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Library Instruction Committee - Staff Only

April 1, 2009
10:00 - 11:30 am
Davis Centre Conference Room
Minutes

Present: Marian Davies, Pauline Dewan (recorder), Anne Fullerton, Laura Howell, Sandra Keys (chair), Leeanne Romane, Peter Stirling

Regrets: Eva Dodsworth and Nancy Collins

1. Minutes of Previous Meeting

The minutes of the meeting of March 4 th, 2009 were approved.

2. Business Arising

a. Comments were made about the relevance of some of the older pages on the LINC website such as the task list. Members agreed that there are some pages on the web site that still need attention.

b. Sandra will put out a call for instructors to volunteer to do Spring LINC sessions.

No members, as yet, had any feedback on the revised terms of reference. Sandra asked members to email her if they thought of anything to add.

a. There were no additional agenda items.

There was a discussion of whether to add the following questions to the “how do I” web page:

It was concluded that these questions should indeed be added.

Action : Marian volunteered to update the web pages with these add these additions.

Laura asked for feedback on a document that she distributed called “Request for Camtasia Studio 6 Purchase.” Leeanne advised Laura to make it very clear that she wanted version 6, not 5. Marian suggested highlighting Camtasia’s friendliness to accessibility needs. Pauline pointed out that when she used Camtasia on the flexlab tablets, the cursor did not work well. There was a discussion of what to do if Camtasia did not work effectively on laptops. There was also a debate about whether Laura should ask for webcams and microphones. It was pointed out that most webcams automatically come with microphones.

Action : Laura will check to see if Camtasia licences are transferable from one computer to another.

Action : Laura will revise her request, asking for webcams with each Camtasia purchase.

Laura explained that it would be preferable to have screencasts housed on their own media server. Such a server would have the necessary extra bandwidth to make large-file screencasts run faster. Alternatively the screencasts could be housed on Screencast.com but this hosting site would charge a fee. There was also a discussion of who would be responsible for the ongoing maintenance of these videos. Laura envisioned herself, an IST person, and a third person as responsible for ongoing maintenance.

Action : Laura will find out how other libraries are storing and maintaining their screencasts.

There was a discussion about the home page of the LINC web site, and what should be included on it. Anne suggested that the international symbol for information literacy should replace the current image. It was decided that only the first line of the current description of LINC should be retained. Anne and Leeanne suggested that some of the links in the left side bar should be moved to the central portion of the web site. Various suggestions were offered as to what links should occupy this central section of the home page.

Action : Peter will redesign the home page, incorporating the suggestions offered in the meeting. He will email it to the committee members before the next meeting.

There was no “around the table.”

Next Meeting : May 6, 2009; DC 1568

Recorder : Anne Fullerton


December 15, 2010