Producers survey

One important aspect of the MAGiC project is an investigation into the corporate sources of engineering technical reports in the UK, with a view to laying the foundations of a National Reports Catalogue. The catalogue will act effectively as a "shop window" for engineering organisations and raise awareness, visibility and use of technical reports in the UK.

This questionnaire is aimed specifically at those with knowledge of, or who are responsible for the production and management of technical reports, published or unpublished, in the UK.

The production of reports literature is a complex issue. You may find that some questions are not relevant to you, or, for various reasons, there are others you are unable to answer. If this is so, please answer those questions you can and return the questionnaire to us anyway. A partially completed questionnaire is more useful than none at all. Alternatively, if you prefer to discuss this with us further, please contact John Harrington or Katy Sidwell on 01234 754451.

Section A - General information about the reports you produce

A1. Does your organisation currently produce reports? Yes No
If you answered 'Yes' go to A5. If you answered 'No' go to A2

A2. Has your organisation produced reports in the past? Yes No
If you answered 'Yes' go to A3. If you answered 'No' go to Section C.

A3. When did you stop producing reports?

A4. Why did you stop producing reports?

A5. Average number of reports produced per year? < 20 20-100 100-500 > 500

A6. Are your reports indexed, catalogued or listed? Yes No
If you answered 'Yes' go to A7. If you answered 'No' go to A9.

A7. What is the format of your index, catalogue or list? electronic printed both

A8. How may we obtain/access a copy?

A9. Do you have a library or other facility where you retain copies of your reports? Yes No
If you answered 'Yes' go to A11. If you answered 'No' go to A10.

A10. What happens to the reports?

A11. Do you make any of your reports available externally? Yes No
If you answered 'Yes' go to A12. If you answered 'No' go to Section B.

A12. Does your organisation supply reports on request? Yes No

Section B - additional information

B1. We would like to add details of your organisation to the National Reports Catalogue. May we contact you for further information? Yes No

B2. Please use this box for any additional comments you may wish to make.

Section C - Organisation contact details

C1. Organisation:

C2. Department:

C3. Title (Dr/Mr/Mrs etc):

C4. Name:

C5. Job title/position:

C6. Postal address:

C7. Post code:

C8. Telephone number:

C9. Email address:

C10. URL:

C11. Sector:	Academia Government Industry Other
	If other, please specify:


Section D - form submission

Thank you for taking part in our preliminary survey of reports producers. Please press the 'Submit' button to send the form to us.

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