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)

Spring Semester

 

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

           

 

Fall Semester: In Development

 

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

 

Fall Semester: Topics Under Consideration

 

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.