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

Thu Jul 30 10:01:18 EDT 2015

+1

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Tim Spindler <tjspindler at gmail.com> wrote:

> +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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