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<pre cols="72">Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
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Kent County Public Library
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<div>On 7/30/2015 8:19 AM, Grace Dunbar
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Chris
Sharp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:csharp@georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">csharp@georgialibraries.org</a>></span>
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Thanks, Ben.<br>
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----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: "Ben Shum" <<a href="mailto:bshum@biblio.org" target="_blank">bshum@biblio.org</a>><br>
> To: "Oversight Board" <<a href="mailto:eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org" target="_blank">eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org</a>><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:24:09 PM<br>
> Subject: [Eg-oversight-board] Proposal to research
participation architectures in Evergreen<br>
><br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> Last year, Michelle Purcell was a student who did a
study on design<br>
> practices in Evergreen (see:<br>
> <a href="http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/eg-oversight-board/2014-October/000900.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/eg-oversight-board/2014-October/000900.html</a>).<br>
> They have come back again to ask for further
research to be conducted.<br>
><br>
> The following two paragraphs are excerpts from an
email sent to Ben<br>
> Hyman and forwarded on to me in my role as
Evergreen Oversight Board<br>
> Chair:<br>
><br>
> > I wanted to give you a quick status of where I
am in my research and ask<br>
> > for your help with a matter closely related to
it. First, I've conducted<br>
> > seven interviews with Evergreen community
members and analyzed many, many<br>
> > launchpad wishlist bugs. In May I had to put
my interviewing on hold as I<br>
> > prepared some interim results and worked on
finishing my proposal which I<br>
> > am scheduled to defend in August. Once
defended I will resume data<br>
> > collection with your community. I must say
everyone has been most helpful<br>
> > and its been a pleasure talking with them.<br>
> ><br>
> > On another note, my advisor and I are
submitting a grant proposal to the<br>
> > National Science Foundation (NSF) based on my
research. While I<br>
> > ultimately plan to finish my PhD regardless of
gaining funding from the<br>
> > NSF it would be wonderful to do so as it will
help me with funding to<br>
> > complete my studies and raise the visibility
of my research. Earlier this<br>
> > year you provided me with a letter of support
to give to my institutional<br>
> > review board. Again, thank you. I need to
ask again for such a letter as<br>
> > my advisor will be the principle investigator
for the grant (I cannot be<br>
> > since I do not have my PhD) and the grant
application requires the letter<br>
> > be in her name. Would you be willing to
provide such a letter? If so,<br>
> > below is a sample form of words you can use.
Please feel free to edit.<br>
> > In it it refers to the research proposal which
I've attached. Please<br>
> > note that the grant application is due by
8/3/15. If you could provide<br>
> > the letter by 7/30/15 that would be most
helpful.<br>
><br>
> This next section is an adapted version of the
requested letter of<br>
> support for the research. The major change I made
was a line where it<br>
> read "You may visit our HQ, if arranged in advance,
to meet with core<br>
> members of the project." where I altered it to
allow for the<br>
> possibility of multiple site visitations to various
community member<br>
> groups, since there is no one headquarter site for
the community.<br>
><br>
> === BEGIN ===<br>
><br>
> Dear Dr. Gasson,<br>
><br>
> I have reviewed your research proposal,
“Participation Architectures<br>
> For Crowdsourced Innovation Communities.” Your
research ideas sound<br>
> very interesting and could be helpful to our
community and others, and<br>
> we would like to pursue this work. To this end, we
would like to be a<br>
> subject site in your research with the
understanding that either party<br>
> can terminate the relations without cause at any
time during the<br>
> study.<br>
><br>
> I understand that you will conduct virtual
interviews with community<br>
> members and ethnographic observations of the
community’s collaboration<br>
> processes and information technology use. You may
choose to visit with<br>
> various community HQ sites, if arranged in advance,
to meet with core<br>
> members of the project. Other data analyzed will
consist of publicly<br>
> available data collected from the Internet, e.g.,
mailing lists, web<br>
> pages, issue tracker data, and Internet relay chat
logs.<br>
><br>
> We look forward to seeing your findings and
recommendations, as these emerge!<br>
><br>
> Sincerely,<br>
><br>
> Benjamin Shum<br>
> Chair, Evergreen Oversight Board<br>
><br>
> === END ===<br>
><br>
> So, it's my fault that I wasn't able to act on this
much quicker, and<br>
> unfortunately this means we have a very short
notice on this request<br>
> and deadline of tomorrow, 7/30/15. As such, I'd
like to request that<br>
> if anyone has any followup questions/discussion
prior to voting, to<br>
> please make them known as soon as possible.
Otherwise, I would<br>
> appreciate getting a quick +1/0/-1 from all the
board members so that<br>
> we may be able to take immediate action on this.<br>
><br>
> Thanks you for your consideration.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> -- Ben<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Benjamin Shum<br>
> Evergreen Systems Manager<br>
> Bibliomation, Inc.<br>
> 24 Wooster Ave.<br>
> Waterbury, CT 06708<br>
> <a href="tel:203-577-4070%2C%20ext.%20113" value="+12035774070" target="_blank">203-577-4070, ext. 113</a><br>
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