[Sigmet-officers] Sigmet-officers Digest, Vol 10, Issue 13

Sat Aug 20 09:22:26 EDT 2011

Dear Judit:

What a horrible omission I made! I forgot to calculate these students
into the workshop. Yes, I know at least one plans to attend, if not
all. We should also add a section for them.

Best,
Cassidy

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Judit Bar-Ilan <barilaj at mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:
> Dear Cassidy,
>
> How about the student paper contest submissions? Are these included in the
> 14? Do we know if these students are going to attend the conference and do
> they plan to stay for the workshop day?
>
>
> Regards,
> Judit
>
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:00 PM, sigmet-officers-request at asis.org
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>>   3. Re: workshop (Cassidy Sugimoto)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:18:47 -0400
>> From: Cassidy Sugimoto <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Sigmet-officers] workshop
>> To: "SIG/MET" <sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org>
>> Message-ID:
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>> Dear All:
>>
>> We received 14 submissions for the workshop: 12 presentations and two
>> posters. This is not as many as I had hoped for, but I think we have
>> some very interesting topics and very intelligent people in the
>> roster. I would, however, suggest that we move to a half-day workshop
>> rather than a full day workshop. My suggestion would be to do the
>> following:
>>
>> 1) Send all submissions out for review. If we have each person do 4
>> reviews, we only need to have 7 reviewers.
>> 2) Select the top 9 papers for the workshop.
>> 3) Suggest to the bottom 3 papers that they turn their paper into a
>> poster.
>> 4) Accept the other 2 posters.
>> 5) Move to a half-day schedule:
>> 8:30-9:30 gather for breakfast foods, observe posters, and registration
>> 9:30-10:30 first session (3 papers)
>> 10:30-11:30 second session (3 papers)
>> 11:30-11:45 snack break
>> 11:45-12:45 third session (3 papers)
>> 12:45-1:15 wrap-up discussion
>>
>> My goal is to shorten the presentation times to focus on discussion
>> over presentation. I would like to have 10 minutes for the
>> presentation for each, 5 minutes of discussion on just that paper and
>> then 15 minutes at the end for general topic discussion in each
>> session. This will require skilled moderators.
>>
>> I would appreciate your thoughts on this as I set up the reviewers.
>>
>> Best,
>> Cassidy
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cassidy R. Sugimoto, PhD
>> Assistant Professor
>> School of Library and Information Science
>> Indiana University Bloomington
>> http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sugimoto
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:01:52 -0500 (CDT)
>> From: Dietmar Wolfram <dwolfram at uwm.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] workshop
>> To: Cassidy Sugimoto <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com>
>> Cc: SIG/MET <sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org>
>> Message-ID:
>>
>>  <1317385454.44151.1313802112063.JavaMail.root at mail08.pantherlink.uwm.edu>
>>
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>>
>> Hi Cassidy,
>>
>> I think 14 is a reasonable number given the short lead time and that this
>> is the first time we are trying this format. If the price for the workshop
>> won't change, we could try to extend the time of the workshop to occupy
>> essentially the full day. It's a rare opportunity to bring together metrics
>> researchers at the conference, so we may wish to take advantage of it. If
>> so, would 25 minutes per paper be too long (or 15 minutes per paper with 30
>> minutes total for discussion per session)? It would allow more opportunity
>> for a detailed presentation and discussion, so the schedule would just
>> extend a bit with the addition of lunch and a couple of breaks:
>>
>> 8:30-9:00 gather for breakfast foods and registration
>> 9:00-10:15 first session (3 papers)
>> 10:15-10:30 break
>> 10:30-11:45 second session (3 papers)
>> 11:45-1:00 lunch on your own
>> 1:00-2:00 posters (assuming 5)
>> 2:00-3:15 third session (3 papers)
>> 3:15-3:30 break
>> 3:30-4:30 wrap-up discussion
>>
>> The wrap-up could also integrate discussion of attendees' interests and
>> suggestions for future SIG events. At the metrics event in Vancouver, we
>> ended the day with a dutch treat dinner (very informal, with interested
>> attendees meeting at a designated restaurant about an hour after the
>> workshop ended).
>>
>> However, if SIG officers would prefer a half-day session to allow time for
>> attendees to do other things in the afternoon (or get ready to leave town),
>> I'm fine with that. As a post-conference event, attendees may be thinking of
>> heading back home by Wednesday afternoon.
>>
>> Dietmar
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cassidy Sugimoto" <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com>
>> To: "SIG/MET" <sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 7:18:47 PM
>> Subject: [Sigmet-officers] workshop
>>
>> Dear All:
>>
>> We received 14 submissions for the workshop: 12 presentations and two
>> posters. This is not as many as I had hoped for, but I think we have
>> some very interesting topics and very intelligent people in the
>> roster. I would, however, suggest that we move to a half-day workshop
>> rather than a full day workshop. My suggestion would be to do the
>> following:
>>
>> 1) Send all submissions out for review. If we have each person do 4
>> reviews, we only need to have 7 reviewers.
>> 2) Select the top 9 papers for the workshop.
>> 3) Suggest to the bottom 3 papers that they turn their paper into a
>> poster.
>> 4) Accept the other 2 posters.
>> 5) Move to a half-day schedule:
>> 8:30-9:30 gather for breakfast foods, observe posters, and registration
>> 9:30-10:30 first session (3 papers)
>> 10:30-11:30 second session (3 papers)
>> 11:30-11:45 snack break
>> 11:45-12:45 third session (3 papers)
>> 12:45-1:15 wrap-up discussion
>>
>> My goal is to shorten the presentation times to focus on discussion
>> over presentation. I would like to have 10 minutes for the
>> presentation for each, 5 minutes of discussion on just that paper and
>> then 15 minutes at the end for general topic discussion in each
>> session. This will require skilled moderators.
>>
>> I would appreciate your thoughts on this as I set up the reviewers.
>>
>> Best,
>> Cassidy
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cassidy R. Sugimoto, PhD
>> Assistant Professor
>> School of Library and Information Science
>> Indiana University Bloomington
>> http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sugimoto
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sigmet-officers mailing list
>> Sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org
>> http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigmet-officers
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:20:02 -0400
>> From: Cassidy Sugimoto <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] workshop
>> To: Dietmar Wolfram <dwolfram at uwm.edu>
>> Cc: SIG/MET <sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org>
>> Message-ID:
>>
>>  <CAK73nFgVs+7F8yW-AgW72X4vi4sn1jGwAKYEwFYCycXgBfOJFw at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> Dear All:
>>
>> Thank you, Dietmar, for your thoughts on this. Just to clarify a few
>> items, the shortened time would reduce the price of the workshop.
>> However, I could also see doing a longer time. In this case, we might
>> consider accepting all the papers (if they are of sufficient quality).
>>
>> We could also think of other activities at the workshop: a hands-on
>> portion, a tutorial, a keynote speaker, a panel, a debate, etc. if we
>> wanted to extend it to the longer time frame. This would also allow
>> for informal activities (lunch, dinner, etc.).
>>
>> My only concern would be in getting a large attendance beyond the
>> presenters, since this is the last day of the conference and people
>> may be heading home.
>>
>> However, I am happy to organize it however you all see fit.
>>
>> Cassidy
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Dietmar Wolfram <dwolfram at uwm.edu> wrote:
>> > Hi Cassidy,
>> >
>> > I think 14 is a reasonable number given the short lead time and that
>> > this is the first time we are trying this format. If the price for the
>> > workshop won't change, we could try to extend the time of the workshop to
>> > occupy essentially the full day. It's a rare opportunity to bring together
>> > metrics researchers at the conference, so we may wish to take advantage of
>> > it. If so, would 25 minutes per paper be too long (or 15 minutes per paper
>> > with 30 minutes total for discussion per session)? It would allow more
>> > opportunity for a detailed presentation and discussion, so the schedule
>> > would just extend a bit with the addition of lunch and a couple of breaks:
>> >
>> > 8:30-9:00 gather for breakfast foods and registration
>> > 9:00-10:15 first session (3 papers)
>> > 10:15-10:30 break
>> > 10:30-11:45 second session (3 papers)
>> > 11:45-1:00 lunch on your own
>> > 1:00-2:00 posters (assuming 5)
>> > 2:00-3:15 third session (3 papers)
>> > 3:15-3:30 break
>> > 3:30-4:30 wrap-up discussion
>> >
>> > The wrap-up could also integrate discussion of attendees' interests and
>> > suggestions for future SIG events. At the metrics event in Vancouver, we
>> > ended the day with a dutch treat dinner (very informal, with interested
>> > attendees meeting at a designated restaurant about an hour after the
>> > workshop ended).
>> >
>> > However, if SIG officers would prefer a half-day session to allow time
>> > for attendees to do other things in the afternoon (or get ready to leave
>> > town), I'm fine with that. As a post-conference event, attendees may be
>> > thinking of heading back home by Wednesday afternoon.
>> >
>> > Dietmar
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Cassidy Sugimoto" <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com>
>> > To: "SIG/MET" <sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org>
>> > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 7:18:47 PM
>> > Subject: [Sigmet-officers] workshop
>> >
>> > Dear All:
>> >
>> > We received 14 submissions for the workshop: 12 presentations and two
>> > posters. This is not as many as I had hoped for, but I think we have
>> > some very interesting topics and very intelligent people in the
>> > roster. I would, however, suggest that we move to a half-day workshop
>> > rather than a full day workshop. My suggestion would be to do the
>> > following:
>> >
>> > 1) Send all submissions out for review. If we have each person do 4
>> > reviews, we only need to have 7 reviewers.
>> > 2) Select the top 9 papers for the workshop.
>> > 3) Suggest to the bottom 3 papers that they turn their paper into a
>> > poster.
>> > 4) Accept the other 2 posters.
>> > 5) Move to a half-day schedule:
>> > 8:30-9:30 gather for breakfast foods, observe posters, and registration
>> > 9:30-10:30 first session (3 papers)
>> > 10:30-11:30 second session (3 papers)
>> > 11:30-11:45 snack break
>> > 11:45-12:45 third session (3 papers)
>> > 12:45-1:15 wrap-up discussion
>> >
>> > My goal is to shorten the presentation times to focus on discussion
>> > over presentation. I would like to have 10 minutes for the
>> > presentation for each, 5 minutes of discussion on just that paper and
>> > then 15 minutes at the end for general topic discussion in each
>> > session. This will require skilled moderators.
>> >
>> > I would appreciate your thoughts on this as I set up the reviewers.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Cassidy
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Cassidy R. Sugimoto, PhD
>> > Assistant Professor
>> > School of Library and Information Science
>> > Indiana University Bloomington
>> > http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sugimoto
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Sigmet-officers mailing list
>> > Sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org
>> > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigmet-officers
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cassidy R. Sugimoto, PhD
>> Assistant Professor
>> School of Library and Information Science
>> Indiana University Bloomington
>> http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sugimoto
>>
>>
>>
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Cassidy R. Sugimoto, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University Bloomington
http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sugimoto