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A method combining email and web pages for announcing research opportunities to researchers

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David Chodos
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Robin Cohen
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Published: 13 April 2006 Publication History

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This paper presents a model for disseminating information about research opportunities at a university that goes beyond the standard sending of lengthy email messages to large numbers of recipients. We advocate instead a system which uses brief email messages with pointers to webpages offering additional detail, a searchable database of announcements, more carefully targeted recipient lists and blending push and pull to distribute information. We discuss our experience engaging end users of this system at our university and, finally, comment on the value of the design as a general mechanism for achieving effective communication within any organization.

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[1]
Ashworth, Jayne. Revisiting institution-wide e-mail: spamming our own. ACM SIGUCCS Newsletter, Volume 28, Issue 4 (December 1998), pp. 19--21.
[2]
Ashworth, Jayne. Drowning in our success: institution-wide electronic mail messages. ACM SIGUCCS Newsletter, Volume 27, Issue 1-2 (March/June 1997), pp. 6--10.
[3]
Berghel, Hal. Email - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 40, Issue 4 (April 1997), pp. 11--15.
[4]
Brazelton, Jessica; Gorry, G. Anthony. Creating a Knowledge-Sharing Community: If You Build It, Will They Come? Communications of the ACM, Vol. 46, Number 2. (February 2003), pp. 23--25.
[5]
Hiltz, Starr Roxanne; Turoff, Murray. Structuring Computer-Mediated Communication Systems to Avoid Information Overload. Communications of the ACM, Volume 28, Number 7 (July 1985), pp. 680--690.
[6]
Ho, Jinwon; Tang, Rong. Towards an Optimal Resolution to Information Overload: An Infomediary Approach. Proceedings of the 2001 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work. 2001. pp. 91--96.
[7]
Welling, Luke; Thomson, Laura. PHP and MySQL Web Development. Indianapolis, IN: Sams, 2001. pp. 2--6.
[8]
Whittaker, Steve; Sidner, Candace. Email overload: exploring personal information management of email. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems. April 1996. pp. 276--283.

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      SIGMIS CPR '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on computer personnel research: Forty four years of computer personnel research: achievements, challenges & the future
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      ISBN:1595933492
      DOI:10.1145/1125170
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      [1]
      Ashworth, Jayne. Revisiting institution-wide e-mail: spamming our own. ACM SIGUCCS Newsletter, Volume 28, Issue 4 (December 1998), pp. 19--21.
      [2]
      Ashworth, Jayne. Drowning in our success: institution-wide electronic mail messages. ACM SIGUCCS Newsletter, Volume 27, Issue 1-2 (March/June 1997), pp. 6--10.
      [3]
      Berghel, Hal. Email - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 40, Issue 4 (April 1997), pp. 11--15.
      [4]
      Brazelton, Jessica; Gorry, G. Anthony. Creating a Knowledge-Sharing Community: If You Build It, Will They Come? Communications of the ACM, Vol. 46, Number 2. (February 2003), pp. 23--25.
      [5]
      Hiltz, Starr Roxanne; Turoff, Murray. Structuring Computer-Mediated Communication Systems to Avoid Information Overload. Communications of the ACM, Volume 28, Number 7 (July 1985), pp. 680--690.
      [6]
      Ho, Jinwon; Tang, Rong. Towards an Optimal Resolution to Information Overload: An Infomediary Approach. Proceedings of the 2001 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work. 2001. pp. 91--96.
      [7]
      Welling, Luke; Thomson, Laura. PHP and MySQL Web Development. Indianapolis, IN: Sams, 2001. pp. 2--6.
      [8]
      Whittaker, Steve; Sidner, Candace. Email overload: exploring personal information management of email. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems. April 1996. pp. 276--283.