Dear all
Just a quick reminder that there are only two days left to get your feedback
to us about name authority issues in UK institutional repositories.
The original message is copied below for the context to this.
Thanks very much if you've already filled it in.
Amanda
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Amanda Hill [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 16 July 2010 10:27
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Identifying researchers: repository feedback needed
>
>Dear all,
>
>Unambiguous identification of individuals involved in research
>has been a hot topic in recent years and has a particular
>impact on repositories of research outputs. The Names Project
>is being funded by JISC to investigate issues around this area
>and to develop a pilot name authority system for UK
>researchers and their institutions.
>
>The Project team is currently developing a prototype which
>matches author/contributor names to research outputs and
>establishes unique identifiers for those researchers
>(http://names.mimas.ac.uk/). We have now generated several
>thousand identities using data extracted from the British
>Library's Zetoc database and are keen to generate an
>understanding of the issues and concerns facing the repository
>community in order to further develop this prototype.
>
>A short survey relating to this topic is now available at
>http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/mimas/names/. The survey is
>designed to gather information on current practice in UK
>institutional repositories in regard to the entry and control
>of the names of individuals and to assess the usefulness of a
>name authority system like the one being developed by the
>Names Project.
>
>The survey can be accessed from today until 5pm Friday 30th
>July. (A PDF version is attached so that you can see what
>you're letting yourself in for by going to the survey site.)
>
>Thanks in advance for your time!
>
>Amanda
>
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>Amanda Hill
>Names Project
>Tel: +1-613-394-0259
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