RISG Minutes  Wed., 08/19/2009 10-11:45; Rotch Conference Room

Angie, Anita, Barbara, Bill (minutes), Heather, Lisa H., Lisa S., Maggie, Mark, Remlee

1. Announcements

  • RISG Budget: discussed budget allocation for Spring semester and intersessions.
  • Libraries Homepage: Beta to go live Wednesday. Remlee will ask for feedback on Services A-Z list.
  • Upcoming Staff Training: New homepage, Vera and Touchstone. Members asked to encourage local staff to attend.

2. Group Updates

  • Videos tutorials:
    • Will be debuting a new tool (Jing) to allow staff to easily create basic video tutorials soon.
    • Still working on reorganizing and editing existing video tutorials.
  • JulyAP:
    • Placed on a future agenda item: ideas to increase attendance, future dates, etc.
  • Cite Help:
    • No updates, moving according to schedule
  • Knowledgebase:
    • Added as agenda item for next meeting
  • Reference Documentation:
    • No updates, moving according to schedule
  • Orientation:
    • No updates, moving according to schedule
  • Information Navigator:
    • Migration to libguide almost complete
    • Angie will send out an email asking for feebback before the start of the semester
  • Reference Statistics:
    • Discussion on proposed studies added as an agenda item for next meeting

3. Instruction Toolkit (Mark)

  • Discussed the general organization, potential items to share (multimedia, presentation and promotional materials), new categories. It was agreed that it should be pre-populated with material provided by RISG, and then allowed to grow with aditional user content.

4. IAP Planning (Remlee)

  • Remlee will put a call out for volunteers for IAP coordinators, deadline 09/15

5. Survey Results (Heather)

  • Discussed trends and differences in 2005 and 2008 scatterplots and comments.
  • Heather will post to the Wiki: Click on the paper clip icon, and view the attachments.
  • Discussion on how this data should be used added as future agenda item.

6. Coordinating efforts for developing teaching skills (Barbara)

  • Discussed ways to for RISG to coach other library staff members in teaching/instruction skills. Group will begin with informal outreach within units, Barbara will begin work on creating a formal group.

7. Undergrad Assesment (Mark)

  • Discussed pilot program, agreed that it has the potential to provide good data over time.
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