SCOPA

Minutes, March 31, 2003

Present: Huei-Ju (Polly) Chang, Eric Friede, Stephen Jones, Nancy Kuhl, Cecile Mandour (recording), Shawn Steidinger, Daniel Dollar. Absent: Mary Caldera.

Stephen Jones chaired the meeting in Mary Caldera’s absence.

SCOPA NEW LIBRARIANS ORIENTATION

-- Details for the upcoming “Orientation for New Librarians” scheduled for Wednesday, April 2, were finalized.

-- Shawn confirmed sending out an electronic invitation to the new librarians. She also briefly listed the materials to be included in the folders to be distributed at the orientation meeting.

-- The program for the meeting was distributed to the Committee members and approved.

-- Daniel suggested adding the SCOPA URL on the program. He will also point out the newly added “Suggestion box” when making his presentation on the SCOPA Website.

-- Eric mentioned the improvements he made on the brochure for the Grants Committee.

-- Lunch has been ordered and the menu is a repeat of last year’s menu. Shawn will bring dessert.

A discussion followed as to whether the SCOPA Orientation for New Librarians should be renamed to make it clear that this program is not duplicating the University orientation program.

Nancy Kuhl suggested finding an easier way to access the SCOPA page, as she was having problems finding it.

SCOPA BULLETIN

The Bulletin was put on hold until our next meeting.

FORUMS

Eric suggested postponing the Grants Forum tentatively until June 2.

Steve will follow up on Karen Reardon’s proposal for a forum on ELI classes to be given sometime in May.

Shawn suggested that SCOPA might want to discuss sponsoring refreshment breaks at the New England Voyager Users Group on June 4. Attendance at this full day meeting is limited to 200, of which fifty seats will be reserved for Yale staff on a first come first serve basis.

The forum on copyright was briefly mentioned.

Forum possibilities on hold: Forum about library schools, ALA director, Progressive Librarian Editor.

Next meeting is scheduled for April 14, 2003 at 2:00 PM.