Dear Vera,
I am now back at CERN and have been able to check that 11 jan would be OK
for me too. I will try to find a room (if Steinar hasn't already done so).
Regards
Pippa.
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Luth, Vera G. wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Most of you have responded to my note of Dec. 31st, and have confirmed that you would be available for the proposed phone conference on Tuesday, January 11th, at 6:00am California time, which translates to
> 9:00 US Eastern Time
> 15:00 Central European Time
> 23:00 Japan Time
>
> The Conference Call is set up for 90 minutes starting at this time:
> Passcode: 286434
> Dial-in number: US 973-321-2000
>
> I had asked Pippa Wells to reserve a room at CERN with a speaker phone,
> with international calling, and a PC with a beamer projector so several us can join the meeting from there. Unfortunately I have not heard from Pippa yet.
> Could you Steinar take on these arrangements, and let me know where we can meet?
> Also, I have not heard from Lorenzo, Max, Gregor, (and Pippa). May be they are not yet
> back from vacation?!
>
> So far the following persons have offered to provide material and/or
> make a presentations:
> Hiro - Belle authorship
> Jacques - BABAR publications
> Dmitri - Authorship for LIGO and SLOAN
> Taku - Comments on authorship
> Vera - Selective Authorship
>
> Let me know if there is anything else, I will try and set up the agenda such that
> you can place links for easy access,
>
> I hope to be in touch on Tuesday,
>
> Vera
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luth, Vera G.
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 11:17 PM
> To: Luth, Vera G.; 'Lorenzo.Foa@cern.ch'; 'aihara@hep.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp'; 'klein@ifh.de'; 'hans-ake.gustafsson@kosufy.lu.se'; 'denisovd@fnal.gov'; 'Pippa.Wells@cern.ch'; 'danielw@fnal.gov'; 'jack.sandweiss@yale.edu'; 'steinar.stapnes@fys.uio.no'; 'taku@hep.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp'; 'herten@uni-freiburg.de'; 'Michal.turala@cern.ch'; Chauveau, Jacques
> Cc: c11authorship-ss
> Subject: WG on Authorship: Next Mtg Jan. 11th
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> At our first phone meeting we discussed various tasks that will help us to assess the question of authorship in large collaborations. We agreed that we meet again in January and report on various finding.
> I would like to propose Tuesday, January 11th, for the next phone conference, again at 6:00am California time, which translates to
> 9:00 US Eastern Time
> 15:00 Central European Time
> 23:00 Japan Time
> Please let me know whether you can attend the conference on that day.
> As a fall back I suggest Wednesday, January 12th at the same time.
> I am planning to be at CERN, January 10th (afternoon) to 11th, and then in Paris from January 12th (afternoon) to Saturday, January 15th.
> I am prepared to set up the conference, but would like to ask Pippa Wells to reserve a room at CERN with a speaker phone and a beamer projector so several us can join the meeting from there.
>
> Based on the preliminary discussions in Beijing and then at the phone meeting I have suggested some home work in preparation for a report on the assessment of the past and current situation. Some of you have volunteered to take one or the other task, I hope others will take up these assignments and give a preliminary report during the next meeting. The best would be that you post your notesto yjr hypernews so everybody can follow your presentation at the next meeting.
>
> Sorry, the time is short, but this might focus the effort.
>
> 1) Overview of past publications for existing collaborations
>
> To obtain an overview of various types of publications and how
> individuals get recognition as authors, it would be useful
> for a few experiments to summarize the publication record,
> differentiating at least two phases of the experiments
> i) design, construction and commissioning
> ii) steady operation
> There are three different types of publications, journal articles,
> preprints including conference contributions, and invited talks
> at conferences and workshops that are published.
>
> We should list the number of papers/year and the average number
> of authors in each of the three types and distinguish between
> A: physics results
> B: physics notes on analysis techniques
> C: software and computing
> D: electronics and DAQ
> E: instrumentation
>
> Who is volunteering to collect this information for past and current experiments:
> OPAL: Pippa Wells
> BABAR: Jacques Chauveau
> CDF : Daniel Whiteson ?
> H1/ZEUS Max Klein ?
>
>
>
> 2) Selection of Authors by Belle:
>
> While the tradition has been to list all members of the collaboration
> as authors, Belle has chosen a sign-up for each paper.
> The question was posed:
> What is the distribution of the number of papers signed by individual
> members of the Belle Collaboration? Are there individuals who sign
> all papers, or have most members signed about half the papers?
> Hiro Aihara, could you provide us with this distribution?
> Possibly for the early period when this sign-up procedure was
> first introduced and more recently?
> Can you also report on how many papers have authors listed in
> alphabetical order, and how many papers have selected primary authors first.
> Do you allow for more than on primary author? If yes, how many?
>
> 3) Authorship in other fields of research requiring large teams
>
> Can we explore practices in other fields with large teams?
> Who is volunteering to collect this information?
> Astronomy or astrophysics Dimitri Denisov? Anybody else?
> Nuclear Physics Jack Sandweiss?? Hans-Ake Gustafson?
> Genetics? ??
> Other fields?
>
>
> 4) Importance of authorship and potential impact of reduced author lists
>
> Somehow we need to examine the pros- and cons, practicality and impact of
> the current practice in comparison to schemes that might lead to
> shorter authorlists?
>
> Can I call on Lorenzo Foa, Taku Yamanaka and Steinar Stapnes to
> develop some discussion points based on past deliberations?
> We need to get some factual statements rather than hear say!
>
>
> So, please let me know whether you will be able to attend the meeting on Jan. 11th, and whether you can make a brief presentation related to the tasks listed.
> If there is anything else you would like to present, please let me also know!
>
> Best wishes for a productive and hopefully more peaceful New Year,
>
> Vera
>
>
> Remember, we have set-up a hypernews for these meetings: The url is: http://hypernews.slac.stanford.edu/HyperNews/slacsite/get/C11Authorship.html
>
> You will need to become a member AND subscribe to C11 Authors to see these HyperNews postings. The instructions to become a member and subscribe are at the bottom of the main page.
> Then you will be able to read and receive all messages or respond to others.
> The e-mail address for the hypernews is: C11Authorship-ss@slac.stanford.edu
>
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