Summer timeline

Below is a rather aggressive timeline. Built into later weeks is time to catch-up on outstanding writing tasks. The most pressing need is to build out instruments for data collection (survey and questionnaire for use cases).

July 6

• RQ and abstract written (https://docs.google.com/a/uw.edu/document/d/1TotwgKBG031oAn3WTs1CJ39kWKzMxfn8MWgQvzMvez0/edit?usp=sharing)
• Background lit started (https://github.com/nniiicc/Mozilla-WebLit-2017/wiki/Open-Data---Services-&-Analytics-in-Public-Libraries)
• Sample population identified (http://us-city.census.okfn.org/)
• Divide up finding contact info for sample (https://docs.google.com/a/uw.edu/spreadsheets/d/1rJt9Eava2-GiQP-P4WNmSrDzQ0_D1KDTOVVUrKSS5PM/edit?usp=sharing)

July 11

• Survey draft complete (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v9poigCUcIz7_zmzXU_e9BQ14VY8XobW3aSA5l8qNX8/edit)

• Questionnaire for interviews (and sampling strategy identified) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S3TPO97R501WMeoXbW0vuE273rNDU7PjN3PnxyGp6-M/edit)

• IRB draft

• Some conversation still to be had about next steps with SPL

July 18

• Survey refined and piloted with SPL (David C) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v9poigCUcIz7_zmzXU_e9BQ14VY8XobW3aSA5l8qNX8/edit)
• Literature review materials gathered (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1drhs8-SdfILHQFdw-b7hpHGbhQRVx2K9auJNNRjPZp4/edit)
• File IRB
• Draft Abstract, outline for Background (https://docs.google.com/document/d/15l7px_gc23lszfQ2un24-yKH2oMwqksb1expQQvAt78/edit)
• Sample id's finished (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rJt9Eava2-GiQP-P4WNmSrDzQ0_D1KDTOVVUrKSS5PM/edit#gid=0)

July 25

• Draft Background
• Outline Methods
• Survey sent to participants

Aug 1

• Catch up
• Scan for potential in-depth cases
• Check-in on progress of survey responses (most responses come within 48 hours)

Aug 8

• Cases selected
• Methods drafted

Aug 15

• Catch up on drafting
• Follow up email to participants about survey
• Any documentation or info to andover project, and agreement for how to move forward

End of quarter

If we both want to continue - some direction on how to do so...

• Interviews for Case Studies
• Case Study writing
• Analyses of survey results

Paper sections that will need to be written:

• Results from survey
• Case study overview
• Case study narratives
• Discussion section (bringing together results from survey and cases)
• Conclusions and Future work