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Library Instruction Committee - Staff Only

User Education Committee
September 2, 1999
9:15 am - 11:30 am
Minutes

Present: Anne Fullerton (chair), Jane Forgay, Erin Murphy, Melanie Watkins
(recorder)

1. Student Services Tour 9th and 10th September

1. Draft memo to all staff was presented, informing them of details of the
event on these two days. Anne to send it out on Friday Sep 3.

2. Hand-held placards indicating each station and its function will be put
together by Melanie. These will used at both sites.

3. There will be five volunteers who will be briefed by Melanie on
Thursday morning.

4. T-shirts are ready and are to be worn by the volunteers and the staff
assisting. The volunteers get to keep theirs. The rest of the T-shirts
will be kept for other library events.

5. Balloons - Melanie to find out details of when and where these are to
be
helium-filled, and Erin will see to picking them up them on the Thursday

6. Anne and Melanie to find one more staff member to assist in brochure
hand-outs at the exit doors of each library. (Davis staff members already
asked are Wendy and Yulerette, and Porter people are Melanie and Sue
Arruda) These staff members must keep monitoring supply of brochures for
hand out.

7.Melanie and Anne to ask Elsie and Richard (attendants) respectively, to
count brochures. A recount after all tours will be done for statistics.

8. "Welcome to the .... Library" signs will be placed outside each
entrance
by Melanie.

2. Rose Away next week (Sep7-10)

1. Posting to Newsgroups - Anne will organize for this to be done

2. Library posters to Poster Service - Anne will ask Rose this week
to arrange for it to happen on Thursday Sep 9th.

3. Library tour booking - Melanie to ask Rose to hand over updating
schedule on web to Annette Dandyk. Melanie to inform staff.

3. Orientation '99

1. Library Tours Anne and Melanie will visit people who did tours
last year to persuade them to be a guide again. They will also give
volunteers a script and arrange a run-through next week.

2. Website - Anne will ask Rose to link the workshops schedule under
"Library Research Skills" heading

3. New Faculty lists (Anne please fill in)

4. Coffee break planning. It was decided to have this on Thursday
October 28th from 10:00 to 11:00. Melanie to ask Annette to arrange for
the refreshments and cake with "Thanks" message.

4. Anne's meeting with Susan Routliffe Sep 3, 99 (Anne - I don't know
how much you want here?)
Points to be raised: Susan's ideas on user education / library instruction
How does she want to be kept informed or consulted
How does she see the role of supporting librarians

5. Chris' workshop data form - carried forward to November meeting

6. Ideas Exchange - carried forward to November meeting (draft survey
may be sent out by Anne)

7. Where do we want to take User Ed? - scheduled for full meeting on
September 30.

8. Next few meetings: September 30, '99
November 4, '99
December 2, '99
January 6, 2000


November 29, 2010