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June 18, 2014
April 16, 2014
March 19, 2014
February 19, 2014
January 15, 2014
December 4, 2013
November 6, 2013
October 2, 2013
September 4, 2013
August 15, 2013
July 9, 2013

Minutes for June 18, 2014 Meeting

Present: Tony Cosgrave, Jeremy Cusker, Amy Emerson, Chris Miller, Nina Scholtz (minutes), Martha Walker

Announcements

Nina: This meeting is the last of the 2013-14 academic year. Starting July 1, Lance Heidig is chair and Nina is outgoing chair. Mickey Casad as member at large and Thomas Mills as outgoing chair are rolling off the Team. Marsha Taichman will replace Martha as the Fine Arts and Music cluster representative. Nina is attending the PSEC Steering meeting this afternoon where new Team members will be discussed. We have two openings for members at large. The structure of PSEC Steering is likely changing as well. We will no longer have a PSEC liaison attending our meetings, so Amy will no longer be joining our meetings, but the chair (Lance) or a representative of the chair will be a member of PSEC Steering.

End-of-Year Wrap-Up

Assessment (Nina): Over the course of the year, the Assessment subteam worked on the Classroom Assessment Techniques and ran the workshop at the Assessment Expo.
Technology (Chris): The subteam is putting together a list of technology to inventory. There is a new a/v guy in desktop services, Shawn, and Pete Magnus has suggested we work with him on this project. It turns out there is no overall room inventory at Planning, Design, and Construction. Some partial lists of classroom technology exist but they are incomplete and out of date. Roberta had developed an iPad app to do this type of inventory, but it is a big effort. Pete's wiki covers public speaking spaces, e.g. Olin Library 703. Next steps are to get list of technology info needed and then create a template. The subteam will use the PSEC Instruction mailing list to gather ideas from the group about what should be inventoried. Chris and Tony agree to continue working on the subteam's project and new subteam members will be appointed.
Information Literacy: The group discussed ideas for moving forward with information literacy in the next year. Chris announced that HLM is doing a training within the unit on storytelling and then they will have a story slam. They are going to try to make this a conference presentation and if they are accepted they may offer the program to CUL. Tony announced that R&LS awarded its first information literacy prize (with a $500 dollar prize) this week, to Janice Gallagher, a TA in Government. The award received five applications and the awards committee had a tough time making a choice. Jeremy discussed how Engineering is puzzling about outreach to the tech campus; whenever Jeremy inquires he is told it won't need much at all in the way of library support. He will be engaging in more outreach to the Master of Engineering program this fall, as he has discovered a couple of new ways to reach all the students, or the program administrators, at once. HLM will be providing some support to the new ILR executive masters of professional studies program.
Web (Nina): Gaby, Nina, and Mickey have been working on creating new pages on the CUL website for instruction. The new pages will be much more image-focused. We're working with Carla and Jenn.

Minutes for April 16, 2014 Meeting

Present: Kaila Bussert, Gaby Castro-Gessner, Tony Cosgrave, Lance Heidig, Chris Miller, Mary Ochs, Kelee Pacion, Nina Scholtz, Mickey Casad (minutes)

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Announcements:
PSEC Instruction has been invited to host a table or poster at the CD Week poster session, Monday, March 31, 1:30-2:25, for the purpose of recruiting new committee members. There will be two openings for members-at-large as of July 1. Nina will host a table at this event.
As a related matter, PSEC will be conducting a coordinated committee call this spring. Information about committee vacancies will be requested in early April.
PSEC Instruction will host a program on Tuesday, March 25, at 9:30am in Olin 703 entitled, “Instruction Discussion on the Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.”
Ithaca College will host its annual EdTech Day on Thursday, March 27. This is a good opportunity to learn how to use technology in one’s teaching. More information is available here:
http://www.ithaca.edu/edtechday/
Technology Sub-team Update:
Tony, Martha, and Chris met recently to review their options going forward. They are currently working on a literature review on technology in library instruction and are interested in potentially holding some focus groups/brown bags to bring people together, as well as possibly a hosting a reading discussion about a technology topic.
Regarding an inventory of classroom space – The team was reassured by all present that this information will be very valuable going forward for the purpose of demonstrating the need for more/better teaching space. The inventory will not only include classroom space, but also non-traditional space in which teaching occurs. Rather than focusing on floor plans, the team will consider the nature of the space – capacity of the room, kinds of furniture, kinds of technology, lecture style or other, etc.
The team will also solicit wish lists from each unit – one for space and one for technology. What is considered optimal for each unit will depend on what the unit already has at its disposal. Some units may require local customization. Ideally, these spaces should not be locked when not in use.
Kelee suggested obtaining portable teaching kits that can be used outside of traditional classrooms, and the idea was well received. More than one kit may be needed to accommodate the current volume of teaching.
Final Conclusion: An inventory is needed from the Technology Team that includes library space as well as information about what kind of/how much teaching is being done outside library space by June 1, so some PSEC representatives can meet with LEG at their June meeting regarding technology. Nina offered to assist the team if needed.
Team Leads’ Meeting with Kornelia Tancheva:
The Team Leads met with Kornelia on Monday. They provided Kornelia with an introduction to current PSEC Instruction priorities and shared the Information Literacy Report with her. She was particularly interested in the group’s work on technology and would like copies of the inventory and wish lists so that she can take them to the dean. She emphasized both hardware and software.
Kornelia is happy with everything that PSEC Instruction is doing. The new team structure is working well.
Assessment Sub-team Update:
Gaby reported that they are almost done with compiling classroom assessment techniques, but are still working on the timing of things, including how to prepare, when to use, etc. They are also incorporating learning outcomes. They will have them done by next week and are looking for volunteers to test them in the classroom. These are active learning exercises that incorporate assessment.
Lance added that they have begun brainstorming for the assessment workshop in May.
Future Programming:
Nina reported that she has spoken with Jaron in her capacity as Co-Chair of the Liaison Steering Committee and that Jaron suggested that PSEC Instruction become involved in some programming involving cultural competency as it pertains to teaching, reference, etc. Kornelia was also involved in the discussions. Nina opened the floor for discussion on this topic. Kaila noted that knowing what others on campus do for international students would be very helpful. Nina added that Jaron suggested the possibility that a professor of Communications who is studying social media in different cultures might be able to assist by providing a presentation on her research. Lance raised the question of whether we want to treat the students differently. Thomas suggested that there may be ways to make ourselves more aware – ex: not using jargon in the classroom, speaking slower, etc. Mary suggested having someone from the international office come to us about how to work with the students. Amy noted that the Access Services Committee is planning to do a forum on this topic. Nina added that Kornelia felt that reaching out to ISSO would be a good first step. Lance suggested considering reaching out to domestic students who are preparing to study abroad. Martha noted that we may want to consider our use of language: global v. international.
Assessment Expo:
The planning group met on Monday. They are looking at having a 3 part structure: 1) opening session, 2) librarian short talks & 3) a workshop given by the assessment sub-team. The group has divided into two smaller groups: one to look at the opening session, including whether to have a keynote speaker or an orientation for new attendees, etc. (Kaila, Thomas, & Megan Sitar) and the other to work on getting invitations out to other schools and to send out a “save the date” notice (Nina, Mary, Lance, and Gaby).
Mary identified several logistical concerns to be addressed – Do we provide lunch for everyone? Do we make hotel arrangements? Do we require RSVPs? There is a lot to be decided.
All are welcome to help with the planning for the Assessment Expo. The next planning meeting in April 7 at 10 a.m. in Olin Library 703.

Minutes for February 19, 2014 Meeting

Present: Nina Scholtz, Gaby Castro Gessner, Thomas Mills, Lance Heidig, Tony Cosgrave, Carissa Vogel, Kelee Pacion, Mary Ochs, Mickey Casad, Martha Walker, Amy Emerson (minutes)
Special Guests: Erin Eldermire & Meghan Sitar

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Announcements:
Nina will reach out to the group by email regarding a matter involving Career Development Week.
Mickey is interested in talking with anyone who would like to about teaching preparation. Please contact her directly.

Minutes for January 15, 2014 Meeting

1. Announcements
   1. CTE week of programming continues this week
   2. Business Research 101 - second session is today
      1. Q: Can we figure out how to get better mic'd audio for WebEx webinars?
      2. Discussion about how to improve experience for distance attendees. Could this be a good opportunity for training? 
2. Follow-up on unit reports
   1. Thanks for doing the presentations, don't forget that there is a written component.
   2. Will be getting on LEG agenda once all reports are in.Need to decide what we want to accomplish with this meeting.Should also submit reports to PSEC.
   3. Action Item: Deadline for submitting written reports is 1/31.
3. Technology subteam update
   1. Working on lit review, moving toward survey and focus groups
   2. Mickey is meeting with ATC about their classroom technology survey
4. Assessment subteam update
   1. Working on 'classroom assessment tools' toolbox - these are things to use when teaching one-shot/multishots (not credit classes) that can be customized to different subjects/topics; aim is to eventually get people to agree to use /test drive some of these tools 
   2. Mickey is setting up meetings with instruction coordinators to observe/talk about current practices
   3. Carissa will be sending out an email asking if there is something you do regarding assessment that you can share
   4. Curriculum mapping still in process, will be contacting people for feedback
   5. Want to sit down with new Olin RLS Director and pick her brain about the info lit program she put together at UT
5. Web subteam update
   1. Been meeting, making progress on new public face on CUL web site, trying to update look and feel.
   2. Will talk to Library Communications soon about adding new instruction photos and adding text to inspire faculty to make use of librarians as instructors.
   3. Site had been full of librarian-centric terminology, rather than faculty-centric terminology 
6. Programming
   1. Good budget for end of semester instruction event; talking to immersion faculty about returning for a one-day refresher
   2. Will be holding article discussions focused on immersion principles.
   3. Immersion follow-up still being planned, but possible topics include assessment of student learning, constructing learning activities/effective assignments, authentic teacher - teaching presences, possibly also a half day about the info lit strategy across CUL
   4. To be scheduled for the end of May or early June
   5. Between article discussions, immersion refresher, biz 101, is that enough programming? Maybe add feedback on distance ed practice sessions, classroom assessment techniques follow up

Minutes for December 4, 2013 Meeting

Present: Nina Scholtz, Martha Walker, Gaby Castro-Gessner, Carissa Vogel, Thomas Mills, Kaila Bussert, Lance Heidig, Jeremy Cusker, Tony Cosgrave, Kelee Pacion, Mickey Casad, Chris Miller, Mary Ochs, Amy Emerson (minutes)

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Evanced Discussion:
Postponed until January meeting due to time restraints.

Minutes for November 6, 2013 Meeting

Present: Nina Scholtz, Mickey Casad, Kaila Bussert, Mary Ochs, Chris Miller, Jeremy Cusker, Kelee Pacion, Lance Heidig, Amy Emerson (minutes)

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• Presentation on Assessment
• Next three unit presentations
• Plan on 1.5 hours

Minutes for October 2, 2013 Meeting

Present: Nina Scholtz, Thomas Mills, Chris Miller, Tony Cosgrave, Mary Ochs, Kaila Bussert, Gaby Castro Gessner, Kelee Pacion, Mickey Casad, Martha Walker, Amy Emerson(minutes)

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5. Next Meeting
Nov. 6 – Meeting will begin at 11am and go to 12:30. Camille and Suzette will join the meeting to have a webinar demo on Evanced. The second half of the meeting will be unit reports.

Minutes for September 4, 2013 Meeting

Present: Nina Scholtz, Thomas Mills, Mary Ochs, Lance Heidig, Carissa Vogel, Kaila Bussert, Tony Cosgrave, Mickey Casad, Martha Walker, Kelee Pacion, Amy Emerson (minutes)
Assessment Subteam Report:
The Assessment Subteam held a meet- and-greet in August for their members. There they brainstormed ideas of how to do assessment, including quantitative methods such as CountIt and qualitative methods. A decision has not been made yet regarding who else to bring into the subteam (such as CTE). The next Assessment meeting will be in October. Then they will discuss short term and long term objectives. Mary suggested trying to get money for a few more people to attend ACRL Assessment Program (Gaby and Camille were the last to attend.) Mary will look into when the next ACRL Assessment Program is and will make a proposal to Anne. Acceptance to the program is competitive and requires application.
Technology Subteam Report:
Chris (Chair of the Technology Subteam) was unable to attend today’s meeting and therefore sent his notes to the group in advance. Chris led the first Technology Subteam meeting and drafted a proposed charge including a one year term with review at the end of the year. Tony further reported that the team feels that the current membership of four people works well, but they will reach out to other people as needed. They have compiled a list of goals including conducting an inventory of library teaching technology, performing a literature review (of what’s being done at other institutions), and conducting a survey of library instructors at CUL to identify gaps and other instructional needs. They will also look into whether there is a campus-wide standard, and see what’s happening in new classrooms being constructed on campus. Lance suggested that they consider how pedagogy affects teaching needs. All were reminded to review Chris’s minutes distributed by email.
Programming Subteam Report:
Kaila reported that the first article discussion is scheduled for September 24 at 9:30am. The discussion will focus on Threshold Concepts in Information Literacy. Nina confirmed that we will be co-sponsoring an event with the Liaisons group on the topic of building sustainable faculty relationships. Kaila advised that the next article discussion will be on this topic. Next, Mickey reported on the notes she sent to the group via email in advance of this meeting regarding two events that the PSEC Instruction Team is co-sponsoring with CTE and others on the topics of pedagogy and instruction. The first event will be on Sept. 19 – Kathleen Fitzpatrick will speak about digital publishing platforms, open peer review, and the future of scholarly societies. The second event will be on Oct. 22 in Statler Auditorium – Michael Wesch will speak about “The End of Wonder in the Age of Whatever,” including examples of teaching with technology to reach digital natives. Nina suggested using the CUL Instructor’s list to bring events like this to people’s attention. Tony suggested that maybe we can use a chapter from the second speaker’s book for the October Instruction Discussion.
Nina turned the discussion to the End of Semester Event: In the past, we’ve focused on reflecting on our teaching experiences. The group agreed that it’s time to find a new activity to replace the Charettes. Suggestions were made to have an in house or outside speaker or find another way to have people reflect. Lance suggested working with CTE and inviting them to participate. Nina suggested letting CTE lead the program and then having a reflective element- find a way for CTE programming to apply to library instruction. Kaila will reach out to CTE to determine willingness to participate, and availability (definitely want it to be an end-of-semester event).
Lance proposed revisiting our Immersion notebooks to renew the energy. Tony suggested that maybe Immersion can somehow be reincorporated/threaded into the CTE event. Also, Lance suggested considering what the group can learn from candidate presentations being given throughout the fall on the topic of instruction.
Thomas suggested hosting a mini re-immersion in the spring semester.
Mary reminded the group to keep the Task Force Report in mind when moving forward with these ideas. Thomas suggested that there should be a subcommittee to focus on the Task Force Report. It was agreed that Nina will head a Task Force Subteam and Mary, Lance and Thomas will serve on it.
Mary also advised the group that the Instruction Team will have a half hour meeting with each AUL candidate. These will probably occur in late October/early November.

The next PSEC Instruction meeting is scheduled for October 2 at 11am in room 703.

Minutes for August 15, 2013 Meeting

Attendees: Mickey, Kelee, Nina, Lance, Chris, Gaby, Amy, Tony, Mary, Martha, Kaila, Carissa (recorder)

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- Could we arrange a panel discussion for how to develop a for-credit class? This could be a spring topic. The session could focus on what is required in creating this type of class – goals, concepts, assignments, technology, objectives, etc.

Minutes for July 9, 2013 Meeting

Present: Nina Scholtz, Carissa Vogel, Mary Ochs, Thomas Mills, Patrick Stevens, Lance Heidig, Gaby Castro Gessner, Kaila Bussert, Mickey Casad, Martha Walker
1. New structure
We briefly discussed the new PSEC Instruction Team structure, as recommended in the Information Literacy Task Force Report.
Mary announced that Mann has hired a new instruction coordinator/life sciences undergraduate librarian, Kelee Pacion, who will be the Life Sciences unit’s representative on the team (Mary represented Life Sciences today). Kelee starts July 29.
2. Meeting schedule
We will plan to meet on the 1st Wednesday morning of each month at 11 a.m. The meeting in August, however, will be scheduled for the 2nd Wednesday (August 14). Nina will send Outlook invitations to the committee.
3. Positions
Any team member who is interested in being the chair elect should contact Nina before July 26 (as she is on vacation July 29-August 7). We will select a new chair elect at the next meeting. The member would be the chair elect for 2013-14, chair for 2014-15, and past chair for 2015-16, so it is a three-year commitment.
Kaila will be the article discussion coordinator for 2013-14.
Mickey will join Nina and Gaby on the web subcommittee to update and improve our CUL pages and possibly the wiki.
Nina will continue to manage the wiki for now.
4. Goals for coming year/Review of Information Literacy Task Force Report (part III, Recommendations)
A. Program Development
A major goal of the team going forward will be to look for ways to embed information literacy components into core and high enrollment courses and into librarian-taught for-credit courses. Currently, the ease of reaching all students in a department varies by department and college/school. Some majors, and some colleges/schools, have no common core courses.
B. Organizational Structure
We will review the existing charge at the next meeting to determine what changes should be made to support the new leadership responsibilities.
C. Time Allocation for Staff
While this and other recommendations in the report make recommendations for supervisors and library administration, as a team we need to make sure to work with these stakeholders (including the new AUL, see below) to further these recommendations.
D. Teaching Facilities
In order to carry out this recommendation the team agreed that a subteam should be formed. This subteam will include not just Instruction team members but also IT (CUL, CIT, school/college IT) representative(s). Between now and the next meeting team members should think about joining this subteam; we will form the subteam at the next meeting.
The setting of a minimum technology standard for information literacy classrooms is relevant not just for existing classrooms but for designs of renovated facilities (e.g. the anticipated Fine Arts Library renovation).
The topic of technology in the classroom generated extensive discussion. Gaby commented that in surveys faculty complain about the classrooms. For the Tech Campus, there is a task force whose report is due in September (we think).
The team also agreed that since technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, this subteam will likely become a standing subteam with a focus on instruction technology, not just a special subteam for this year only.
E. CUL IT support for instructional technology and tools
This recommendation implicates both working with stakeholders (see C, above), and having a technology subteam (see D, above).
F. Professional development opportunities
The team will continue to offer article discussions and the end-of-semester forums. In addition, we will sponsor an additional legal research session and a ProQuest training on using Legislative Insight this fall. The team agreed that having a professional development lead/coordinator would be a good idea. Kaila and Thomas volunteered to serve as co-leads.

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