, consider attending the
Training Workshop, and keep the 31st January free in your diary.
************************** QUESTIONNAIRE **************************
Developing OMNI
Your answers to the following questions will help us plan the form and
content of services that OMNI develops in the future. Please feel free
to distribute this questionnaire among colleagues or direct users of
the service. We would welcome additional comments at any time in the
future.
How can we reach you? (Please complete this part of the questionnaire
so we can contact you.)
Your name Organisation
Address
Telephone E-mail
Please summarise your area of work and extent of involvement with
networked information.
Are there any areas of OMNI development you feel you would like to
contribute to? I would like to (please select one or several options):
[ ] monitor resources for a European or other non-UK geographical area
please specify here -->
[ ] monitor resources for a UK regional area
please specify here -->
[ ] monitor resources in a particular subject area
please specify here -->
[ ] monitor resources of a particular type
please specify here -->
[ ] contribute resource descriptions for OMNI systematically,
preference specified above
[ ] contribute resource descriptions for OMNI systematically, as
required (no particular preference)
[ ] contribute resource descriptions for OMNI occasionally, as I
come across useful resources
[ ] review the OMNI coverage of resources in a particular
subject area
please specify here -->
[ ] index resources for the OMNI database
[ ] classify resources for the OMNI database (UDC / NLM / both)
[ ] review the indexing of resources in the OMNI database
[ ] review the classification of resources in the OMNI database
(UDC / NLM/ both)
[ ] other (please feel free to suggest how you or your institution
might contribute to OMNI)
Can you suggest any novel resources that OMNI could usefully host?
Are there any non-UK resources you have found particularly valuable
that you think OMNI could mirror for the benefit of the UK higher
education and research community?
Are you aware of any initiatives or projects that OMNI could
collaborate with (UK or non-UK, departmental, institutional or
national)? Please provide contact details if you can.
Do you know any colleagues who might be interested in hearing about
OMNI or contributing towards the future development of OMNI? If so,
please indicate a contact name and address for each and how you think
they might like to be involved.
Can you recommend subject experts (e.g. lecturers, researchers or
practitioners) from your home or other institutions who would be
interested in reviewing periodically the OMNI coverage of resources in
their field of expertise? Please provide contact details.
Additional comments. Please expand - your suggestions are welcome!
For printed copies of this form please contact help@omni.ac.uk
Comments on any aspects of the OMNI service can be mailed at any time
to omni@mailbase.ac.uk (public list) or to me personally.
Sue Welsh OMNI Project Officer s-welsh@nimr.mrc.ac.uk
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National Insititute for Medical Research
Mill Hill London NW7 1AA
Tel. 0181 959 3666 ext 2536 Fax 0181 913 8534
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Read about OMNI at http://omni.ac.uk/