Here's my thought: We originally created this "Kaleidoscope" space to provide a venue for ongoing conversations and sharing that are spontaneous (i.e. not scheduled or part of a focused SIG). It hasn't really been used for that, and one reason (I think) is that more and more people are using blogs for that purpose. For example, some listservs that I belong to are now being used for the odd broadcast about upcoming conferences, but that's about it! So perhaps the solution is to transform KaleidoSCoPE into a space for talking about ways to improve and advance SCoPE, and for gathering resources to help with participation in SCoPE. We can include sections on:
- Sharing resources about SCoPE (planning documents, conference presentations & papers)
- "How to" documents for interacting in SCoPE
- Site customization (ideas, mock-ups, etc)
- Suggestions/requests for new topics/SIGs
- Facilitator tools and support -- Q&A, advice from past facilitators
- SCoPE community research (for members using SCoPE for research)
- Integrating and testing new tools in SCoPE (Marginalia, etc)
BTW, I'm posting this with the knowledge that not many SCoPE members will be in KaleidoSCoPE reading it!
