Education and Training Advisory Committee

Wednesday, January 25, 2006  10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

Memorial Library, SUNY Cortland

 

Minutes

 

Present:  Matt Hogan (chair), Judith Andrew, Lance Heidig, Karen Dillon, Janet Hogan, Diane Talbut, and Gail Wood. Minutes taken by Nora Hardy.

 

Excused: Gail Barraco, Mary King, Robin Petrus.

    

  1. December 20, 2005 minutes approved.                                            
  2. Structure

                                                     

  1. Upcoming Workshops & Events for spring 2006 are scheduled and response is good so far.

                             

  1. Report to the Board, 2005 – tabled for committee approval at March 29 meeting.
  2. Plan of Service – The Committee reviewed the expiring plan and concluded that, except for corrected wording on the “Strategic Intent Two” page, it still represents appropriately the goals and objectives for SCRLC’s education and training activities.  The phrase “Training a la Carte” should be replaced with “Workshops on Wheels, ” and acronyms RBDB and HLSP should be replaced by their complete program names for clarity.

 

  1. New Business After considerable discussion it was decided that the Committee will refocus its efforts regarding Distance Learning. Information gathered suggests that DL has not worked well at other 3Rs, is too expensive for SCRLC to do by itself, and the Committee will try to share what it has learned with regional staff through web pages, newsletter articles, and as part of training events when possible. The Committee was unaware of the Continuing Education pages on LakeNet.Org  N.Hardy will send the link via email so the group can review the pages and consider how to promote and update them.

 

  1. Meeting Schedule: Wednesdays, 10:00-12:00

1)      March 29 – SCRLC Annex, Ithaca

2)      May 24 – Southeast Steuben Public Library, Corning

3)      Aug. 9 – Moore Public Library, Greene

4)      Oct. 4 – Binghamton University, Binghamton

5)      Dec. 6 – Cornell University, Ithaca