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Fungi database structure - survey
by Shubhada Nagarkar 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

Dear all, I have sent messages regarding the survey i have conducted. I would appreciate if you go through it and help me in getting the information. Please refer the following sites and let me know if you have any problems. http://bioinfo.ernet.in/library/fungi/survey.htm OR http://shubha.0catch.com On these pages you will get a word file of my questionnaire. Please fill it and send it to me as an attachment at shubha(a)bioinfo.ernet.in / shubhangarkar(a)netscape.net / shubha_nagarkar(a)hotmail.com Sincerely shubha nagarkar http://bioinfo.ernet.in/library/personal/main.html

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by tree＠AG.ARIZONA.EDU 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

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Apology for server down
by Shubhada Nagarkar 22 Mar '04

22 Mar '04

Dear All, Two days back i have sent a reqeust to fill the online questionnaire at http://202.41.70.82/ques/quesup.html Due to some technological problems I reqeust all of you to check the site after 3-4 days. I am very sorry for the inconvenience. If anyone is interested please do write to me so that i would be able to send word file. Thanking you sincerely shubha nagarkar

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Indian Fungi Database structure
by Shubhada Nagarkar 19 Mar '04

19 Mar '04

Dear Sir/madam, I am a librarian in the Bioinformatics Center, University of Pune, India. I am pursuing my Ph.d. in Library and Information Science. I am pursuing this research under the guidance of Prof. Harsha Parekh, (Chair) SNDT University, Mumbai and Prof. Geoffrey Bowker (co-Chair) UCSD, USA. My research area is Biodiversity informatics and in particular the construction of the database structure for Indian fungal species. The structure of the database is based on the Information needs of various types of users such as Mycologists, agriculturists, medical mycologists, industrialists, etc. During the study I will synthesize the contents of the various primary (books, journal articles) and secondary (abstracting services) sources of information as well as existing worldwide databases available on the Internet. Apart from this I have designed a questionnaire to be circulated to the various researchers from these areas. The questionnaire is available online at http://202.41.70.82/ques/quesup.htm It has been observed that several worldwide efforts concerning "Biodiversity Informatics" are underway with the aim of digitizing biodiversity data and making the results of biotic surveys easily accessible on the Internet. But little importance has been given to documenting fungi species. It has also been observed that these databases are inadequate to use for average users and scientists. First, they are not comprehensive in coverage and are unable to answer all possible questions of the users. Second, they are too complex to understand and designed without consulting users. I am writing to ask you to kindly help me understand your information needs by providing the maximum possible information, your candid comments and suggestions by filling the online questionnaire. If you have any difficulties in filling the questionnaire please contact me at shubha(a)bioinfo.ernet.in Filling up the questionnaire will not take more than 15-20 mins. I would also appreciate if you forward the same to the students, other researchers at your department/ organization Thanking you in advance Sincerely Shubha Nagarkar http://bioinfo.ernet.in/library/personal/main.html

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Georgina MacKenzie, TDWG Secretary
by Adrian Rissone 11 Mar '04

11 Mar '04

Dear TDWG-ers, You may not know that Georgina MacKenzie, long time Secretary of TDWG, leaves Biosis (now part of Thomson International) tomorrow (Friday 12 March 2004). She is a victim of "rationalisation". Georgina has served TDWG with dedication, efficiency and great good humour for many years. She will be sorely missed. If you would care to send your good wishes to Georgina, her e-mail address (until tomorrow morning UK time) is: gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Please pass on this message to colleagues who may not have heard the sad news. Regards, Adrian Rissone

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