March 27, 2012 -- 1st meeting of new sub-group
In attendance: Susette Newberry, Marsha Taichman, Kaila Bussert
10-11am, Olin 603
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: *high priority items
- *Fall orientation activities -- Susette gave an overview of Olin & Uris orientation events. Marsha will consult if needed as she plans FAL orientation events. Outside of orientation week, we will think about a collaborative orientation / outreach to Grad TAs in AAP, Art History, and Classics (for example).
- 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; Survey of 2011-2012 course-related instruction to see if there are areas to collaborate in the next year.
- 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