IMS Bulletin #44 (18 October 2006

Index

1. Welcome to new member of IMS Support team: Karen Hovhannisyan
2. Next Archie deployment (1.12): Thursday, 19 October 2006
3. RevMan 4.3 update: release of non-beta version
4. RevMan 4.2.9
5. Replacement of Titles website
6. IMS events at the XIV Cochrane Colloquium in Dublin, Ireland: 22 to 27 October 2006

1. Welcome to new member of IMS Support team: Karen Hovhannisyan

We are delighted to welcome Mr Karen Hovhannisyan to the team. Karen will be supporting CRGs in continental Europe and the CRGs in the UK formerly supported by Susanne Ebrahim. For a complete list of the CRGs Karen will be supporting, please see http://www.cc-ims.net/Projects/newIMS/Training/IMS_Support . Karen is also the Trials Search Co-ordinator for the Cochrane Anaesthesia Review Group. He can be contacted at karen@support.cc-ims.net from 1 November 2006.

2. Next Archie deployment (1.12): Thursday, 19 October 2006

A new version of Archie will be deployed on Thursday, 19 October 2006, which will fix some bugs and now allow you to search in Notes for reviews. For full details of the updates and bug fixes, go to Help > What's New in Archie.

3. RevMan 4.3 update: release of non-beta version

A final, non-beta version of RevMan 4.3 was released on 16 October 2006. Please note that it is not a mandatory release, but we still recommend that you upgrade to the latest version because of the improvements that have been made. These include:

• Licence to publish form has been updated
• Support for the new citation style for Cochrane Reviews
• Help file and User Guide updated
• Check-in report can be printed and copied

RevMan 4.3 available from www.cc-ims.net/RevMan/RevMan4.3.

4. RevMan 4.2.9

RevMan 4.2.9 was released on 16 October 2006. Although this is not a mandatory release, you might want to encourage your authors to upgrade because of the new features, which include:

• Licence to publish form has been updated
• Support for the new citation style for Cochrane Reviews

5. Replacement of Titles website

When CRGs moved to Archie, they were asked to continue to register new titles on the Review Titles Manager website (www.cochrane.no/titles) as well as enter them into Archie. From 1 November 2006, however, you will be pleased to know that you will no longer need to register new titles in two places, but only do so in Archie.

In November 2006, a temporary Review Titles website (www.cochrane.org/titles) will be available to allow people (for example, potential authors) to browse titles. This new website will pull information on titles directly from Archie. During November, the Web Team at the German Cochrane Centre will be working on redesigning this temporary website to bring it in line with the look and feel of the rest of Cochrane.org. The launch of the new Review Titles website is scheduled for 1 December 2006, at which time there will be a Collaboration-wide announcement about its launch.

What do CRGs need to do before December 2006?
You will need to ensure that all your registered titles have been entered in Archie (File > New > Review... > Create a Registered title). In consultation with the Editorial Management Advisory Group, it has been decided that the IMS Developers will not try to automatically import titles registered through the Review Titles Manager website into Archie. However, to help CRGs ensure that all their titles are in Archie, the Review Titles Manager website www.cochrane.no/titles will be available during November to allow you to check your currently registered titles. On 1 December 2006, all visitors to the existing website www.cochrane.no/titles will be redirected to www.cochrane.org/titles.

People who have subscribed to the email messages from the Review Titles Manager on www.cochrane.no/titles will automatically be subscribed to a new mailing list, newtitles@lists.cochrane.org

6. IMS events at the XIV Cochrane Colloquium, Dublin, Ireland: 23 to 27 October 2006

(a) IMS training session at the RGC annual meeting on Monday, 23 October 2006 from 1300 to 1500.

(b) Information Management System (IMS) for Trials Search Co-ordintors (TSCs) in Cochrane Review Groups: Workshop on Wednesday, 25 October, from 1330 to 1500.

(c) Information Management System clinic: Thursday, 26 October - 1330 to 1500. The IMS clinic will enable participants of the Colloquium to have an allocated time slot with an experienced IMS facilitator. Participants will be able to have one-to-one support about any aspect of the Collaboration's Information Management System.The clinic allows you to put your questions to one of the IMS team and receive one-to-one feedback and help.

On-line registration for workshops and meetings has now closed but there will be lists up at the Colloquium for which you can sign up to when you arrive.