December 3, 2002
Minutes
Present: Margaret Aquan-Yuen (chair), Helena Calogeridis, Janet Wason, Tim Ireland, Melanie Watkins (recorder)
Absent: Marian Davies, Dan Sich
- Minutes of the meeting of November 5th, 2002
Minutes were approved.
- Business Arising
2. FLEXLab access. A memo from Peter Goldsworthy to Susan Routliffe indicates
there has been no change in the usage of FLEXLab by LT3, but the concern
about diminishing access for library staff remains. However, the appointment
of Paul St.Pierre as library liaison to LT3 should offer more opportunity
to communicate the concerns and needs of LINC.
6. Term of Reference: After a few minor changes, the draft of the Terms of
Reference was accepted by ISR.
7. Kiosk: The poster ‘Working from Home’ was mounted on the Porter
kiosk, and, because there is only one copy, it will be transferred to Davis
in January.
9. Coffee break: It was well attended and enjoyed by all – a vote of
thanks was passed to Janet.
- Additional Agenda:
1st Year Student Orientation Pilot Program – will be #4.
- 1st Year Student Orientation Pilot Program
Paul St.Pierre and Christy Branston summarized the background and process
of this program – a handout of the summary was given out, and the
full report will be sent to all LINC members. The report includes
an assessment of the program and future directions.
- Membership:
Susan Routliffe has put out a call to ISR librarians for the position of
LINC chair.
Since Eva Dodsworth will be on leave from March to August, Margaret recommended
that Eva join LINC in the fall 2003.
- Evaluation from Smart Searching Techniques and Find Journal
Article Fast
From the comments section from both workshops there were remarks about the
different courses overlapping in content.
Action:
Dan and Doug will consult with each other to see if this overlap can be reduced
or eliminated
Dan and Doug also need to consult with each other regarding the divergence
of their material for Smart Searching Techniques.
- Winter Program
Graduate Student workshops:
Wed January 8th from 1:30 to 2:30
Thur January 9th from 2:30 to 3:30
Action:
Margaret will get the number of incoming graduate students from Registrar’s – next
year there will be over 200.
Methods of publicizing workshops:
- by email
- by flyer sent to graduates
- by placing a notice on the grad students web page
Keeping Current Digitally
- Tues Jan 21st – multi-disciplinary
- Tues Feb 18th – engineering
Action:
Margaret will ask Rose to create the web page and advertise the winter
program.
International Students: As there will be no orientation for these students
by the International Student Office, the library will not arrange a library
session.
Action:
Janet will inform Doug (co-presenter of this session) of this decision.
- OPAC upgrade
Margaret reported that Dan will be preparing a kiosk poster to highlight
the new features of the OPAC upgrade
- 1st Floor display
Melanie reported that students are asking for literature on how to connect
their laptops on the 1st floor of Porter, and also raised the question
of providing other brochure-type material. She asked if there should there
be a designated rack for this kind of material.
Action:
Helena will ask Marian to reproduce the instructions at other laptop stations
and place a holder on the poles wired for laptop connections. We would wait
until more demands are made before deciding on a place for other informational
material.
- Publications – co-op student
The proposal, a copy of which was handed out at the meeting, is for LINC’s
awareness and should also go to the publication committee.
- Task List
Margaret circulated a task list for the upcoming year (attached) to assist
us and the new chair in organising the required tasks.
- Around the table
Appreciation and good wishes were expressed to the outgoing member and chair,
Margaret Aquan-Yuen, for her years of enthusiastic leadership as LINC chair.
Next Meeting: Tuesday January 7th 2003, Porter 428.
November 29, 2010
