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- Do we really need this page: http://libraries.mit.edu/help/workshops.html, or can we just use the wiki?
- New core competencies
- After converted to LibGuide: Virtual Reference Collection (Georgiana)
- Innovative, beta ideas that RISG can do
- Are we collaborating with other groups enough? Should we do more with ISG? ASG? CFG?
- "Your personal librarian" idea
- How to support personal information management; Expand cite-help group to include personal information management?
- Late Spring / Summer: consider creating an instruction vision for undergrads.
- Lisa shows us how to use Zoomerang.
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Goals for FY20092010:
Done? | Timeline | recurring | Project | Who's working on it? | ||||||||
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DONE! | September 2008 | yes | Select IAP coordinator team | Lisa S, Roshni, Moses | ||||||||
DONE! | October 2008 | yes | Establish list that lays out ownership of certain projects (virtual reference pages, instruction pages, wiki, etc) | everyone | ||||||||
in progress | Summer 2009 |
| Report on undergraduate assessment pilot, and discontinue assessment. Peter's working on report in Summer 2009. | Peter, Maggie, Lisa H, Mark | ||||||||
in progress | Summer 2009 |
| Instruction Toolkit: http://libstaff.mit.edu/instruction/toolkit/bibliography.html | Mark | ||||||||
Beginning is done; project ongoing- ANGIE, CAN YOU FILL THIS IN? | Summer 2009 |
| in progress - maybe done??? | By end of Spring 2009 | yes | Review & maintain video tutorials; make better plan for updating in future; get stats on videos | Angie organizes, with help reviewing & updating | DONE | Spring 2009 | Service Vision statement | Lisa H. spearhead; Anita, Heather M, Bill, Remlee, Stephanie H | |
DONE! | By Spring 2009 | yes | Plan Spring Seminar. Brainstorm research and instruction-related topic, find someone to do it, figure out if it will cost money. For staff development. | Heather & Lisa H. (will bring in ideas from instruction assessment) | ||||||||
. Video tutorials assessment Have pilot assessments, but then what? Report written by Patty and Darcy; RISG is supposed to continue to evaluate?; writing in annual reports - no one included; Should there be a rotating "video coordinator" position in RISG? Angie already does for many things; Darcy oversees technical side - Angie and Darcy have been coordinating; only data collected is from Google Analytics. Sitting in awareness, satisfaction, importance space. Should it be up to instruction coordinators to report out on? Where is steve getting numbers from? Ask Nicole if she wants to add to usability tests? | Angie, Georgiana, Courtney (doing an assessment of BITS with Harvard already) | |||||||||||
in progress | Summer 2009 |
| Finish Information Navigator LibGuide | Patty Barbera with Angie & Remlee | ||||||||
| August 2009 |
| Get RISG budget approved | Remlee | ||||||||
| September 2009 |
| Select IAP 2010 coordinator team |
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| October 2009 |
| Update list that lays out ownership of certain projects (virtual reference pages, instruction pages, wiki, etc) | Remlee & all | ||||||||
| Fall 2009 | yes | Review instruction plan and implementation. | Peter leads | ||||||||
in progress | Fall 2009 | Figure | DONE! | Fall 2008-June 2009 | Consider sampling system for stats. | Heather leads, with Lisa H, Remlee, Bill | DONE, project will continue in 2nd pilot year | By beginning of Fall 2008; will talk about Fall 08 results in Jan/Feb but continue pilot for 1 year | Pilot undergraduate assessment of student learning. | ??Angie, Mark, & Lisa H | ||
in progress | Start Sept. 2008; revision will be complete Fall 2009; instruction plan timeline determines dates |
| Instruction Toolkit - think about when and who? The project plan (implementation of instruction plan) will address this, so we'll need to think about what is realistic. Nicole created a wikispace but it's not populated yet; linked from RISG wiki under projects and documents. Can start with existing instruction toolkit on wiki. http://libstaff.mit.edu/instruction/toolkit/bibliography.html | Mark will make draft and send out to group | ||||||||
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Fall 2009 | Redo Barton Basics as a LibGuide, after WorldCat decision has been made | Remlee with Patty D-B | ||||||||||
Fall 2009 | yes | Think about adding up to 2 special reference-related statistical studies for FY10 | {??}Heather leads, with Lisa H, Remlee, Bill ???? | |||||||||
Fall 2009 | yes | Think about LibGuides and what we could do better. Reps from local units should make | in progress; nearing completion | Start Oct. 2008; in progress through Spring 2009; Patty working on. | yes | Review & maintain Barton Basics, information navigator, tutorials, etc. Remlee, Peter, Angie, Anita; Keep Nicole & Darcy in the loop; Patty working on Info Nav | DONE | Have a plan by end of Fall 2008; training in 2/09 |
| LibGuides vs subject guides assessment: assess research guides; some subject guides were just a listing of things from Vera, but many were much more extensive; make clear that subject guide doesn't have to look like database listing; make sure subject guide person knows they can control link from main library page to real subject guide and then link to LibGuide from subject guide | Lisa H. Remlee leads | |
DONE | End of Fall 2008 2009 | yes | Review instruction plan and implementation | Peter | FY10 | yes | Review & maintain reference manual: Link local reference manuals; dovetail with documentation infrastructure project. start wiki with ideas for manual. http://libstaff.mit.edu/psdocs | Peter and VOLUNTEERS? | ||||
Peter's writing results. Group has been formed | FY10 |
| Review instruction assessment tools - are the stats being gathered still relevant for what we want? | Peter, Maggie, Lisa H, Mark | ||||||||
Fall 2009 | FY10 | Work to promote user awareness of research guides, maybe with CFG, as described in assessment project plan for 2007-2010. Use user awareness survey info. Look at survey results | ||||||||||
DONE! | June 2009 | yes | Plan JulyAP | Barbara | ||||||||
DONE! | June 2009 | yes | Instruction & Reference statistics (need to be done by middle of spring to be ready for next fiscal year) | Maggie/Angie for instruction, Jess B for reference | ||||||||
DONE! | June 2009 | yes | Call for new members (every year/through PSLG) |
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Beginning is done; project ongoing- ask Angie | Summer 2009? |
| Video tutorials assessment - we'll have the analysis back from Patty at some point in the spring. Have pilot assessments, but then what? Report written by Patty and Darcy; RISG is supposed to continue to evaluate?; writing in annual reports - no one included; Should there be a rotating "video coordinator" position in RISG? Angie already does for many things; Darcy oversees technical side - Angie and Darcy have been coordinating; only data collected is from Google Analytics. Sitting in awareness, satisfaction, importance space. Should it be up to instruction coordinators to report out on? Where is steve getting numbers from? Ask Nicole if she wants to add to usability tests? | Angie, Georgiana, Courtney (doing an assessment of BITS with Harvard already) | ||||||||
in progress | FY10 Fall 2009 |
| Instruction tools for DIRC: Look at tools (ex: http://www.netsupportproducts.com/products/HigherEdSolutions.htmlSMART htmlSMART Sync) and think about if/how we could use them in the DIRC. Find out how much it costs, how much would it get used, how easy it is to setup, and the likelihood of it causing any software conflicts on the machine. | Mark, Barbara, anyone else?? OTHER VOLUNTEERS? | ||||||||
| February 2010 | yes | Figure out who will plan JulyAP and IAPril | Remlee & all | ||||||||
| March 2010 | yes | Plan IAPril 2010 | |||||||||
| Spring 2010 | yes | Think about staffing models for reference/service including ask-us (falls under RISG as part of reference); ask-us general phone line sits in Hayden |
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| by Spring 2010 | yes | Plan Spring Seminar 2010. Brainstorm research and instruction-related topic, find someone to do it, figure out if it will cost money. For staff development. |
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| June 2010 | yes | Plan JulyAP 2010 |
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| June 2010 | yes | Submit Instruction & Reference statistics (need to be done by middle of spring to be ready for next fiscal year) | Maggie/Angie for instruction, Jess B for reference | ||||||||
| June 2010 | yes | Call for new members (every year/through PSLG) | Remlee |
Brainstormed ideas to consider to add to the timeline:
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