The IMS
About the Cochrane Information Management System (IMS) and Archie
Log in: archie.cochrane.org
- 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

