The IMS

• What's new - recent changes to Archie
• Known Bugs - any currently known bugs in Archie
• IMS training - Upcoming training activities

CRG resources

• IMS Support - Support for CRGs
• IMS bulletins for CRGs
• Standard Letters to Authors and Editors
• User guides:
  • RGC User Guide - User Guide for RGCs in Phase 1 of the new IMS
  • Phase 2 User Guide - Phase 2 User Guide: managing reviews in Phase 2 of the new IMS
  • Quarterly submission checklist - replaces the checklist in the Phase 2 User Guide  NEW 
  • Editor's user guide - Editor’s Guide to working with reviews in the IMS
  • Quick Start for Editors - single page reference sheet
  • Quick Start for Authors - single page reference sheet  NEW 
• Statement on Provision of CRG training and support

Non-CRG resources

• Non-CRGs Support - Support for Centres, Fields and Methods

Feedback

• Submit wishes for the IMS

General information and background papers

• What the new Information Management System (IMS) means to: Review authors, Trials Search Co-ordinators, Co-ordinating Editors, Editors
• Milestones - Important milestones for the development of the new IMS
• Introduction to the new IMS (PDF)
• Questions and answers about the new IMS
• Summary of comments from RGCs/TSCs meeting at XI Cochrane Colloquium (including replies from the IMS team) (PDF)
• Specifications for a tracking system (PDF), January 2002
• Evaluation of identified tracking software (PDF), January 2003

Technical documents

• Analysis document (PDF), August 2003

Other resources

• Survey report - Report on the Cochrane Software Needs Assessment Survey (PDF)
• Survey article - Shorter summary of the survey results, published in Cochrane News (PDF)
• Report on the Needs Assessment Survey of Individual Participants in the Cochrane Collaboration based in Developing Countries (PDF)
• IMS and Cochrane.org coordination meeting - November 2004 - Minutes from IMS and Cochrane Collaboration web site coordination meeting, 4-5 November 2004
• IMS and cochrane.org coordination meeting - June 2004 - Minutes from IMS and Cochrane Collaboration web site coordination meeting, 29 June 2004
• IMS and cochrane.org coordination meeting - April 2004 - Minutes from IMS and Cochrane Collaboration web site coordination meeting, 5 April 2004
• IMS and cochrane.org coordination meeting - March 2004 - Minutes from IMS and Cochrane Collaboration web site coordination meeting, 4 March 2004
• IMS and cochrane.org coordination meeting - December 2003 - Minutes from IMS and Cochrane Collaboration web site coordination meeting, 12 December 2003
• IMS and cochrane.org coordination meeting - October 2003 - Minutes from IMS and Cochrane Collaboration web site coordination meeting, 30 October 2003
• Website coordination notes - June 2003 - Notes from IMS and Cochrane Collaboration web site coordination meeting, 13 June 2003 (PDF)
• Acknowledgements