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 Mission

 WebSM website is dedicated to the methodological issues of Web surveys. It also covers broader area of interaction between modern technologies and survey data collection process.

 Its core mission is to: 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 provide professional information on web survey methodology and impact of new technologies on survey process, 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 serve all key target groups (students, users, professionals) in all sectors (academic, public, business), 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 stimulate the communication and interaction, 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 integrate and increase the research cooperation, 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 enforce more efficient implementation of web surveys. 

 History

 The  website started in 1998 at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Science, Centre for Methodology and informatics, soon after the pioneering experiments with web surveys in 1996.

 In years 2003-2005 the website was redesigned and it took the current form. The support came from EU Fifth Framework program (Contract HPSE CT 2002 50031, proposal SETN 2002-00040, acronym: WebSMSite). The consortium was: 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Science, Centre for Methodology and informatics, Slovenia, 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Linkoeping University, Sweden,  
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 ZUMA, Germany, 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 University of Bergamo, Italy.

 After 2005 the essential components of the website (authors, bibliography, software) are still updated by the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Science, Centre for Methodology and informatics.

 Content

 WebSM main substances are the following three databases: 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Bibliography with 3600 records in 2009; 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Authors of bibliography records (more than 2500 authors).. 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Software with around 400 software entries in 2009;

 Further characteristics of WebSM website, including the social networks of the bibliographic co-authorship can be seen from 2007 plenary talk at ESRA conference:  Vehovar, V. . (2007): 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Web Surveys: advantages and disadvantages - European survey research association conference 2007, ESRA, Prague http://www.websm.org/index.php?fl=5&amp; 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Part of the PPT related to the structure of the WebSM, PP1&gt;&gt;   
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Part of the PPT related to the social networks of co-authorships PPT2&gt;&gt;

 Team 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Vasja Vehovar 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Katja Lozar Manfreda 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Nejc Berzelak, PhD student 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Mateja Hren, student. 

   Contact:

i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Mail: Centre for Methodolgy and informatics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kardeljeva ploscad 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 Phone: +386 1 5805 297, Fax: +386 1 5805 101,  
i-2835s266s267s263s183s183s18 ●i-2835s265s26 E-mail: info?websm.org