I got here a bit late after the focus group, and it was just a half an hour, so here are my notes:

• Humanities social sciences: about resources used
• Scientists about who they worked with
• Looking for efficient ways to deal with online materials
• If you’re going to do something someone else is doing, you have to do it better than anyone else
• You have one chance to make a first impression, so it better be good
• Align ourselves with trusted content
• Graduate students more comfortable with social spaces
• Choose not to use “tag” because students don’t necessarily know the word, so said “user supplied keyword”

Now…. off to get ready for my panel!

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It can be very difficult to be innovative at a large institution where there may be many people involved in decision-making and resource allocation decisions. And although there may be more resources to be had, the nature of the responsibility is similarly sized, which encourages conservative decisions.

I certainly feel that having a smaller POW has helped me get more useful and varied experience, and has opened the door to all kinds of creativity that I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to explore in other, more hierarchical organizations.

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