Staff Education Coordinating Team (SECT) Minutes for May 13, 2003

Present: O. Chadley, T. Connors, M. Cunningham, T. Hahn, J. Love, A. Noda, M. Saponaro, J. Williams.

1. Adjustments to the agenda and introductions.

Members introduced themselves to one another. No changes to the agenda.

2. Review “charge” for development of SECT and committee organization/name

The “context/charge” for SECT was reviewed, with the group agreeing to add two activities to the existing list (drawn from Working Paper #4):

• Assessment of staff learning events (Learning Curriculum and other training activities)
• Publicize staff training events

To address the issue of assessment, paper copies of evaluation summaries compiled after Learning Curriculum events will be sent to the group to review. If the number of summaries routed becomes burdensome for the group to review, a “summary evaluation” of a series of workshops/events can be created as needed.

The group will attempt to address issues and share information outside of meetings through an E-mail reflector, which will be established. At least one member from each of the identified “member” groups of SECT (Technical Services,Peer Training Collective, User Education Services, Diversity Committee) will be included on the reflector, and will share information with their representative group.Representatives at any given meeting may rotate from within these identified groups.

Other groups involved with training activities, including IT (MetaLib) and Special Collections will be invited to participate in SECT. The group will be publicized in an upcoming Library Matters article, and a web presence will be established at a later date. A copy of the May 2003 Staff Learning and Development Calendar was distributed as an information item. This calendar is available online at: http://www.lib.umd.edu/TRAINING/CalMay03.html, and is accessible from the “Staff Training” and “Staff Meeting Calendar” - http://www.lib.umd.edu/groups/pr/staffcal.html web pages. Members were invited to submit items to Maggie S. to add to the calendar for publicity/planning purposes. The group agreed to keep the designated name SECT, and agreed on the principle of confidentiality with regard to sensitive issues that may be discussed.

3. Review Staff Learning activities planned for Summer

Maggie S. distributed copies of the Learning Curriculum, Staff Learning and Development Office Upcoming Events Update, Recommendation 3 from the Ad-Hoc Committee on Mentoring For New And Permanent Status-Track Faculty (presented to LFA on May 12, 2003), and an excerpt from an IMLS grant submitted in January, as informational items for committee members. Members were invited to attend a “dress rehearsal” of the Secrets for Effective Meetings module currently under development, which will be held on June 5, 2003, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Room 7121. The need for HTML training, particularly in light of the website templates, was discussed as one item to bring forward to the Web Administration Committee (Cunningham and Saponaro are members).

4. Round Robin

Discussion not held due to time constraints.

• Next meeting: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 – 1:30-2:30 p.m., Room 7121

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