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COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Washington, DC
March 10, 2000
Attending: Randy Bass, Brenda E. Bickett, David Block, Bill Bowen, Bill Bowen, David Green, Loree D. Jones, Aaron Katchen, Nathaniel Knight
As this was the first meeting of the BBISFC, we opened the meeting with brief introductions of ourselves and the electronic initiatives of our respective societies. David Green gave the Field Committee members a rundown on the activities of NINCH, and the status of the Building Blocks project. After many inquiries about the project's intentions and expectations, lively discussion of the Initial Questions and the Workshop formats ensued.
Since we represent 7 scholarly societies, it was decided that each committee member would identify 10-15 respondents (according to the occupational breakdown outlined, 2 senior scholars, 1 research librarian, etc., keeping in mind which individuals might be good candidates for September workshop participation as well) to the Initial Questions, to reach of total of ca. 100 respondents. Each FC member will read/analyze the complete responses of her/his "constituents" and we will divide up the questions so that each member reads ALL responses to one question, as well as his/her group's. Several committee members had already identified & confirmed the participation of their constituents.
Each FC member will contact the individuals they have identified, explain the project to them, get their agreeement to participate, and be responsible for the completion of the questionnaire, using interviews if necessary. (It is not necessary to supply a list of participants to the committee.) On NINCH letterhead, David Green will acknowledge and express appreciation for the respondents' participation. Completed questionnaires will be returned to David Green, who will collate responses from all Field Committees. After each member has analyzed her/his assigned area, we will meet in the late spring to discuss the results & formulate further plans for the workshop.
There was much discussion about the heavy emphasis on research activities in the Initial Questions. The BBISFC felt strongly that cognitive issues --- how does this activity affect teaching and learning --- should be given more emphasis. David Green agreed that more discussion about the role of teaching in the survey instrument is needed, and this is on the agenda for the Steering Committee's conference call on 15 March. In particular, there is concern about reformulating question #8 (should it be divided into 1) Teaching & 2) Publication & dissemination? Or into 3 groups with each topic considered individually?); are additional italicized points needed?
Generally, David Green emphasized that respondents should be reminded that the questions are very open-ended on purpose, and that all respondents would be answering the same questions.
Survey instruments should be distributed by 31 March, back by 30 April.
90 participants (includes 17 per field group, 5 staff etc.) The 17 participants per field group would be chosen according to the guidelines set up by the Steering Committee, to ensure the broadest representation of scholarly occupations.
Field committee members may be the "official" participants for their field, or may name others. With sufficient notice, FC members may attend at their own expense; it is not likely that partial subsidies will be available from the BB workshop budget.
Desireable qualities for workshop participants include those who are good facilitators, or good at running meetings, as there will not be sufficient funds to provide additional people for this function.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda E. Bickett, co-chair
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