Dr. Chen is also doing a survey for high-tech professionals, as well as faculty members.

----- Original Message ----- From: Hsin-liang (Oliver) Chen To: Phoebe Ayers Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 12:25 PM Subject: Assistance for a wikipedia project

Hi Phoebe:

Would you mind to forward the following message to wiki-research-l@wikimedia.org?

I tried but the message got rejected.

Thank you again!

------------------ Dear Colleges:

I am conducting a project on wikipedia and two different user groups, high tech professionals and college faculty members.

I would like to invite you to answer the survey and help me recruit participants.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

-------------------------Survey for High Tech Professionals

The survey is at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=556313432713

Title: The Perspectives of high tech professionals on Wikipedia Conducted by: Hsin-liang Chen, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin (phone: 512-232-9219, email: chen@ischool.utexas.edu Purpose: The project aims to understand the use of Wikipedia by high tech professionals for performing their job duties. Procedure: 17-25 questions •Tell us about yourself: collect basic demographic data •Use of online information: email, Web, and databases •Use of Wikipedia Time: Approximately 10-15 minutes Confidentiality and privacy protections: You will not reveal your personal identification. The investigator does not ask any questions regarding your personal identification. The online survey is anonymous.

If you need a copy of documentation, please print this cover letter for future reference. Thank you for your participation.

--------------------------- Survey for College Faculty

The survey is available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=833013431995

Title: The Perspectives of Faculty on Wikipedia Conducted by: Hsin-liang Chen, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin (phone: 512-232-9219, email: chen@ischool.utexas.edu) Purpose: The project aims to understand the use of Wikipedia by faculty for performing their job duties. Procedure: 17-27 questions •Tell us about yourself: collect basic demographic data •Use of online information: email, Web, and databases •Use of Wikipedia Time: Approximately 10-15 minutes Confidentiality and privacy protections: You will not reveal your personal identification. The investigator does not ask any questions regarding your personal identification. The online survey is anonymous.

If you need a copy of documentation, please print this cover letter for future reference. Thank you for your participation.

_____________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Hsin-liang (Oliver) Chen School of Information Assistant Professor 1 University Station D7000 Phone: 512-232-9219 Fax: 512-471-3971 The University of Texas at Austin Email: chen@ischool.utexas.edu Austin, TX 78712-0390 URL: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~chen _____________________________________________________________________________