[sigCR] FW: all welcome/updates--SIG/CR Business meeting

[Greenberg, Jane]

Pardon if this is a re-send.  There are also a number of SIG/CR sponsored and co-sponsored panels!!  Enjoy....

From: Greenberg, Jane
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 9:58 AM
To: 'sigCR-l at asist.org'
Subject: all welcome/updates--SIG/CR Business meeting

Greetings everyone,

First, a kudos to Grant Campbell for running an outstanding workshop yesterday. The theme was  "Big Data, Linked Data: Classification Research at the Junction" SIG/CR Classification."   The agenda is @:  http://sigcr.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/sigcr-workshop-preliminary-schedule/; and presentation slides are being mounted.  Papers will be published in Advances in Classification Research online (ACRO), hosted at the University of Washington, so stay tuned.

For folks @ ASIST, please remember the SIG rush is this evening @ 7:00 PM in Salle de Bal Quest.  Please come by our table to connect with friends and colleagues, and welcome and reach out to new members.  We have 'new' magnets w/our platypus logo as the give away!!!

Tomorrow evening, @ 6:00-7:00 PM is the SIG/CR business meeting.  Room 1 at Le Centre Sheraton. Everyone is welcome (members and curious folks scoping) !!!

Draft Agenda SIG/CR business meeting:


1.       Introductions (around-the-room)

2.       Review of year's activities

a.       Accomplishments

b.      Outstanding business

c.       Recommendations for next year's cabinet

3.       Review of SIG/CR workshop, comments and applause !

4.       Brainstorming

a.       SIG/CR in general

b.      ASIST 2014, it's never too early

5.       Action items

6.       Around the room

Reminder, the SIG/CR website is @:  http://sigcr.wordpress.com/ for up-to-date-news.  Thank you to Melissa Adler and Emma Tonkin for their talent in keeping it up-to-date.    We will add notes from the business meeting to the website too.

Have a great ASIST conference!!

Best wishes, jane

Jane Greenberg
Professor, School of Information and Library Science
Director, Metadata Research Center <MRC>
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
janeg at email.unc.edu<mailto:janeg at email.unc.edu>; tel: +1-919-962-8066
<MRC>: http://ils.unc.edu/mrc/