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We are pleased to announce the launch of Qualidata's new Web site at http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/ The new suite of Web pages have been re-designed to help facilitate navigation and include additional content and functionality. There are now simple to use top tabs divided into About, Resources, Re-use, Create, Deposit and News and side tab menus within each of these main headings. New features include: * Online User Guides available via the Qualicat catalogue record http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/dataResources/qualicat.asp and via a dedicated page http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/dataResources/mrdoc.asp. This freely available online documentation contains useful and often unique research and methodological information about the study in the form of a User Guide, and a Data Listing with classifying information that help users to identify particular types of interviews or transcripts. Whilst all new deposits will now have this form of online documentation routinely available, we are converting relevant older paper-based material to electronic format for every data collection where appropriate. * Create pages giving revised and up-to-date information on consent, confidentiality and legal issues http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/creatingData/confidentiality.asp and a FAQ for ESRC award holders http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/creatingData/esrc.asp#faq * Deposit pages with simplified overview on How to deposit with downloadable deposit forms http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/depositingData/howtodeposit.asp * Pages on Re-using data including: a bibliography of articles about re-using qualitative data http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/reusingData/articles.asp; ideas about using data in teaching and learning http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/reusingData/teaching.asp; and information about training opportunities in the area of qualitative methods http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/reusingData/training.asp * A News section detailing current events and related news. The news currently includes a report from the Symposium on Celebrating Classic Sociology: Pioneers of Contemporary British Qualitative Research held in July 2001 at Essex, together with abstracts from the conference, available online. News about recent deposits is also available http://www.qualidata.essex.ac.uk/news/recentdeposits.asp Please visit the site! Any feedback will be gratefully received please email us at [log in to unmask] Finally, for those of you who do not know already know, Qualidata joined forces with the UK Data Archive in October 2001, thereby offering a one-stop-shop for ESRC data acquisitions and advice on depositing and re-using social science data. Some qualitative datasets in electronic format already are, or will soon become, available via the UK Data Archive online ordering and download service at http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/. Louise Corti Louise Corti Director, User Services and Qualitative Data Service, UK Data Archive University of Essex Colchester CO4 3SQ UK Tel: + 44 1206 872145 email: [log in to unmask] DATA ARCHIVE: <http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/> QUALIDATA: <http://www.essex.ac.uk/qualidata/> ******************************************** Legal Disclaimer: Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those of the UK Data Archive. This Email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom they are addressed. *************************************************************************