Meeting Agenda: SCOPA, March 15, 2004, 1:30pm, SML 411
Minutes
to be taken by Shawn Steidinger
SCOPA
and Inclusiveness (10 minutes) Following up on our discussion with DianeTurner; review
draft of new “About SCOPA” text for website; follow up regarding publications
page
Mentoring
Program Review (10 Minutes) Considering opening the program to all library staff.
Please review the following web sites
http://www.lib.umd.edu/ASD/LPO/mentoring/index.html
http://hrnt.jhu.edu/cmp/mentoring.cfm
New
Librarians Orientation (10 minutes) Report from Shawn regarding possible plans for April
orientation
SCOPA
Survey
(15minutes) Results of trial survey at Social Sciences Library; plans for
revision of survey questions, broader application, etc. (Trial survey
questions: 1. Have you ever attended a SCOPA Forum?; 2. Which SCOPA
Forums did you attend?;
3. Do you have any suggestions for future SCOPA Forums?)
Next
Meeting—Reschedule
because of Education Forum?
Forums
Follow Up, Progress, Etc. (10 minutes)
1- Library Education Forum
Speakers: Representatives from regional &
national library schools
Date Location: February, March SML
Planner: Carla (Rowena will assist as needed)
Long Island University’s Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Southern Connecticut State University Dept. of Information and Library Science, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies
To Be Discussed: publicity, refreshments, SCOPA
volunteers
2-- CLIR Post Doctoral Initiative and Library
Education (2 panels)
Speakers: Panle 1: Michele
Cloonan, Dean of Simmons Library School; Nancy Godleski, YU Librarian for
American History; Danuta Nitecki, YU Associate University Librarian / Library
Educator (??); Mary Brown, Assistant Professor, SCSU Library School; Todd
Gilman, YU Librarian For Literature in English / Library Educator
Panel 2: Alice Prochaska, YU University Librarian; Pamela Schirmeister,
Associate Dean, YU Graduate School; Richard Detweiler, Interim President,
Council on Library and Information Resources; Mary Johnson, McDougal Center, YU
Graduate School; Frank Turner, Director, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library and John Hay Whitney Professor of History, YU; Peter Salovey, Dean YU
Graduate School.
Date / Location: April 1, 2004, 1 pm
/ SML Lecture Hall
Forum Planner: Nancy
To Be Discussed: publicity, refreshments, SCOPA
volunteers
3- Communications Group
Speakers: Mary Caldera, et al
Date/ Location: April 13, 2-3 pm, SML lecture Hall
Planner: Daniel
4- 2003 SCOPA Grant recipients
Speakers: 1. Scott Matheson and Bonnie Collier on
State Legislative Journals: The
Reconstruction and New Deal Eras; Sandra Peterson and Jennifer Weintraub on
Digitization of Hearings of the House Committee on Un-American Activities;
Stephen Yearl and Joanne Rudof on XML Encoded Finding Aids of Holocaust
Survivor Testimonies.
Date: April 27, 10:30 am SML
Planner: Polly
5- EGCDL: Economic Growth Center Digital
Library
Speakers: Julie
Linden
Date / Location: May 18, 1:30-3 / SML
Planner: Soraya
6- Snapshot- Medical Historical Library
Speaker: Tobey Appel
Date / Location: May ?? HM Collection
Planner: Rowena
1- Lewis Walpole Library
Speakers:
Date / Location:
Planner: Rowena (?)
2- Snapshot: Arts Library Special Collections
Speakers: Jae Rossman
Date / Location:
Planner: Nancy
3- Asian Libraries
Speakers: Rich Richie and Ellen Hammond
Date / Location:
Planner: Polly
Continuation of the Series of Forums Regarding
Library Education Pt. 3 Internships & Pt. 4 Continuing education
Getting published in library journals (article in
American Libraries)
Library action figure of Nancy Pearl:
http://www.mcphee.com/laf/
Will Manley
Next
Meeting is Monday, March 29, 1:30-2:30 pm in SML 411.