2. Identify the missions of the bibliographic watch specifications

What to think about first You need to define what and for whom the specifications will be used:

• for you alone? You can move straight on to the next step! You'll draw up your specifications at the same time as your bibliographic alerts;

• for other colleagues? Hold a preliminary meeting, explaining that, in order to define the framework of your bibliographic research, you wish to discuss the necessary and compulsory points of this watch. Everyone will express their desiderata on the watch, on the deliverables of the watch, possibly on the keywords, the bases, the perimeters of the search, the countries, and so on. Make a note of all the keywords expressed by the requestors: as you draw up the specifications and establish the search in the databases, you may be able to remove some of them...

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