[Sigmet-officers] Initial suggestions on the panel session
Jonathan Levitt
jonathan at levitt.net
Wed Jan 19 07:04:40 EST 2011
Dear all,
Regarding whether we will hold both a panel and Webmar, Judit wrote “We should decide whether we are planning a Webinar or a panel for the next meeting” and Cassidy replied “It was my understanding we would have a webinar this Spring and propose a panel for the AM (as well as a workshop as a pre-con).” Yes, Cassidy is correct. This year I am going for all three: I suggest that I am the main organiser or the panel session, that Cassidy is the main organiser of the workshop and that, as Chair, I will sort out setting-up the Webmar. As regards what to run in future years, I suggest that we consider holding a Webmar annually, but proposing panel sessions and workshop less frequently. Webmars seems particularly attractive, in view of its potential for raising money or the SIG and the wealth of topics that could be debated.
As regards the topic for the panel, Cassidy wrote “Another idea that was floated at the AM was the idea of debating citation metrics vs. usage metrics or other web-based metrics. However, I could imagine this as a panel at the AM (rather than a debate).” I agree that the topic is more suited to a panel. I suggest that we submit a panel proposal on ‘The use of citation information’. The advantages of this topic are: (a) it fits in well with one of the tracks (‘Information Use’) and there are many illustrious people who could be panel members on this topic, so is more likely to be accepted and (b) it is likely to attract interest, as it does not require specialised knowledge.
As always, I would be very pleased to receive your feedback.
Best regards,
Jonathan.
--- On Tue, 18/1/11, Cassidy Sugimoto <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com> wrote:
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Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Debate
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Date: Tuesday, 18 January, 2011, 18:42
This is a good point--we want the debate to be lively and spirited, but not acerbic. Can we think of another good pairing for a clean joust?
It was my understanding we would have a webinar this Spring and propose a panel for the AM (as well as a workshop as a pre-con).
Cassidy
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Judit Bar-Ilan <barilaj at mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:
Dear All,
Having Loet Leydesdorff and Tony Van Raan in a debate is not the best idea. There was a rather bitter exchange between them at the Leiden S&T Conference this September. It was rather unpleasant for the the conference participants.
Also we should decide whether we are planning a Webinar or a panel for the next meeting. The Crown indicator and the new indicator developed in Leiden is used for university rankings. This is a highly controversial issue with quite a number of rankings being around. We could include this topic in the webinar, if you think that discussing indicators is too narrow.
Best regards,
Judit
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1. Re: Planning the Web-site (Jonathan Levitt)
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:07:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Jonathan Levitt <jonathan at levitt.net>
Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Planning the Web-site
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Hi Angela,
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Could you please send this list your draft of the contents of the Web-site within the next few days, so that we can keep to our target of uploading the Web-site by the end of this month?
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Many thanks,
Jonathan.
--- On Fri, 7/1/11, Cassidy Sugimoto <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Cassidy Sugimoto <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Planning the Web-site
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Date: Friday, 7 January, 2011, 22:58
This all looks great!? We will also host a copy of the webinar on this website?? Will we post the call for the workshop here as well?
Cassidy
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Jonathan Levitt <jonathan at levitt.net> wrote:
Hi all,
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Thanks Stasa for added Angela to the listserv and for helping her catch up.
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Thanks Angela for your message and attachment.? Your comparison of other SIGs and suggestions for SIG/MET provide a very useful platform from which to plan the Web-site.? I am very happy to be involved with the planning.
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In other to involve others, I present my feedback on Angela?s message in the attached.? As always, anyone on this listserve is very welcome to comment or suggest changes.? I have used track changes, as this format is more accessible to me.
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Best regards,
Jonathan.
--- On Tue, 21/12/10, Angela Zoss <amzoss at indiana.edu> wrote:
From: Angela Zoss <amzoss at indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Planning the Web-site
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Date: Tuesday, 21 December, 2010, 5:02
Hi everyone,
Sorry I've missed some of these messages!? Stasa realized I hadn't been added to the listserv and has helped me catch up on what's been going on.
I would love any/all help planning the website and was just preparing something to send out to stimulate discussion.? I've attached a quick review of what the other SIG websites currently contain, crudely coded.? (Feel free to ask for clarification if any of the categories are unclear.)? I added a column for SIG/MET and proposed a few categories that we may want to include, but upper level organization is very flexible, and there may be many more elements we'd want to incorporate.? I just thought this might help to get the discussion going.? Perhaps once we identify the basic components of the website we can collaborate on the content that will be used and the organization/interface design.
Thanks!
-Angela
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Stasa Milojevic <smilojev at indiana.edu> wrote:
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Hi all,
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I did not receive any suggested changes to my planned activities for the year, so I have decided to press on with the activities for December and January.?
Dec: Complete activities relating to starting the SIG.
Dec: Plan the SIG Web-site.
Jan: Prepare and upload the SIG Web site.
Jan: Set-up and advertise the student paper contest.
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Thanks to the substantial help from Dietmar and Cassidy, most of the activities relating to starting the SIG have been completed.??? So our largest task at present is planning, preparing and uploading the SIG Web-site.? I suggest that all officers contribute to the planning and preparation of content of the Web-site, as this reduces the workload on Angela who has agreed to be both Webmaster and Communications Officer.? Could all officers please post their suggestions regarding the Web-site to this list?
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Please note that the officers? list requires moderator intervention for postings over 40K, and that Word 2007 documents are typically about half the size of Word 2003 documents.? So in order to avoid unnecessary work for our moderator, I suggest that you post attachments in Word 2007 format.? I would like to thank Sta?a for having agreed to moderate the officers? list and for having approved my posting of over 40K.
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Best regards,
Jonathan.
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Hi Chaoqun,
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Could you please draft your initial suggestions for the paper contest?? You may find it helpful to look at other paper contests (e.g., SIG III).
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Hi all,
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Cassidy has suggested starting work on the WebMar deabate earlier than I had proposed.
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I think we need to agree on the topic, possible speakers and moderator.? According to notes from the 2010 meeting ?A possibility for the debate topic was Crown indicators.? This debate would have two speakers and one moderator and would be streamed live for the ASIS&T audience.?? I suggest that we modify the topic to ?Crown and alternative indicators?.? This way it allows speakers to suggest and discuss alternatives.? As regards speakers, I think it a good idea to have someone who opposes the Crown (e.g., Leydesdorff) and someone who helped develop it (e.g. Van Raan, Moed).? ?What do you think?
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From: Cassidy Sugimoto <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] WebMar deabate
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I would personally love to see a Leydesdeoff and Van Raan debate (and I
think I would not be alone here). Do you think that identifying Crown
indicators is too specific (even with the mention of "alternative
indicators")? Another idea that was floated at the AM was the idea of
debating citation metrics vs. usage metrics or other web-based metrics.
However, I could imagine this as a panel at the AM (rather than a debate)
with White (or another Drexel-ite), Leydesdorff, Thelwall (or our very own
Jonathan!), and Bollen.
The current pricing structure that has been discussed by the board for
webinars is free for members at $49 for non-ASIS&T members. However, some
webinars have been putting a small member charge ($10-$20) if the speakers
require any funding.
Cassidy
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Jonathan Levitt <jonathan at levitt.net>wrote:
> *Hi all,*
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> * *
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> *Cassidy has suggested starting work on the WebMar deabate earlier than I
> had proposed. *
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> *I think we need to agree on the topic, possible speakers and moderator. According
> to notes from the 2010 meeting ?A possibility for the debate topic was Crown
> indicators. This debate would have two speakers and one moderator and
> would be streamed live for the ASIS&T audience.? I suggest that we modify
> the topic to ?Crown and alternative indicators?. This way it allows
> speakers to suggest and discuss alternatives. As regards speakers, I
> think it a good idea to have someone who opposes the Crown (e.g.,
> Leydesdorff) and someone who helped develop it (e.g. Van Raan, Moed). What
> do you think?*
>
> * *
>
> *Best regards,*
>
> *Jonathan.*
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