1. What? Why? How? Liz French Research and Graduate Services

2. Introduction What is Kit-Catalogue? Why have Kit-Catalogue?
How can I use Kit-Catalogue?
How can Kit-Catalogue help me?
How can I contribute to the Kit-Catalogue project?
What next for Kit-Catalogue?

3. A List of Stuff We Have……
What is Kit-Catalogue?
A List of Stuff We Have……
Equipment Inventory
Equipment Catalogue

4. What is Kit-Catalogue?

5. Why have Kit-Catalogue?
We have many locations
With lots of staff
And lots of equipment

6. Why have Kit-Catalogue?
It can tell us…
…what’s missing…
…what we have…
…who we buy from
…what we have lots of

7. Why have Kit-Catalogue?
….and it’s all…..
..in one location..
..with contact details of experts…
…and specifications of the equipment

8. How can I use Kit-Catalogue?

9. How can Kit-Catalogue help me?
Provides information on equipment, contacts, other experts
Solve a problem, find a spare part, test upgrades, share SOPs
Bring new users to your equipment
Opportunity to share your expertise, give advice and guidance to others

10. How can I contribute to Kit-Catalogue?
Use it
Refer to it
Keep it up to date
Give feedback on it
If it doesn’t work for you – get in touch

11. What next for Kit-Catalogue
Upgrade to version 2 (better searching, better organisation)
Kit-Catalogue become publically visible
Highlight major facilities and new equipment better
Link with other websites e.g. M5, equiment.data.ac.uk
Link to other systems e.g. Agresso
Use Kit-Catalogue to highlight the skills and expertise of technicians (?)

12. One final thing before I go…
2nd June-5th June 2014
Paris

13. Thank you
Elizabeth French 13667