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On Fri, July 21, 2017 2:43 pm, Michael, Lynette wrote:
> In response to the conversation about SPIN, I would just say that I've
> been a fund searcher since 1986 (Wash U in St Louis) and remember the
> first SPIN iteration from the late 80's (I think). It was the brain child
> of the grants office at SUNY-Albany, and Ed Johnson Senior (InfoEd
> Global) purchased the database sometime later. The original version was
> online with a printout of funding opportunities from your search mailed
> (as in Post Office) to you about a week later. I also remember a floppy
> disk version and then the web version. (Wow, I have been around way
> longer than I realized!)
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> In comparison to my original fund searching tools (two thick books - the
> Annual Register of Grant Support and the Foundation Directory), SPIN was
> and is an amazing tool. There is no such thing as a perfect database
> (have you reviewed your electronic health records lately?), but I use
> SPIN on a daily basis to help me keep up with funding opportunities and
> to perform fund searches for our faculty. And as several others on the
> list noted, the people responsible for SPIN, especially Keith Willis,
> have provided invaluable assistance and are always open to suggestions
> for improvement of the product.
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>
> Thank you.
>
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>
> Lynette
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> Lynette Michael, Director
> Office of Research Development and Education (ORDE)
> University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
> Telephone: 303-315-5822
> E-Mail Address: mailto:xxxxxx@ucdenver.edu
> ORDE Website: http://ucdenver.edu/orde
> ORDE Blog: http://orde-cu.blogspot.com/
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 Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including
 subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available
 via our web site at http://www.healthresearch.org (click on the
 "RESADM-L" link under "Sponsored Programs").

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