South Central Regional Library Council

Education and Training Advisory Committee

Wednesday, June 4, 2008  10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

TST BOCES, Ithaca, NY

 

Present:      Rebecca Borowski, Mary King, Mary-Carol Lindbloom, Sarah Maximiek, Shelley MacFeiggan, Jane O’Brien, Diane Talbut, Elaine Westbrooks, Gail Wood. Minutes taken by Nora Hardy.

Absent:       Matt Hogan, Robin Petrus, Gail Wood.

 

Minutes

1.      April 2 minutes approved as written.

 

  1. Recent Workshops  have been very well attended and evaluations have been excellent. Hardy presented a class on Web 2.0 technologies for CO BOCES which will be of interest to other regional librarians. The LA SIG-sponsored Professional Development session was so popular it outgrew the SCLRC Training Room and was held at TC3.

 

  1. Upcoming Workshops – The final Spring 2008 workshop, Persuasive Presentations, is completely filled and a waiting list has been opened.

 

  1. Summer Camp will be scheduled shortly and include topics such as cataloging, disaster planning, weeding, and security/dangerous patrons.

 

  1. Fall Programming – Two grant-funded series proposals have been submitted and await decisions; both concentrate on digitization topics. SCRLC will be offering more distance learning opportunities because of the successful spring Webinar series. We will probably use OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries) which can also be used for online meetings. Additional topic suggestions were moving forward with 23 Things, developing a summer school comparable to RRLC’s for school librarians, resources in Second Life, time management, library support iTunes University, and WorldCat’s collection analysis tool.

 

  1. Training Room Update – New laptops, tables and chairs have arrived and the SmartBoard has been installed. The room has been used for a number of meetings and several classes and works very well.

 

  1. E&T Report to the SCRLC Board was presented to the Board and accepted with thanks.

 

  1. E&T 3-Year Plan – Nora will post on Google Docs for review and editing by the committee.

 

  1. E&T Survey – The Committee edited the draft survey and it will be released soon.

 

  1. New Business – A lively discussion of Second Life resulted in requests that a demonstration be part of the August meeting. A number of useful online services and softwares were discussed and the list and URLs will be shared with all Committee members.

 

  1. Scheduled Meetings and Locations (all Wednesdays, 10:00 am-12:00)
    • Aug. 13                        Ithaca College
    • Oct. 1               Southern Tier Library System, Painted Post
    • Dec. 3              Moore Memorial Library, Greene