[Sigsti-l] [Sig-l] Call for SIG nominations for ASIST-AM panel reviewers ASAP!!!

[Robert R. Downs]

Dear SIG-STI Members,

If you are interested in serving as a reviewer of SIG-sponsored panels 
being proposed for the ASIST Annual Meeting, please send the following 
information to me as soon as possible and I will send the list of 
volunteers to Kathryn La Barre.

Name, email address, institutional affiliation, SIG affiliation

Thanks,

Bob Downs

Robert R. Downs, PhD
Senior Digital Archivist and Senior Staff Associate Officer of Research
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN),
The Earth Institute, Columbia University
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
Voice: 845-365-8985; fax: 845-365-8922
E-mail: rdowns at ciesin.columbia.edu
Columbia University CIESIN Web site: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu

On 3/28/2014 8:46 AM, Kathryn La Barre wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've been contacted by the conference chair, Jens-Erik Mai, with the 
> notice that the panel track reviewing of SIG-sponsored panels will 
> change this year. Ideally - J-E would "like to assign at least one 
> reviewer who is affiliated with a particular SIG(s) to be one of the 
> three reviewers of the SIG panel proposals."
>
> From J-E:
> "What we need is a list of "SIG people" that could be invited to 
> review for the conference.  The challenge is to get a list of SIG 
> people who are active in their SIGs and whom the SIG leadership would 
> like to see that we involve in the review process. Those nominated 
> will be invited to review - and must accept the invitation before they 
> are sent any material to review."
>
> More information about reviewing and expected submissions:
>
> IN 2012 there were 58 proposals for panels, 30 were accepted.
> Last year there were 45 proposals for panels, 28 were accepted.
> Only 24 panels will be accepted this year, but submissions are 
> expected to be strong.
>
> He's asked me to submit one file of the SIG nominations. Thanks to 
> HFIS which has already submitted the names of their nominees~!
>
> When you send me your list, I need the following information
> Name, email address, institutional affiliation, SIG affiliation.
>
> Thanks for participating in this initiative which is designed to 
> increase SIG involvement in the annual meeting. We don't have much 
> time to gather names I'm hoping you can submit them by next Friday.
>
> Thanks,
> Kathryn
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Kathryn La Barre 
> <klabarre at illinois.edu <mailto:klabarre at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Greetings,
>     The SIG Cabinet has been working hard to maintain SIG involvement
>     in the upcoming ASIST annual meeting. You've just seen the panel
>     submission reminder. SIGs are now invited to nominate expert panel
>     reviewers. We especially encourage nominations of practitioners,
>     as this group is typically underrepresented in the reviewing pool.
>
>     Process:
>     SIG officers should submit nominees directly to the Panel
>     co-chairs Howard Rosenbaum and Pnina Fichman and to Kathryn La
>     Barre, SIG Cabinet Chair (so I can report on SIG involvement in
>     this initiative!)
>
>     Reviewing deadlines:
>     April 23rd - Notify co-chairs of intended SIG-sponsored submissions
>     April 30th - Panel submission deadline
>     May 5th - Reviewers receive assignments
>     May 26th - Review completion deadline.
>
>     I'm told by the conference chair, Jens-Erik Mai, that all
>     reviewers will be asked to indicate their expertise according to a
>     controlled vocabulary. Authors will tag submission with the same
>     vocabulary. Assignments will match reviewer expertise and
>     submission topics.
>
>     As soon as possible, please submit the name and email address of
>     your nominees to:
>     Kathryn La Barre klabarre at illinois.edu <mailto:klabarre at illinois.edu>
>     Howard Rosenbaum hrosenba at indiana.edu <mailto:hrosenba at indiana.edu>
>     Pnina Fichman fichman at indiana.edu <mailto:fichman at indiana.edu>
>
>
>
>
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