2019-2020 Agenda and Minutes

July 24, 2019 meeting 

Catherwood 237

Attendees:

1. Welcome new members!
2. Introductions
3. About the committee and description of subcommittees
   1. Leadership structure: incoming chair (Ashley), chair (Lenora), outgoing chair (Aliqae). This is the steering group and includes Mary Ochs.
   2. Subteams:
      1. Assessment – coordinates CLIQ and other assessment related topics
      2. Programming – general general  instruction programming and end of year event
      3. LibGuides Subteam – administers and coordinates Springshare account for all of CUL.
      4. Outreach & Communication – instruction website and workshop schedule in LibCal. 
   3. Sign up for subteam membership using this Subteam Interest Form, no later than July 26th (Friday).
4. Monthly meeting schedule for the year (bring your calendars)
   1. So far, second Wednesday of the month at 10am, 10:30 and 11am are possibilities.
5. 2019 Orientation  - Dates:  8/17 (Friday), 8/18 (Saturday) and 8//22 Wednesday
   1. The Library is a partner in the Cornell-wide Orientation Group "new student program" and we are assigned specific days to conduct our workshops.  The library workshops appear in the CU-wide promotional materials, and are separate from the college-specific orientation activities that also happen around the same time.
   2. CUL workshops - please sign up here to volunteer: https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cCKfBhxOHHIgfR3.  We have created lesson plans and powerpoints to share with volunteer teachers. Workshops occur at Mann, Olin and Uris Libraries. Anticipate a debrief on how the workshops went later in August or September.
      
      1. Introduction to Academic Libraries in the United States (2 sessions - one Friday, one Wednesday)
      2. Getting Started with library research at Cornell (6 sessions - 2 on Friday, 2 on Saturday, 2 on Wednesday)
   3. Unit orientation activities report-in
6. Goals process
   1. Goals reported to PSEC, possibly due end of August/early September
   2. We will discuss this more, but please think more about this.  One possible topic is the "certificate" for workshops (Olin RLS is considering this as a pilot).  More details forthcoming.
7. Updates and announcements
   1. Portal soft launch 8/23.  Arrival anticipated 8/8  http://guides.library.cornell.edu/portals
   2. Tableau Workshop for staff on 8/1 (Zoë) in Uris Library. More details forthcoming.
   3. Certificate for workshops – Olin RLS?
   4. Law Library - new Director of Administration, Sabrina Sondhi (Amy Emerson's replacement).
   5. ILR - 2 new reference staff  - Sara Palmer (full time reference assistant); Joe Hull (part-time reference assistant). Kheel Director job reposted.
   6. Mann Library instruction - Mel Jensen and Ashlea Shea will be the new instruction coordinators.  Mel lots of teaching experience; Ashley on CALS curriculum committee.
   7. Invite Danianne Mizzy (new AUL) to our meeting in Aug or September.  Aliqae will follow-up with Angie.
8. Next meeting:  Location will be in Catherwood 237.  Time and date TBD based on doodle poll.