[SMT-PAIG] areas of interest

[Daphne Leong]

Great idea, Ed. This is simpler than what I proposed.

The CSW spreadsheet was created through a Google form that participants filled in. (This is how we collected information for the PAIG Pedagogy Resource.)

So whoever is overseeing would need to create the form and check the spreadsheet format.

To edit the spreadsheet, though, one needs edit permissions. On the CSW spreadsheet one e-mails the "owner" to get edit permission. Then I believe one has edit capabilities on the entire spreadsheet (I don't think there's a way to limit it to your row in the sheet.) I also think that to edit you have to have G-drive.
I've e-mailed the CSW folks to see if they know more and will let you know what I hear.

So either everyone has access to edit the entire spreadsheet, or some moderating is still needed. It's helpful, of course, if everyone is responsible for their own listing.

A few things that CSW does not have that I'd like to see on ours:
- a field to list recent publications, current projects
- their sheet does not show e-mails. (privacy purposes, probably). But if people don't object, it would be helpful to have contact info on our list.

If we decide on this route, would someone be willing to create the Google form /spreadsheet, and maintain it later on?

Daphne



From: PAIG <paig-bounces at lists.societymusictheory.org<mailto:paig-bounces at lists.societymusictheory.org>> on behalf of Edward Klorman <edward.klorman at mcgill.ca<mailto:edward.klorman at mcgill.ca>>
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 10:28 AM
To: PAIG <paig at lists.societymusictheory.org<mailto:paig at lists.societymusictheory.org>>
Subject: Re: [SMT-PAIG] areas of interest

Dear all,

Thanks for your ideas about how to develop this directory with our research profiles!

Question: I've looked a bit at other groups, and one model I've encountered is from the Committee on the Status of Women: https://womeninmusictheory.wordpress.com/directory-of-wimt/

What do you think of a Google Drive spreadsheet as a platform, similar to theirs? One advantage: it lets users enter, edit, or delete their own information, so it wouldn't require a volunteer curator to collect, edit, and post information. We could include fields for URLs, as Alan and Jonathan have suggested. One drawback: I don't think it can easily accommodate profile pictures, but those who wish could use the URL fields to point to places that have profile pictures (such as personal websites or Academia.edu<http://Academia.edu>).

Another small drawback is that the spreadsheet isn't alphabetized, but we could have a volunteer re-alphabetize every once in a while.

Does this seem like a decent platform for this purpose? Or would you prefer to see it organized some other way?

Best,

Ed

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Edward Klorman
Assistant Professor
Schulich School of Music
McGill University

On Nov 9, 2016, at 12:05 PM, Jonathan De Souza <jdesou22 at uwo.ca<mailto:jdesou22 at uwo.ca>> wrote:

Dear all,

I'd second Alan's suggestion to optionally include a URL. Those who don't use Dropbox might link to another relevant webpage (a detailed faculty bio/profile page, a personal site with PDFs or recordings, a profile on Academia.edu<http://academia.edu/>, etc.).

Thanks,
Jonathan

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Jonathan De Souza, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Music Theory
Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University
jdesou22 at uwo.ca<mailto:jdesou22 at uwo.ca>




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