Curran Index User Survey

Thanks for being willing to complete this short survey. Whether or not you have used the Curran Index recently (or at all) we are looking for opinions on how the Curran can best be improved and developed. Your responses will help guide the development of the Curran over the next few years.

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Responses will be collected and processed for the sole purpose of assessing user preferences; if you provide your name and email this information will be used solely for the purpose of contacting you about potential contributions to the Curran Index. All data relating to individual responses will be deleted once responses have been processed and analysed.

Please complete the survey as soon as you can; it will close on 10th August.


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1. What best describes your primary disciplinary background
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  2. How often have you used the Curran in the last 12 months?  
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3. What other resources do you use alongside or instead of the Curran? (Select all that are appropriate.)
  4. What do you use the Curran for?  (Select all that are appropriate.)
5. What would you like to be able to use the Curran for?  (Select all that are appropriate)
6. What would you like the Curran to focus on in terms of types of publication?  
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7. What would you like the Curran to focus on in terms of geographical focus?  
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8. How would you rate the importance of these as development priorities for the Curran?  
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More attributions (from whatever source).
More attributions (from a strategically selected list of additional titles)
More comprehensive attribution coverage for specific authors
More comprehensive coverage of authorship for the existing list of periodicals.
More short biographical entries of the sort currently provided.
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9. The Curran team is considering a number of extensions of the current provision of the Index. Bearing in mind the limited resources available for development, how would you rank the importance of each of these as a development priority? (Check each priority once.)
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Development of the user interface to improve navigation (eg to enable reliable return to previous location)
Redesign of the results pages to replace the current undifferentiated list of items.
Development of the website to allow for more ancillary material, eg news updates, blog posts highlighting interesting additions, short articles arising out of the Curran data.
More substantial biographical entries of the type conventionally produced for national biographical dictionaries, to include details of regular contributions, known pseudonyms, other sources of attribution data.
More substantial periodical profiles, to include full details of ownership, editorial control, regular contributors and features.
Supplementing the existing Index with a searchable database of pseudonyms and initials used in nineteenth century periodicals/newspapers.
Extending the coverage of the Curran to include signed articles, both on an author by author basis, and also including full contents listings of periodicals where contributions were wholly or largely signed.
10. Do you have any other comments or suggestions?
Are you interested in contributing to the development of the Curran Index?
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