1. One-minute papers
Potential value and limitations of citation analysis
There are many reasons for citing
Citation analysis provides a quantitative model of dissemination
Research fronts can be identified through citation analysis

questions
whether a hypertext link is qualitatively equivalent to written citation?
why do some works not get cited (other than poor quality)?
How to include fashion/herd behavior (snowball effect) in our models?
Can we add weights to citations? (e.g. + or -)
Will electronic pub lead to more cross-pollination across fields?
Will electronic pub prolong lifespan of the active research front?
Are electronic journals using citation tracking? (note use for collection development in libraries)
Has citation analysis been done in WWW? (metacrawler and IRIS use this as retrieval basis)
How far can we trace ideas (cited book has cited books, each of which have cited books)---G. Geisler's interface
How much info is in the referer logs of web sites?

2. Discuss AAP (Group 2)

5. Assignment: Read Chatman (G3) for next tue; reminder speeches next tue

6.The one-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?