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Information Services Delivery Training Committee

ISR Training Committee
Meeting Minutes
26 February 2008
10:00-11:30 am
Davis study room

 

Present: Jackie Stapleton (recorder), Judy McTaggart, Margaret Yuen, Jonathan Sutherland.  Regrets: Alison Hitchens

1. Approval of Minutes of Feb 13th, 2008

Approved with minor changes.

2. Additional Agenda

None.

3. Business Arising

None.

4. Spotlights (updates)

Knovel engineering reference tool:

We will advertise the Knovel Webinar scheduled for April 15 at 12:00 pm. Jackie will be the convener.

CSA Standards:

Doug has confirmed spotlight on Mar 28, prior to ISR meeting.

Springer ebooks:

No update.

A-Z list:

Bill is giving spotlight this Friday before ISR meeting. Alison will send reminder to staff.

Press Display:

Jane is giving spotlight this Friday before ISR meeting.

Web of Science:

Doug’s session went well. 16 evaluation forms were completed and received positive feedback.

Lexis Nexus:

Sandra’s spotlight is scheduled for March 14 before Porter ISR meeting.

5. Training Retreat

Hands on sessions:

CINAHL: no update

2nd session: an alternative to the Springer ebooks session should be investigated.
Action: Jonathan will send an email to selectors and Information Desk staff asking for their suggestions for a hands on session.

Lunch:

Shabiran confirmed that we have approx. $260 to spend.

Webpage:

No update.

Speaker:

Greg Sennema has confirmed.

Date, time, location:

No training labs are available on Thursday May 1. We proposed an alternate date of Monday April 28 or Tuesday April 29. The FLEX Lab is available on these days. Tentative timetable:

Hands on sessions: 9:30-10:30; 10:40-11:40
Lunch: 12:00-1:00
Roundtable: 1:15-2:15
Speaker: 2:30-3:30

Action: Alison will contact Greg and determine is he is available on either of these days.
Action: Jackie will book FLEX Lab for the mornings on these dates

Roundtable:

No update.

Additional Agenda:

Committee minute webpage:

It is a bit unclear how to post/name minutes for our website.
Action: Jonathan will look into cleaning up the minutes and creating a quick guide on how to post and name the minutes for the webpage.

 


July 19, 2011