Apologies for any cross postings.
Dr Jutta Weber of the *Zentralkartei der Autographen* in Berlin has
asked me to contact you on her behalf.
You may be aware that the EU-project MALVINE (Manuscripts and Letters Via
Integrated Networks in Europe) is currently developing a search engine
for European databases of manuscript material, utilising a Z39.50 virtual
network. A presentation of the project was given at the Madrid ZIG
meeting and information may be found at the project's homepage
(http://www.malvine.org), and also some interesting documents on
brokerage, SGML, XML and system requirements can be downloaded from
http://www.malvine.org/publications.html
After the first year of the project a first version of this search
engine is now available. The search engine will now be improved with the
help of user tests. In order to reach a variety of test users with various
professional backgrounds we would like to ask you to volunteer as a
MALVINE test user. Becoming a test user is very easy, the MALVINE
consortium only needs the following information:
- Name
- e-mail address
- institution (if applicable)
- profession/ area of research.
Having received this information the MALVINE consortium will get in
touch with you as soon as the check lists for the user tests are
available (around late January/early February). We will advise you then
about all relevant details of the tests.
The user tests will be very easy to perform and won't take much of your
time.
If you are interested, please email with the above details to:
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Thank you very much for your interest in MALVINE and your cooperation.
On behalf of the MALVINE Consortium
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Rachel Stockdale EMail: [log in to unmask]
Head of Manuscripts Cataloguing
Department of Manuscripts Telephone: 020 7412 7749
The British Library
96 Euston Road Fax: 0202 7412 7787
London NW1 2DB
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