Instruction Team Meeting

Minutes

Attendees: Carol, Wade, Evan, Art, Joan, Fran, Shaun, JaNae, 

Excused: Lonna, Brianna (Kathy?)

Announcements

• Links to NW Accreditation, General degree requirements, and information literacy, standard 5 are provided for the team to learn more about accreditation. Carol is writing a small report with Al Talbot on computer and information literacy and Joan is writing a long report on Standard 5 for the Northwest accreditation report. 

• Fall 2002 2010 assessment data is on the Web. We are improving. We will add a change to the Powerpoints acknowledging the @10% of students that know it all as that is a consistent comment. The following table was presented 

Discussion

1. ULA would like us to do an instruction poster for the next conference. Shaun, Fran and Joan have agreed to work on this. Joan suggested it be a summary of our program.
2. Spring workshop? (review UALC ideas). Carol will contact Lynda Wangsgard to ask her if there are any training priorities for her staff to get ideas for another Spring workshop. Carol mentioned Graciela Italiano-Thomas as a possible speaker on better meeting the needs of Hispanic patrons.
3. New instruction/information literacy Web pages - The team suggested the following links for this page. 
   • Information Literacy Program
   • Information Literacy Requirement
   • English 2010 and FYE
   • Subject Librarians doing instruction (listed by department)
4. Carol presented a Draft outline of an information literacy plan for a department and asked team members to send her feedback on the draft. Joan feels this is an important ongoing activity. Below is some of the wording from accreditation standards that support this and other assessment in the library. Carol, Fran and Shaun will discuss this draft plan with Dave Eisler and Catherine Zublin later in November. Joan suggested that instruction librarians report back to the team in the Spring on any progress they have made, she alos commented on how busy faculty are this year with accreditation. Carol will develop a Web page linking to any plans that are developed.
   • From Standard 5 
     • 5.B.4 Opportunities are provided for faculty, staff, and students to participate in the planning and development of the library and information resources and services.
     • Library and information resources planning activities support teaching and learning functions by facilitating the research and scholarship of students and faculty. Related evaluation processes regularly assess the quality, accessibility, and use of libraries and other information resource repositories and their services to determine the level of effectiveness in support of the educational program.
       5.E.1 The institution has a planning process that involves users, library and information resource staff, faculty, and administrators.
     • 5.E.3 The institution regularly and systematically evaluates the quality, adequacy, and utilization of its library and information resources and services, including those provided through cooperative arrangements, and at all locations where courses, programs, or degrees are offered. The institution uses the results of the evaluations to improve the effectiveness of these resources.

As May Arise

• Wade will meet with Joan to determine who will be doing his instruction activities next semester.

Next Meeting

• Ideas for improving collaboration with departments

01/09/2003