Instruction Team Meeting

Attendees: Jill, Ruby, Art and Joan

Excused: Evan, Wade, Fran, Lonna, Peggy

• Systems Issues:

  • Lanskool a software to enable the instructor to control the student stations, has been ordered and will be installed for Spring use. Carol will schedule a training session during week 1

  • Classroom 31 crashing issues unresolved...Systems feels problems are related to wider Lucent/Network problems

  • Plug-ins and updates - Do you need additional software or plug ins in the classroom or any updates? If so, please let me or John know ASAP as he is organizing the jobs that need to be done between the semesters.

  • If you would like to use Frontpage 2000, please let John know and Joan will have it ordered.

• Untangling the Web - Spring '99 Calendar done

• Instruction team intranet - new links include, 1) Jill's lesson plan and 2) links to sites with teaching tips

• Web Team update - Web Team is still working on Home page redesign. Joan would like to develop a new library logo, but we will use the book until that occurs.

2. Discussion

• Library Classrooms Guidelines for Use draft done, feedback wanted...Suggestions were made to include language that explains priority use, and Carol has added a statement. Click above and reload. This form will be sent to every NON Library person scheduling the classroom

• New English 2010 and FYE exercises and schedules - FYE exercise is done. You will get these others soon...Jill suggested we try to teach at least boolean AND in these sessions. Carol will try to add

• Other general sessions

  • New faculty Session is scheduled for Thurs. Dec 9, 2-3pm- (also see draft outline for "Library Services for Faculty" in   new patron type guide series) Please feel free to work on any guides or handouts that you would like to give faculty in your area on that day. Jill had some suggestions that carol will incorporate. Carol will send out a draft of the guide and packet o f  handouts early next week.

  • Another "getting connected at home" workshop will be given on   - Tues Dec 14 at 11:00 am

  • information literacy competency sessions. We may need to hold these monthly next year? We'll gauge demand...

    • 2700 freshman each year. @ 300 will or have taken classes. This means 2400 will probably take exam. Crunch will probably come next year.

    • Joan mentioned that the information literacy competency is now a requirement for the COAST AA degrees.

  • Session for staff - subcommittee report? - Lonna. We did not discuss, and I did not hear from Lonna, so we'll ask for a report for next time.

• Instruction Plan so far... We did not have time to discuss. I am still waiting for volunteers to write sections: Jill, Wade and Evan have all contributed so far. THANKS!

Faculty Issues

• 2000/2001 Draft Teaching Schedule - This was not discussed

• Student end of course evaluation form -  A Guest speaker, Coral Lou Glen from testing came at 2:15 PM and we realized that they don't have much information to provide in the testing center yet. To be perfectly honest it seems that this semester is going to be a big experiment for them...Carol has incorporated all the suggestions she received.( view and reload above link to see latest changes) Carol must have any last suggestions before Monday 11/23 at noon. THANKS!

• Information Literacy Competencies Exam Subcommittee - We did not have time to discuss. Carol has added over  35 questions. PLEASE REMEMBER Carol would always like to get any additional questions you would like to add....

Please send corrections or additions to Carol    
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