Present: Margaret Aquan-Yuen (Chair), Samantha Gibbon, Erin Murphy (Recorder), Dan Sich, Janet Wason, Jim Winterbottom
Absent: Linda Hastings, Maureen McCormack, Melanie Watkins
Item 7. Thoughts and ideas about library instruction:
Side menu for Home Page: Most of these links are not accessible to
public; the words "staff only" appear in parentheses.
It was suggested that a clearer "description of the committee" could be added to publicly accessible pages [Terms of Reference are already available under "About LINC"]
ACTION: M. Aquan-Yuen suggested that committee should review LINC
staff web page again sometime in June.
Rose Koebel is compiling data and comments received through evaluation forms used for Winter 2002 programs.
"Keeping Up with Your Research Literature - Electronically"
3 dates were advertised in Fall Brochure; October 11; November 13;
December 5.
Only 3 people pre-registered for the Dec 5 session, and the instructors,
Paul and Erin, opted to cancel the session. Paul sent an email message
those on the registration list to advise them that session had been
cancelled, and that the same workshop would be offered in Winter Term.
Erin and Paul taught the first session for Winter term, Jan 24; 18
people attended. Two more sessions are schedule for Winter term:
March 6, 9:30 - 11:30 -- Anne Fullerton and Erin Murphy are booked
to teach this session
April 11, 9:30 -11:30 -- Instructors for this session, will be confirmed
later. [The following Davis Librarians have indicated they are willing
to act as instructors for future sessions of Keeping Up: A. Fullerton;
J. Stapleton; J. Winterbottom; P. St. Pierre]
Dan suggested, submit an article for News@your Library to highlight
these pages from UW Library "Research Guides by Subject"?
ACTION: Dan will draft something for News@your Library and send to
group for feedback
Janet suggested it would be worthwhile to promote the new poster - "Trouble
getting started with your research paper" [See item 7. Kiosk display]
through E-Zine
ACTION: Margaret will send information about who to contact for contributions
to E-Zine [http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosa/firstyear/ ] to Dan & Janet.
They will follow up about this.
Question: Are there other examples of UW Library resources or instruction publications tailored to specific groups, which we would want to promote through News@your Library or E-Zine? By way of example Jim Winterbottom, showed a recent issue for a web-based newsletter, which he created to serve information needs of students and faculty in School of Optometry.
"Working from Home?" should be retained for current display in Porter/ Davis. This provides tips about connecting to UW Library resources from off campus The graphic refers users to this page for further details - "Connect from Home" http://tug.lib.uwaterloo.ca/proxy/
It was suggested that OPT and UMD could use the display information.
ACTION: Margaret will ask Linda Hasting to send a copy of "Working
from Home?" Display item to Jim Winterbottom. Sam declined the offer,
because UMD is now rethinking their space.
Final copy is ready for this new colour poster - "Trouble getting
started with your research paper?" Dan and Janet will add this to Kiosk
display in Porter/Davis as soon as possible. Janet noted that the following
[2 page?] publication could be included in the same display -- Effective
Library Research, Library Guide No. 1.1
Margaret pointed out that this publication [Erin's responsibility]
should be updated before being included in kiosk displays. Erin suggested
that she could not produce updated version within the next month.
ACTION: Janet will review current version of Library Guide No. 1.1
to see if major changes to content are needed for update. She will
consult with Erin to determine whether updated version of Guide 1.1,
can be included in Kiosk display, which will feature new poster.
Melanie and Margaret are working on content about "Book delivery services" [TUGbars and ILL] for Kiosk displays in Davis and Porter
Group discussed this document, which is linked to information "About LINC" in Library Staff-web http://library.uwaterloo.ca/staff/linc/private/postisreview.html
Comments:
Dan and Margaret reported on 2 sessions offered at the 2002 Super Conference for OLA [Toronto, January 30 - February 2, 2002]
Dan reported on this presentation by Deborah Wills, Wilfrid Laurier
University Library
"Critical Thinking and Instruction"
Dan thought this was an interesting example of a Library instruction
program, which focused on critical thinking skills and using the internet
for research. Deborah offers this program 1-2 times/ year at WLU.
See this URL [http://www.wlu.ca/library/critical/] for additional information
and examples, which show how the Internet can "function as a rich source
of raw material for critical thinking."
Margaret reported on this presentation by Rita Vine, President of
Workingfaster.com, Toronto.
"How Can Librarians Help Know-It-All Web Searchers?"
The session addressed this question: "How can libraries reach out to
people who already think they know everything there is to know about
web search?"
Margaret thought this was one of the more interesting ideas raised
by Rita Vine:
In developing information literacy programs, Librarians should try
to take advantage of these 'facts' about how people carry out research
in the real world
- Knowledge doesn't sit on bookshelves
- For answers, people ask peers not experts
- Who would our users 'ask first' if they needed help with a search
to gather information or extend their knowledge? [Typically Librarians
and information services staff, are not on the list]
See this URL [http://www.workingfaster.com/ola2002.pdf] for additional
details.
Margaret Aquan-Yuen will be away on vacation for several weeks in April and May.
Erin asked about upcoming changes to membership for LINC committee.
Margaret confirmed that the 'new year' for those continuing or beginning
their term on LINC begins May 1.
These members will continue to serve on LINC after May 1, 2002:
*These members will NOT continue to serve on LINC after May 1, 2002:
*Note: Lenka Cerny, representative for Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery, retired in January 2002. Due to the impact of staff turn over in ILL/DD, it is not expected that a representative for that department will serve on LINC. This reduces total size of the committee from 9 to 8 members.
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