ISR Training Committee
Meeting Minutes
March 26, 2009
1:10 – 2:30 p.m.
Davis  

Present:

Alison Hitchens, Connie Kovac (recorder) Martha Lauzon, Kathy MacDonald, Judy McTaggart, Carol Steele, Margaret Yuen (facilitator/recorder),

1)  Approval of minutes of March 12, 2009.
The minutes were approved with a minor correction.

2)  Additional agenda
#8b Business Resources

3)  Business arising
       none

4) ISR Training Retreat 2009

The time table for this Retreat is as follows:

Thursday April 30

10:00-11:00 Rare Books - Susan Mavor - (Judy McTaggart)

11:15-12:15 Chemistry - Kathy Szigeti - (Martha Lauzon)

11:15-12:15 German - Helena Calogeridis and Jane Forgay - (Judy McTaggart)

12:30-1:30 Lunch, (Carol, Margaret & Connie)

1:45-2:45 Reaching Students and Staying Sane in the Culture of Distraction
Nancy Collins (Kathy MacDonald)

Friday May 8

10:00-10:45 - Impact Factors - Debbie Chaves (Margaret Yuen)

The Committee recommends that the Porter and Davis Information desks close from 9:45 to 3:30 to enable all desk staff to attend all the sessions.

Margaret will make a request to Jennifer, Christine and Helena by email.

Martha Lauzon will work on the schedule. Please send any and all details to Martha by April 9th.

April 9th - quick meeting for final details. Kathy M. will do evaluation of the day.

Carol Steele & Connie Kovac will work on the luncheon.

5. Web 2.0 Update

Alison reported that the Web 2.0 training would be launched on Friday March 27 with a coffee break. Margaret thanked the Web 2.0 Training Project group for their hard work and launching the training on schedule.

6. Training New Staff Members

• Porter ISR is expecting to have a co-op student from the University of Western Ontario start in May. Carol will be putting the schedule together.
• The Committee decided to include printing training, and a tour of the Optometry Learning Resource Centre in future training schedules.
• Margaret wil ask Esther Millar to include Room Bookings when she trains on the Staff Web.

7. Spotlights

• EDS - Judy reported that 13 people attended this session presented by Sandra Keys. Of the 10 respondents; 6 found the session very helpful, while 4 found the session helpful. Judy has forwarded the feeback to Sandra.

• Blended Learning at UW - CTE - Susan Routliffe has passed along information on this session, delivered by Jane Holbrook, on learning with an on-line component as well as a more traditional classroom component. Margaret will consult with Sandra Keys to see if LINC or the Training Committee would be the appropriate group to sponsor the session.

• Academic Program - help for students - Kathy found a listing of academic advisors from the Registrar's Office web pages, and Martha will link this information on the wiki under "where can I find/get ".

• Others: Graphics: Margaret has no further updates.  Session for Marian and Nancy: Marian has not provided any further information for April 3rd.  Theatre in Video: The Committee will ask Nancy at a later date since she is involved with the Web 2.0 training, and will also be presenting a session at the retreat.

8. Other Training Sessions

a. Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with the Basics - The Committee discussed the importance of this workshop but also the criteria and the impending deadline of April 13th to submit an application  to ACRL. We did not feel that the Training Committee could sponsor an application, but would be willing to assist if the Library decided to pursue an application. Margaret will contact Susan Routliffe.

b. Business Resources - deferred to the next meeting

9. EI Institute Update  - Searching 2.0 - April 9th 1:00 pm

Kathy has sent out the announcement. She will also be checking with Systems to ensure that that we have the appropriate software for the web session.

10. Around the Table

Kathy reported that the new addition to the Optometry Building will have its ribbon cutting ceremony on June 5th, and Optometry Learning Resource Centre will be renamed The Witer Learning Resource Centre.

 

 

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