QUT ePrints suggestions
Posted on October 24, 2006
I recently sent this email to QUT’s ePrints service, and I thought I’d post it up here too, in case anyone else is interested.
Hi,
I have been updating my QUT eprints lately, and I would like to give a few suggestions as to how the system could be improved.
1) In lists of publications, make author names link to their list of publications. That is, if you see a list of publications and I am an author in one of them, my name should link to http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Dean,_David.html where the rest of my publications can be viewed.
2) A bibtex and Endnote-format file should be available for download on both individual papers and lists of papers
3) Author pages should have a header detailing contact information about the author, if available (similar to the user pages)
4) RSS or Atom syndication feeds should be available for authors so people can keep an eye on an author if needed. This would also be useful for other lists - topics, faculties, all papers, etc.
5) I’m not completely sure how (or if) you can attach other files to a paper, such as slides or datasets, etc.
Thankyou,
David Dean
UPDATE: Paula Callan, QUT eResearch Access Coordinator, contacted me and told me that all some of these things and more, presumably, will be available when the a system goes live in a month or so. I hope the old links still work (whoops, I read the email incorrectly - just the first two points should be in the new system, the rest are on the drawing board).
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