Dear All,
This is my first email to a mailbox, so please
excuse (but point out!) any excursions from accepted practice!
My name is Andrew Winnell and I have just
completed my second year
of a BSc in Economics and Statistics at Keele
University.
During the Summer vacation I am taking part in a work
placement
scheme operated through the Southampton University Careers
Advisory
Service, the 'Shell Technology Enterprise Programme'.
My
brief is to create a system that keeps, organises, records
and
cross-references information from a number of different types
of
sources, used as reference material, for booklets and posters
designed
to educate and inform employees and the general public about
health
(including Health and Safety) issues.
One of the purposes of the
reference library will be to provide back-up
for the educational booklets in
situations where the information within them
is called into question.
Another purpose is to have information
readily available when planning new
titles, and to provide an easier means of
knowing when a revision of a
title is necessary.
All that is
really needed is a classification system and a relational database enabling
searches for relevant information with a view to being accessable from the
internet - the loan and return of sources are not really an issue since the
number of regular users will be small.
I would be very grateful for any pointers you could
give me - I'd particularly like to find someone who has done a similar task
so that I may not need to reinvent the wheel! And if anyone has any
sources of information or useful contacts, that would be great.
Thanks for taking the time to read this
email,
Andrew Winnell. (using the address [log in to unmask]