Results of CORDIS Correspondents Day, June 1993
14 June 1993 - 14 June 1993
Luxembourg
The Community Research and Development information Service (CORDIS) held the second in a series of CORDIS Correspondents Days in Luxembourg on 14-15 June 1993.
Correspondents from Member States and EFTA countries attended this two-day event to exchange ideas and experiences concerning past and future use of CORDIS in their own countries. The outcome of the successful conference was a valuable list of ideas for the future development of the CORDIS service and some immediate plans of action for the CORDIS team and the Correspondents.
CORDIS Correspondents provide a direct link between the CEC's central CORDIS team and the CORDIS user community. Organizations in European Community and EFTA countries were selected soon after the CORDIS service started to assist the central CORDIS team, by promoting and supporting CORDIS at a national level. These organizations were chosen for their knowledge and experience of local involvement in RTD activities. This is combined with direct support from the central CORDIS team to ensure that CORDIS information reaches interested parties in their area who can benefit from its detailed coverage of Community RTD activities. Correspondents also play a vital role in feeding back to the CORDIS team any problems associated with using the service in the user community, together with ideas from end users for possible improvements.
Correspondents at the event reported that CORDIS is a very valuable service which they encourage people to use for themselves. In particular, RTD-News, RTD-Partners, RTD-Projects and RTD-Results are very well used. The Beta version of the CD-ROM and the new version shown during the Correspondents days were also enthusiastically received, particularly by countries where online services are less well known.
Correspondents agreed that data quality and completeness of CORDIS had improved significantly, and it was accepted that these should continue to be given priority. By working together, Correspondents suggested that they could make the RTD-Partners database more comprehensive and therefore more valuable to users. An initiative was proposed to see whether this could be achieved by first concentrating on local data collection for one or two specific programmes.
On the technical side, Correspondents felt that users would be most usefully helped by the implementation of user-aided searching, for example the provision of a thesaurus.
Typical activities of the Correspondents include the arrangement of meetings and seminars, consultancy, assistance with partner searches, and preparation of proposals. They also produce magazines and newsletters, write articles and information material and attend promotional events. They are not information brokers, but can provide valuable local guidance on how to make the most of CORDIS. This aid is of course complementary to the central CORDIS Help Desk service operating from Luxembourg.
Correspondents wish to hear from CORDIS users. To find out how they can help you, please contact your closest local area Correspondent
For further information:
European Commission Host Organization
CORDIS Customer Service
B.P. 2373
L-1023 Luxembourg
Tel. +352-4410122240; Fax +352-4410122248
Correspondents from Member States and EFTA countries attended this two-day event to exchange ideas and experiences concerning past and future use of CORDIS in their own countries. The outcome of the successful conference was a valuable list of ideas for the future development of the CORDIS service and some immediate plans of action for the CORDIS team and the Correspondents.
CORDIS Correspondents provide a direct link between the CEC's central CORDIS team and the CORDIS user community. Organizations in European Community and EFTA countries were selected soon after the CORDIS service started to assist the central CORDIS team, by promoting and supporting CORDIS at a national level. These organizations were chosen for their knowledge and experience of local involvement in RTD activities. This is combined with direct support from the central CORDIS team to ensure that CORDIS information reaches interested parties in their area who can benefit from its detailed coverage of Community RTD activities. Correspondents also play a vital role in feeding back to the CORDIS team any problems associated with using the service in the user community, together with ideas from end users for possible improvements.
Correspondents at the event reported that CORDIS is a very valuable service which they encourage people to use for themselves. In particular, RTD-News, RTD-Partners, RTD-Projects and RTD-Results are very well used. The Beta version of the CD-ROM and the new version shown during the Correspondents days were also enthusiastically received, particularly by countries where online services are less well known.
Correspondents agreed that data quality and completeness of CORDIS had improved significantly, and it was accepted that these should continue to be given priority. By working together, Correspondents suggested that they could make the RTD-Partners database more comprehensive and therefore more valuable to users. An initiative was proposed to see whether this could be achieved by first concentrating on local data collection for one or two specific programmes.
On the technical side, Correspondents felt that users would be most usefully helped by the implementation of user-aided searching, for example the provision of a thesaurus.
Typical activities of the Correspondents include the arrangement of meetings and seminars, consultancy, assistance with partner searches, and preparation of proposals. They also produce magazines and newsletters, write articles and information material and attend promotional events. They are not information brokers, but can provide valuable local guidance on how to make the most of CORDIS. This aid is of course complementary to the central CORDIS Help Desk service operating from Luxembourg.
Correspondents wish to hear from CORDIS users. To find out how they can help you, please contact your closest local area Correspondent
For further information:
European Commission Host Organization
CORDIS Customer Service
B.P. 2373
L-1023 Luxembourg
Tel. +352-4410122240; Fax +352-4410122248