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Library Instruction Committee - Staff Only

June 4, 2002
Minutes

Present: Dan Sich (Acting Chair), Helena Calogeridis, Janet Wason, Jim Winterbottom, Melanie Watkins (recorder)

Absent: Margaret Aquan-Yuen, Marian Davies, Samantha Gibbon, Linda Hastings

  1. Minutes of May 7th, 2002

    The minutes of our May 7th, 2002 meeting were approved with minor corrections.

  2. Business arising

    #4 Linda still to contact OLA for a copy of the 'Smarties' image.
    #6 see agenda item 4, 'Library Tours'

  3. Additional agenda

    Recommendations from the Signage committee (Melanie) — would be item 7.

    Farewell to Jim Winterbottom
    Jim is leaving UW Library, so on behalf of LINC, Dan congratulated Jim on his new job, thanked him for the time he served on LINC, and wished him well for the future.

  4. Library Tours

    Helena informed that the evenings scheduled for the most courses were Mondays, followed by Tuesdays then Wednesdays.
    After discussion, it was decided to have tours on Monday Sept 9th and Tuesday Sept 10th at 6:00 pm at both Porter and Davis.

  5. Graduate Student Info Sessions

    Dan informed that a decision has been made to maintain the same format as last year's session. Dan, Jackie and Paul will be the presenters for these sessions.

    They are all in the Davis conference room and will run as follows:
    Friday Sept 6th at 1:30 pm
    Monday Sept 9th at 1:30 pm
    Tuesday Sept 10th at 10:30 am
    Wednesday Sept 11th at 2:30 pm
    Thursday Sept 12th at 1:30 pm

  6. Keeping Up sessions

    These are now titled, "Keeping Current - Digitally!"
    They will all be run in the FlexLab in Porter, instructed by Anne Fullerton, Jackie Stapleton and Erin Murphy, on following days:

    Thursday September 26th, from 9:30 to 11:30 (specifically targeted for the Engineering faculty, staff and graduate students - entitled "Engineers - Keep Current - Digitally!")
    Thursday October 24th, 1:30 to 3:30 pm
    Wednesday November 20th, from 9:30 to 11:30 am

  7. Recommendations from the Signage committee

    Recommendation #6, "Investigate the possibility of offering an interactive workshop in August for students soon to be entering UW"
    Melanie asked, and it was confirmed, that is the project Paul St Pierre is working on under Susan Routliffe.

    Recommendation #4, "More prominently display/distribute the Guide to the Dana Porter Library"
    It was established that Janet is responsible for stocking the pocket attached to the kiosk containing the Guide to Dana Porter Library. Dan is to check who is responsible for the equivalent task in Davis.


Next Meeting: Tuesday July 2nd from 9:30 to 11:30 in Porter 224A.


November 29, 2010