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Library Instruction Committee - Staff Only

August 28, 2007
Dana Porter, Room 428
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Minutes

Present: Richard Bower, Eva Dodsworth, Anne Fullerton, Sandra Keys, Barbara Menich, Leeanne Romane, Laurie Strome

Regrets: Tim Ireland

  1. Welcome to Luvneet has been deferred.

  2. Minutes from previous meeting (June 5, 2007)
    • The minutes were approved with minor revisions.
    • Approved minutes should be sent to Rose for mounting on LINC website.

  3. Business Arising
    1. LINC Wiki
      • Members are unclear as to how to use the Wiki to facilitate a discussion. Unless you are going into the Wiki regularly, it doesn’t work. There is no notification when something has been posted.
      • If anyone has an recommendations how to use the Wiki, they are asked to forward them to the group.
    2. LINC Blog
      • See http://blogs.lib.uwaterloo.ca/linc.
      • Should we pursue the blog? Unless there is buy-in, do we want to continue?
      • Eva has created a Map Library & GIS Librarian site. It took a long time to set up and is not being responded too.
      • ACRL blog has a number of people posting. Its purpose was to get people interested in literacy.
      • Original purpose was to discuss articles online..
      • If we could perhaps identify a few interesting links and also to put out a call to all staff as to what they might want to see on a LINC blog site.
    3. New Faculty Orientation
      • Richard/Sandra/Anne did not create a handout for librarians.
      • Librarians are not involved with the university faculty orientation so how do librarians get in touch with new faculty?
      • A handout could be given out at circulation desk when they register.,
      • Leanne has a brochure she created for training T.A.’s called “Expectations”

  4. Update/Report Items
    1. Review of the Fall instruction schedule (Sandra)
      • All sessions are covered!
      • Some students have already registered.
      • The schedule will be on the web where any changes will be reflected.
      • Instructors will also be able to email participants.
    2. Map Library’s Collection Exhibit (Eva)
      • September 10-14, UML is holding an exhibition of their collection, promoting paper maps with historical maps as the focus and UW’s 50th and City of Waterloo’s 150th Anniversaries.
      • It will be a self-guided tour; give-aways include pencils, Smarties, maps, etc.
      • Participants are invited to map their house and their neighbourhood as a way to introduce maps in a fun way.
      • This is Geospatial Literacy Month. 25 workshops are being offered.
    3. Demo of the registration system
      • There were computer problems so this item was deferred.

  1. Decision Items
    1. Sandra will ensure that Esther has blurbs throughout the term for Current News
    2. Evaluation form review/overhaul (see attached)
      • Anne reviewd the evaluation form. She will edit the form to reflect LINC’s recommendation and send out a draft to the liaison librarians.

  1. Discussion Items
    1. Quick review of our goals...what do we want to pursue this fall? (http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/staff/linc/private/
      brainstorm_ranking_grouped.html)
      • A discussion of what are the evolving needs.
      • Information Literacy – the push is on more grad students
      • Course basted masters as opposed to research based.
    2. Keeping Up with Information Literacy page (http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/staff/linc/
      private/instructions.html)
      • Anne will have Luvnet followup from where Richard left off.
      • The discussion was deferred to allow Luvnet time to review the pages and bring back her impressions.
  2. Around the Table
    1. Richard said his farewells last week and commented that he had learned much from his work on the literacy page.
    2. Laurie reported that Frosh Week is just around the corner. The Workshops are emphasized and the brochure is given out to the groups who come on the tours.
    3. Anne is designing a new food/drink poster for Davis. She is working with Esther.

Adjournment.

Next meeting: Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Recorder: Eva Dodsworth


December 1, 2010