sac-class: plans for Midwinter

[Lori Robare <lrobare@uoregon.edu>]

Hello -

A number of people have been working on drafts of material for 
sections of our course outline.   The course outline on our web page 
has been updated to reflect the assigned sections.

I haven't given specifics about style guidelines, but Daniel shared 
the formatting guidelines we used for the LCSH workshop in a message 
to the list on July 18 (you can see it in the archive).  We can add 
to and adapt this list to fit the needs of this course.  If you've 
developed your material without these guidelines in mind, don't worry 
about it -- they can be incorporated in later editing.

I'd like to use our time at Midwinter to discuss the drafts that are 
ready -- thinking about the content in general, whether the section 
covers important points, where gaps might be, how the outline as a 
whole is shaping up, etc.  I also want to allot time to begin a more 
careful group review of at least one section.

It would be helpful to have drafts available to group members before 
Midwinter, if possible.  If you are working on a section, please send 
it to me when it is ready and I'll post it to the web page.   The 
sac-class list cannot handle large attachments, so please send to me 
individually.

These don't need to be polished drafts or absolutely complete, so if 
you've started a section but not finished, that's OK -- it can still 
give us an idea of how the section will work and you can get useful 
feedback from the group.  Also, PowerPoint is not essential at this 
point, so if you're working in a narrative format, that's fine.

I will send a more detailed agenda before the conference.  I am also 
planning to try out some new project management software called 
Basecamp and will send a separate message with details about 
that.  Please let me know if you have any questions!

- Lori