[Eg-oversight-board] Proposal to research participation architectures in Evergreen

[Grace Dunbar]

+1

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Chris Sharp <csharp at georgialibraries.org>
wrote:

> +1
>
> Thanks, Ben.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ben Shum" <bshum at biblio.org>
> > To: "Oversight Board" <eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:24:09 PM
> > Subject: [Eg-oversight-board] Proposal to research participation
> architectures in Evergreen
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Last year, Michelle Purcell was a student who did a study on design
> > practices in Evergreen (see:
> >
> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/eg-oversight-board/2014-October/000900.html
> ).
> > They have come back again to ask for further research to be conducted.
> >
> > The following two paragraphs are excerpts from an email sent to Ben
> > Hyman and forwarded on to me in my role as Evergreen Oversight Board
> > Chair:
> >
> > > I wanted to give you a quick status of where I am in my research and
> ask
> > > for your help with a matter closely related to it.  First, I've
> conducted
> > > seven interviews with Evergreen community members and analyzed many,
> many
> > > launchpad wishlist bugs.  In May I had to put my interviewing on hold
> as I
> > > prepared some interim results and worked on finishing my proposal
> which I
> > > am scheduled to defend in August.  Once defended I will resume data
> > > collection with your community.  I must say everyone has been most
> helpful
> > > and its been a pleasure talking with them.
> > >
> > > On another note, my advisor and I are submitting a grant proposal to
> the
> > > National Science Foundation (NSF) based on my research.  While I
> > > ultimately plan to finish my PhD regardless of gaining funding from the
> > > NSF it would be wonderful to do so as it will help me with funding to
> > > complete my studies and raise the visibility of my research.  Earlier
> this
> > > year you provided me with a letter of support to give to my
> institutional
> > > review board.  Again, thank you.  I need to ask again for such a
> letter as
> > > my advisor will be the principle investigator for the grant (I cannot
> be
> > > since I do not have my PhD) and the grant application requires the
> letter
> > > be in her name.  Would you be willing to provide such a letter?  If so,
> > > below is a sample form of words you can use.  Please feel free to edit.
> > > In it it refers to the research proposal which I've attached.   Please
> > > note that the grant application is due by 8/3/15.  If you could provide
> > > the letter by 7/30/15 that would be most helpful.
> >
> > This next section is an adapted version of the requested letter of
> > support for the research.  The major change I made was a line where it
> > read "You may visit our HQ, if arranged in advance, to meet with core
> > members of the project." where I altered it to allow for the
> > possibility of multiple site visitations to various community member
> > groups, since there is no one headquarter site for the community.
> >
> > === BEGIN ===
> >
> > Dear Dr. Gasson,
> >
> > I have reviewed your research proposal, “Participation Architectures
> > For Crowdsourced Innovation Communities.” Your research ideas sound
> > very interesting and could be helpful to our community and others, and
> > we would like to pursue this work. To this end, we would like to be a
> > subject site in your research with the understanding that either party
> > can terminate the relations without cause at any time during the
> > study.
> >
> > I understand that you will conduct virtual interviews with community
> > members and ethnographic observations of the community’s collaboration
> > processes and information technology use. You may choose to visit with
> > various community HQ sites, if arranged in advance, to meet with core
> > members of the project. Other data analyzed will consist of publicly
> > available data collected from the Internet, e.g., mailing lists, web
> > pages, issue tracker data, and Internet relay chat logs.
> >
> > We look forward to seeing your findings and recommendations, as these
> emerge!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Benjamin Shum
> > Chair, Evergreen Oversight Board
> >
> > === END ===
> >
> > So, it's my fault that I wasn't able to act on this much quicker, and
> > unfortunately this means we have a very short notice on this request
> > and deadline of tomorrow, 7/30/15.  As such, I'd like to request that
> > if anyone has any followup questions/discussion prior to voting, to
> > please make them known as soon as possible.  Otherwise, I would
> > appreciate getting a quick +1/0/-1 from all the board members so that
> > we may be able to take immediate action on this.
> >
> > Thanks you for your consideration.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > --
> > Benjamin Shum
> > Evergreen Systems Manager
> > Bibliomation, Inc.
> > 24 Wooster Ave.
> > Waterbury, CT 06708
> > 203-577-4070, ext. 113
> >
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