The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) manages a number of environmental data centres. These are a unique resource of data and information about our environment from the earth's core to the edge of the solar system. The data centres hold data and information from environmental scientists working both in the public and private sectors in the UK and around the world. The British Geological Survey palaeontological, petrological, marine, geochemical and borehole collections are a constituent part of one of these data centres, the National Geoscience Data Centre. In order to ensure that the data centres are delivering the range of services that users need, NERC is keen to understand what existing and potential users think of the services that are currently offered. To help develop this understanding, NERC invites you to complete this short questionnaire which will take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GVVFX58 It will be helpful if the users of our geological collections are well represented. Thank you for your help. Mike Howe _____________________________ Dr Mike Howe Chief Curator British Geological Survey Email:[log in to unmask] Tel: 0115 9363105 Fax: 0115 9363200 www.bgs.ac.uk ______________________________ -- This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system.