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

Thu Jul 30 09:57:30 EDT 2015

+1

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Andrea Buntz Neiman <aneiman at kent.lib.md.us
> wrote:

> +1
>
> Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
> Librarian II, Public Services
> Kent County Public Library
> 408 High Street
> Chestertown, MD 21620410-778-3636 x2115www.kentcountylibrary.org
>
> On 7/30/2015 8:19 AM, Grace Dunbar wrote:
>
> +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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