Learning Commons Staff Meeting - August 7, 2008

Attendees:

• Ed Sargent
• Cheyenne Roduin
• Annie Davis
• Sukirti Ranade
• Michael Bresloff
• Ellen Kinamon (minutes)
• Michele Ng (unable to attend)

Time/Date/Location: 

  2:30-4:00 PM, August 7, 2008 PM

Agenda

• Meeting Agenda for August 7 2008   

Notes

Presentation formats discussion:

7-minute formats should be saved as "mov" files as large as possible, then these can be converted to other formats.

 "m4v" files can be used for podcasting for ipods. 

Storage:  ftp to a main server and burn to a DVD.  On Blue Host, we have a terabyte of space. 

Ed said that financial aid would like to do some taped interviews of students for a Veterans program publicity.  We need to do some tests on staff members here first.  Ed said that we should not become the school production company for marketing.

Ed said that non-teaching blogs and wikis are not currently allowed if they have an outward face.  The new web site is planned at LWTC and will have blog and wiki capability.

The new multimedia deck is available for students to check-out.  They need a form signed and a student ID.  The deck can be used for 2-3 hours, library use only and can plug into any our our computers.  To use the deck, a DV cable is needed.

Annie is away for three weeks starting next week.  Michael can do the calendars, rooms, media requests and equipment tagging as well as replace projector bulbs.

The computer lab will be reserved by Cheyenne for 30 students.  Cheyenne should inform Michele to close off the lab on that day for the class period.

Budget and travel:  Due to the State Budget, travel is restricted for now per the letter from President Sharon McGavick.

The Learning Commons received equipment money from Instruction, $30,000:  We purchased mics, mic stands, adapters, 10 new PC's, 8 will go to the TLC, and nine 24 inch MACS will be coming in.  !0 PC's are already here.

DSS tutoring computers near the window are not ours, but need to remain in the library where they are.

Marketing and promoting the Learning Commons:

Ed--good job generally.  He wants Sukirti to promote the TLC too.  Many on campus want a more traditional library and Ed has been encouraged to tone down the "fun" in the library.

Cheyenne said that David Haworth would put a link to "New in the Library" monthly on his news email.

Cheyenne attended the global outcomes committee.  She said that next year, but not this year, assignments with the library databases would be made.  The deans would commission the faculty to organize these assignments involving information literacy.  Ed said he would bring this up at the dean's meeting and see if that could be moved up to this year.

E-learning at LWTC:  Ed discussed the Quality Matters program where 2 faculty members would peer-review the online courses as part of the curriculum process and committee.  Ed has a checklist, and the course faculty would talk to the librarian, Sukirti, and the e-learning specialist when planning their program.  Ed said that people will opt out to avoid the time to go through the review.

Ed said that the Illuminate video webinar system will be provided for free to all colleges in the state.  There will be no back end work, no enrollment and users can create "rooms." (?)

Angel will be hosted by the state for WAOL in July 2009 for all of the colleges in the state.  Each college will no longer have to do the enrollments.  So we have one more year with supporting Angel enrollements and course shells as an individual campus.

Action Items

Michael:  check on the ports for the laptops in the conference room.