RISG agenda, Wed., 10/15/08: 10-11; Rotch Conference Room

Present: Horowitz, McCann, Green, Sweeney, Szarko, Locknar, Cohn, Perkins

  • Announcements
    • Update on different subgroups:
      • Ref Stats group - thinking about a "show n tell" of new products/tools available.  How to engage non-librarian staff?  Also looking at what we need to collect and why, to sample or not to sample.
      • Reference Vision update - with Mark and Lisa attending Immersion for Assessment this December, we may need to have an Instruction Vision too.
      • Instruction assessment pilot - we have around 250 students to be surveyed so far (maybe more).
    • PSLG has 6 benchmarks for assessment, we need to determine how our stats fit into this.
    • Gaming pilot happening at Barker.  Maybe look at ACRL Information Literacy Standards and compare to gaming (article from Lisa H about this will be forwarded)
    • Think about ideas for Patty as a consultant, maybe Info Nav/Barton Basics project
    • IAP coordinators met, brown bag to be held Oct 31 and Nov 19; poster deadline is Dec. 12
  • Establish list of ownership for RISG-related web pages (virtual reference pages, instruction pages, reference manual, wiki, etc.)
    • List is on the wiki
    • Discussion about if these are rotating ownerships or "permanent".  We may make this into a chart indicating what is rotating or not.
  • Ask Us Page - currently, the information is presented in terms of how the user wants to get in touch with us.  Should we revise this so that emphasis is on subject selector page?
    • Looked at current page. http://libraries.mit.edu/ask-us/ It's organized by mode (way to contact people).
    • Use new Borrowing and Ordering page as a guide?
    • Want to keep Ask Us at the top.
    • Combine "in person" and "subject experts"?
    • Does "research consultations" mean anything?
    • Does instruction fit here?  Does orientation?
    • Maybe change to "in depth" and "quick questions" or something like that.  More at what do you want to do.
    • How many people click on each link?
    • Put this in a "parking lot" for consideration for a project in the spring or next year.  It's not urgent.

Minutes: Locknar (next: McCann)

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