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- Chris Braund
- 21/Mar/2009 09:46
PhUSE, Pharmaceutial Users Software Exchange, hold a conference every year, and members can submit papers to this conference so that they can evaluate each paper and then decide if it should be included in the conference.
The paper submission system is a very simple and straight forward process. Members can login to submit a paper, whilst non-members have to register.. To submit a paper, the user enters the paper name, along with the section it should be submitted to along with a brief summary and information about additional authors. The user can also upload a draft copy of their paper as many times as they like, ensuring that the best version is always held on the server.
Administrators to the system can set up conferences and assign different sections to a conference. The sections can be password protected ensuring that only certain members can submit a paper to that section. Moderators can be assigned to each section so that they can monitor the papers within their section.
The moderators can view the papers submitted, download a copy of that specific paper and then decide if the paper should be accepted or rejected. If the paper is accepted, then the user can upload a final copy of their paper along with a presentation. Once these final items have been accepted by the moderators, then the paper can be marked as complete. There is also reporting functionality for PhUSE to monitor the paper submissions and gain information about the authors.
With this bespoke system, PhUSE can improve the service that they offer their members by keeping all related systems in their site. By giving everything a familiar look and feel, this will give the users a better experience.