InfoGroupD
From canSAS
NOTES FOR GROUP D
Pete Jemian Leading
main points
- not much familiarity with the SAS portal
- action: get people to visit and give feedback
- encourage creation of new content and refer to it from the portal
- sponsor a prize for video aligned with canSAS aims
- science case
- technique case
- commercial sponsorship
- target debut at SAS2018
notes
SAS portal
- not much familiarity with the portal
- Steve King edits most updates (does he want assistance?)
- most popular page: software catalog
- What should the portal provide?
- Most SAS awareness for newcomers comes from word-of-mouth
- instrument scientists could be a common point of contact
- Anton Paar has a SAS training book they distribute, even available online
- short videos online (3 minutes typical)
- work in pairs to present (such as senior & junior presenters)
- bio sas community seems better organized
- bio sas community is more focused
- major facilities have periodic training courses
- post videos and notify portal
- Is a forum (like StackOverflow) viable?
- paid support to revise & modernize the portal
Actions
- get people to visit the portal
- and give feedback
- notify the portal editors of new content
- encourage creation of new content
Education
- videos!
- users seem to get even less time for training
- what depth of knowledge is necessary for a given analysis?
- written document of best practices
Outreach
- majority experience at lab sources
- advocacy at conferences
- outreach for oversubscribed facilities means competition
- canSAS video prize sponsorship (see above)
