2018-2019 Agenda and Minutes

July 11, 2018 meeting

Catherwood 237

Attendees: Jeremy Cusker, Aliqae Geraci, Gaby Castro (note-taker), Mary Ochs, Tom Ottaviano, Lenora Schneller, Nina Scholtz, Alison Shea, Zoë Wilkinson Saldaña.

Welcome new members!
Introductions
About the committee and description of subcommittees
1. Leadership structure: incoming chair (Lenora), chair (Aliqae), outgoing chair (vacant - because of Kelly LaVoice's departure). This is the steering group and includes Mary Ochs.
2. Subteams:
  1. Assessment - coordinates CLIQ and other assessment related topics
    1. Gaby ongoing liaison
  2. Programming - general instruction programming and end of year event
    1. Lenora ongoing membership
  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 20th (Friday).
Monthly meeting schedule for the year (bring your calendars)
1. Aliqae will send a doodle poll for us to select best times. So far, second Wednesday of the month at 10am, 10:30 and 11am are possibilities.
2018 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
  1. Every college/unit holds different orientation activities. Here's a sample of some of them:
    1. ILR - all students get a tour, specific programs get a hands-on orientation
    2. Law - 8/6 - 8/8 - tour and orientation, plus credit-bearing courses
    3. Dyson - 4 events for students that include 30 mins intro to the library. Also an orientation from JCB for new faculty on 8/17
    4. CALS - 9/4 New student welcome in Mann Lobby. Also conduct "inside scoop" for Grads in September, plus workshops throughout the semester
    5. ENG - 8/22 meet and greet, and as needed/requested sessions. Expect makerspace orientation as well
    6. Music - Orientation for Grad students, but will offer some on-demand tours for UG (based on UG survey comments!!)
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.
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.
Next meeting:

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