[Sigmet-officers] Webmar debate

[Dietmar Wolfram]

Dear all, 



I like the idea of holding the webinar on a Friday as well for the reasons cited. I'll be happy to serve as a moderator for the session if we find we need one. 



What is the procedure for mounting a webinar? I notice that go2meeting has been used for others. Is there a cost for the sponsoring SIG? As a first event , I think it would be great if we could offer it for free to SIG members and students to get more buy-in to the SIG . Of course, this would not be feasible if there is a  usage charge for the platform used that would need to be recouped. 



Dietmar 





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From: "Stasa Milojevic" <smilojev at indiana.edu> 
To: sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org 
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 8:24:54 AM 
Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Webmar debate 

Dear Jonathan, 

Thank you for moving this forward. I have a few suggestions and questions. 

I think that having a webinar during a working week might bring in bigger audience. One possibility would be a Friday, since there are fewer classes on Fridays (in the US), which would mean that more faculty and students might be able to attend. 

What format do we envision? Are these two lecture-type presentations? What would the role of a moderator be in that case? Who is our targeted audience (bibliometrics community or general IS community)? 

Best, 
Stasa 


On 7/22/11 8:05 AM, Jonathan Levitt wrote: 



Dear all, 

  

I am a bit hampered by not having Cassidy’s notes on the SIG/MET meeting, but cannot delay pressing on with SIG meters (I am going on my annual holiday in August).   I recall two suggestions from our discussions on the Webmar debate: 

(1)       The strengths and weaknesses of using citation data in the humanities. 

(2)       The strengths and weaknesses of using citation data. 

  

I prefer the second proposal for two reasons: (a) we were unable to find a person who we thought would defend using citation data in the humanities and (b) the second topic is more closely related to our accepted panel on the use of informetric information and could attract participants at our panel.   

  

My suggestions are: 

Topic: The strengths and weaknesses of using citation data. 

Time of day: Afternoon (EST) so at to be a comfortable time of day for members from California and Europe. 

Date of week: Saturday or Sunday. 

Month: September. 

Speakers: One from Holland (Loet or Henk) and one from Belgium (Ronald or Wolfgang). 

Moderator: A particularly experienced SIG/MET officer (Dietmar   or Judit). 

Cost: $14.99 for members of ASIST or ISSI; $49.99 for other people. 

  

Could you please let me know what you think? 

  

Thanks, 

Jonathan. 

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