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Present: R Green, P Cohn, M Bartley, H McCann, A Perkins, M Szarko, L Horowitz, A Locknar, L Sweeney, B Williams, B Helman

Guests: H Silver, T Gabridge

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  • Determine which other heads of "bubbles" we'd like to talk to regarding our thoughts on reference and instruction.   Invite them to future RISG meetings with similar format.
  • Think about our views/perspective on service points/desks.  Data is also welcome (a stats gathering opportunity?).   Also training.
  • Think about professional and support staff relationships too
  • What name should Steve's group have?

Promoting awareness of research guides (Peter; 20 mins))

  • Include this in freshmen librarian advisor letters?  Decided not to at this stage but could later in academic year.
  • Bookmarks in Rotch to hand out when checking out books includes research guides.  Could other libraries do this too?  Dewey is working on one.   Heather will distribute the template if others want to use it.
  • Create email to send to subspec for subject specialists to send to their departments
  • News blog, facebook, tweet - if it's on the home page as a "news" item we could see if they're used more?
  • CFG has a marketing/advertising group, Mark will contact them
  • Create subgroup to work on this?  Like drafting emails, coming up with ideas, etc?   Mark/Heather will be the CFG liaisons who will coordinate this.

Prioritize Fall projects (Remlee, 15 mins) 

  • Angie will rewrite description of Video tutorial project
  • Updated list is on wiki

Instruction section of documentation pages (Lisa , 10 minsH) 

  • Documentation group discussed what should be linked under Instruction box

Announcements & updates (15 mins)

  • It's IAP time!  Think about classes you want to teach.  Remlee will ask coordinators if there will be a brown bag session.
  • ISG is also meeting with Tracy and Howard and other heads
  • ISG subgroup looking at Services A to Z list to make it more useful
  • 3.091 update