The Minutes were approved with minor corrections.
“Campaign Update” becomes item #8.
Linda will report on the library promotional material and designs (item# 4) as part of the “Campaign Update” in item #8 to follow.
Melanie reported that the tour schedules for fall 2002 and fall 2003 were the same, and that the number of participants was essentially the same. Susan Routliffe has authorised the hiring of casual staff to lead the tours for fall 2004 orientation. The plan is to train shelvers in User Services so that tours can be offered on an hourly basis.
ACTION: The idea of offering tours during the winter term will be discussed closer to that time.
ACTION: Melanie will write the detailed plan and present it at the next meeting.
ACTION: Marian suggested that the minimum requirement of 3 people for a library tour be removed from the library (mini-)guide. Helena will check with Ted Harms in Davis to find out their reaction to the suggestion.
The group looked at the evaluation results for “Find Journal Articles Fast”. They indicated that participants found out about the sessions from a number of sources, significantly from Library orientation posters/flyers, their professors, and online information sources. The comments reflect a diverse group in their focus and desires.
It was suggested that the guide on how to distinguish between scholarly and popular journals be added to the session’s material. It was also suggested that the registration be acknowledged with an automated response rather than the labour-intensive personal response made by Val Huggan. Automating the registration/response process might allow us to gather information more easily.
ACTION: Linda will investigate the automated response process.
ACTION: Helena will check with Val about the wording she uses in her response.
Examining the evaluation results generated a free-ranging discussion:
The Library is working towards mounting online tutorials that parallel the sessions. The TRELLIS tutorial is already mounted. Joan Faehrmann will assist with creating PowerPoint presentations after Helena approaches instructors for their scripts.
ACTION: Linda will oversee mounting PowerPoint presentations.
It was suggested that there be a new workshop entitled “Evaluating Web Resources”.
LINC should remind authors of tutorials to keep them updated since they are available to students via the web.
ACTION: To be added to the task list for May is a general reminder to authors by the LINC Chair that they review the content of their respective tutorials. Web maintenance will also be incorporated into the task list.
ACTION: Melanie will send the tour scripts to Linda for mounting on the LINC staff pages.
Discussion of the remaining forms was deferred to the next meeting.
Dan Sich and Tim Ireland have ended their membership in LINC. Marian Davies’ term will be up at the end of April.
ACTION: Helena will solicit new members for the committee from amongst ISR staff.
Minute-takers were reminded to submit the approved and corrected minutes to Rose Koebel for mounting on the LINC staff web.
Linda circulated the mock-ups of her ideas for the new bookmarks. The posters will be ready in approximately 2 weeks. This year’s theme will be ‘building knowledge @ your library’. The plan is to use different images for campus day, student life 101, and fall orientation. For winter orientation, a combination of all the images will be used.
ACTION: To be added to the task list for February is the instruction to choose another slogan and design for the next campaign.
ACTION: Janet will investigate whether there are students in wheelchairs, particularly in Science, who might be willing to participate in the photo-shoot for the next image.
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