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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Paul on September 08, 2005, 04:37:40 PM

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: Paul on September 08, 2005, 04:37:40 PM

Has anyone any infromation on Barbour?  Hve you used the resource and how does it compare to say TI one stop etc.Any info gatefully as always.

Paul

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: Peter Wilkinson on September 08, 2005, 10:01:44 PM

We recently moved to Barbour Index after using TI for years.  I have been impressed by Barbour- they have a service where, if you are searching for an older version or superceded document, they look through their archive and send you a copy if they have it.  For example, a while back I was doing some research and asked them to look out a copy of an old healthcare fire standard, HTM 16.  It was published back in 1966, but Barbour found it for me and sent a copy through.

New standards tend to take a month or so to appear on the system, -they've got PAS79 available for download so there's no need to buy it from BSI!

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: Brian Downes on September 09, 2005, 03:53:41 PM

We have gone the other way, Ditched Barbour and gone over to Technical Indexes

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: Paul on September 09, 2005, 04:18:01 PM

Any reason for this Brian?

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: Brian Downes on September 09, 2005, 04:25:43 PM

Probably money, but we don't have any problems with TI.

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: Adrianm on September 12, 2005, 05:20:48 PM

My organisation subscribes to Ti onestop which has served us well up to now, however they they do not have PAS 79 on the system.Strange really because a colleague of mine informed me thet he accessed that document several months ago. Has it been taken off !! Your comments would be appreciated.

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: Peter Wilkinson on September 13, 2005, 08:53:01 PM

My goodness- It has been taken off Barbour as well.  

Blimey- did Mr Todd find the loophole and manage to close it in order to secure his income?

Barbour Index is expensive enough without having to purchase other BSI publications separately.

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: Lee999 on September 14, 2005, 09:46:21 AM

Is the Barbour index something to do with hairdressing?

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: fred on September 15, 2005, 11:46:54 AM

No, but they will probably have some technical publications on it whereas TI may not.

Title: Barbour Index
Post by: colin todd on September 16, 2005, 01:12:59 AM

There never was a loophole. It was never meant to be on these systems in the first place.