Instruction Committee Meeting: September 27, 2013

Conference Call via Google+ Hangouts

Members attending: Susan Avery (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Molly Beestrum (Columbia College), Frances Brady (Adler School of Professional Psychology), Kirstin Duffin (Eastern Illinois University), Michelle Guittar (Northeastern Illinois University), Laura Mondt (Richland Community College), Aimee Walker (North Central College)

Members absent: Beth Mandrell (Rend Lake College), Elizabeth Nicholson (North Central College), Frances Whaley (Illinois Valley Community College)

CARLI Staff attending: Debbie Campbell, Lorna Engels

Guests: none

Decisions:

  • Minutes of the August 23, 2013 meeting were approved prior to the meeting.
  • The Instruction Committee decided to hold three webinars each focusing on a different topic about assessment.  
    • Topics and presenters:
      • What and how do you assess? -Devin Savage (tentatively)
      • How to write for assessment/developing rubrics. -Lisa Hinchliffe
      • How do you interpret the data? -Jen-Chien Yu
    • Final dates will be dependent on the speakers but webinars are tentatively scheduled for the weeks of November 4th, November 18th, and December 9th.  
    • Preferred time slot is between 10 A.M. and 2 P.M.
    • Webinars may be 30-45 minutes in length with time for Q & A.
  • The Instruction Committee will postpone the CARLI document planning until after the assessment webinars.
  • The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 A.M.

Announcements:

  • New I-Share libraries recently completed SysAdmin training.
  • VuFind ‘Hide e-resources to which I don’t have access” button is live and some Instruction Committee members have incorporated it into the classroom.
  • Debbie reported that the CARLI webmaster and communications director worked up a rough mock-up of the new committee pages.  The name is still to be determined and she will share more information as the demo site is further developed.

Tasks assigned:

  • Molly will contact Devin Savage to find out if he would be willing to present on the “how and what” of library assessment.
  • Susan will contact Lisa Hinchliffe and Jen-chien Yu to confirm their presentations on writing assessments/rubrics and interpretation of the data, respectively.
  • Susan will draft a proposal for the IACRL pre-conference to be sent for editing by committee members via e-mail.  Deadline for submission is 10/20/13.
  • Follow up from 8/23 meeting: Lorna contacted catering and facilities at Joliet Junior College about holding our instruction forum there the week of June 17, 2014.  She will report back upon further contact with these groups.

Discussions:

  • Review of webinar proposals
    • The Request for Presenters received five responses.  Some were deemed more appropriate for our June forum.  
    • Devin Savage, who helped form the Assessment listserv, did not respond and the committee felt it would be worthwhile to contact him personally.
  • IACRL pre-conference
    • The pre-conference will feature one main speaker followed by one hour concurrent breakouts in the morning and two hour concurrent breakouts in the afternoon.
    • The Instruction Committee would like to sponsor a two hour session  because comments from past activities show participants enjoy the opportunity to talk with colleagues.
    • Potential topics were discussed.  Susan and Frances Brady proposed: What are we finding out from evidence based instruction? How do we then review and revise instruction based on assessment outcomes?  The committee agreed this was a good topic to explore further.

Meeting Dates and Deadlines:

  • Next Meeting: Friday, October 25, 2013, Google+ Hangouts, 10:00am-11:30am
  • IACRL Pre-Conference Proposal Deadline: Sunday, October 20, 2013
  • Schedule of Instruction Team Meetings:
    • Monday, July 29, 2013, CARLI office, 10:00am-1:30pm
    • Friday, August 23, 2013, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Friday, September 27, 2013, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Friday, October 25, 2013, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Friday, November 22, 2013, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Friday, December 27, 2013, NO MEETING
    • Friday, January 24, 2014, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Friday, February 28, 2014, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Friday, March 28, 2014, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Friday, April 25, 2014, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Friday, May 23, 2014, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
    • Friday, June 27, 2014, Phone/video conference, 10:00am-11:30am
  • Minutes Schedule:
    • July 2013 - Frances Whaley
    • August 2013 - Aimee Walker
    • September 2013 - Elizabeth Nicholson (absent, taken by Laura Mondt)
    • October 2013 - Laura Mondt
    • November 2013 - Beth Mandrell
    • December 2013 - NO MEETING
    • January 2014 - Michelle Guittar
    • February 2014 - Kirstin Duffin
    • March 2014 - Frances Brady
    • April 2014 - Molly Beestrum
    • May 2014 - Susan Avery
    • June 2014 - Frances Whaley
  • Blog Posting Schedule:
    • Instruction "tips, tools, and techniques” of your choosing
    • Post during first week of the month
    • September 2013 - Susan Avery
    • October 2013 - Molly Beestrum
    • November 2013 - Frances Brady
    • December 2013 - Kirstin Duffin
    • January 2014 - NO POSTING
    • February 2014 - Michelle Guittar
    • March 2014 - Beth Mandrell
    • April 2014 - Laura Mondt
    • May 2014 - Elizabeth Nicholson
    • June 2014 - Aimee Walker