March 27, 2012  -- 1st meeting of new sub-group

In attendance: Susette Newberry, Marsha Taichman, Kaila Bussert

Agenda:

• Discussion on mission and goals of group
• Members: Susette, Marsha, and Kaila. Boris will join us in the summer.
• Sub-group leader: For now, Kaila will set up meeting times and agenda items on the wiki.
• Meeting times: We agreed to meet once per month through the summer. We may decide to meet every other month in the fall.
• Ideas for projects or issues to discuss as a group:  *denotes high priority items
  • *Fall orientation activities -- Susette gave an overview of Olin & Uris orientation events. Marsha will consult with us if needed as she works on FAL orientation events. 
  • VR web site  -- Susette will take the lead
  • Image Databases list  -- Marsha will take the lead as selector of the Visual Resources fund
  • *Promotional materials  -- This will be a priority project for us, and we will discuss at our next meeting. Invite Fiona and Danielle to discuss joint promotional materials.
  • Online instructional materials 
  • Discuss ideas for instruction  -- After CUL Immersion, make this a priority
  • Outreach -- Work on ways to make our presence more known on campus
  • Social media -- Investigate options for outreach
  • Visual literacy learning outcomes  
  • Reference training  -- Offer a series of training workshops to CUL reference staff
    • e.g. Citing images; New Image Resources; Personal Archiving by Danielle and Fiona

Action items: 

• Kaila will send Marsha documentation about the Image Databases list/ contact information to proceed with project to weed and enhance the databases list.
• Susette will look for draft of A&S Grants / VR Help postcard
• Kaila will invite Fiona and Danielle to next meeting to discuss promotion materials
• Report out to VRWG