SECT Minutes, June 12, 2007
Present: Sue Baughman (Facilitator), Diane Harvey (Timekeeper), Bob Kackley, Jenny Kinniff, Susan Koutsky, Christine Morris-Sumlin (Notetaker), Charles Wright, Denise Wright (New Member)
Absent: Joyce Chestnut, Johnnie Love, Liz McAllister
Topic: Adjustment to the Agenda and Approval of May Minutes
There were no changes to the agenda. The May 8 minutes were approved as distributed for posting on the SECT website. Denise Wright from the Budget Office was welcomed.
Update on Summer 2007 LC Programs
The Excel classes are doing well. A new program, Using Facebook to Reach Library Patrons, will be offered July 26th. Another new program, Effective Project Management, will also be offered July 31st. Desktop Driver Ed is being offered August 2, and First Aid and CPR Training will be available later in the summer.
Outcome Based Evaluation Program
The Evaluation Program is used to measure what skills are learned and applied by those attending the workshops. A logic model has been developed with assistance from Irma Dillon in Management Information Systems. It was suggested that in future meetings, the team decide what is a “good” response and if the goal was met.
Future Issues of The Learning InterSECTion
The latest issue came out on the first Friday in June. Additional issues on first Fridays each month will continue. There is a need to identify if staff will read it in the Library Matters blog.
Discussed:
- Moving The Learning InterSECTion to the LM blog
- Linking it to a PDF
- Get ITD’s help to see how many persons are using the blog
It is recommended that the July issue will stay the same and in August, The Learning InterSECTion will start in the blog. In August and September, e-mails will be sent. The SECT team still needs quotes to include in the monthly issues. It was also suggested that Staff Training identify tasks (63 Things to Do). Provide a check-off for persons when a task is completed.
Year-end Review
The team worked to identify what worked well and needed improving:
| WORKED WELL | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT |
|---|---|
| Meeting times stayed 1 hour | How can team members take more responsibility for the work: Maggie and Jenny do a lot |
| Marketing Plan worked well - helped us identify areas to work | Add a “pending topics” list to help with long-term planning |
| Continuous growth of classes and attendees | Create a Workplan |
| Development of InterSECTion | Continue to build/support work with representation on SECT |
| Responsive to feedback outside the group | |
| Development of Statistics Form |
Round Robin
- Bob: Told of his adventure with airplane schedules or “mis-scheduled.”
- Diane: Talked about the summer programs on campus. Reminded staff to look at the schedule to see what groups are on campus and how it impacts the Library
- Charles: Informed us of National History Day.
- Sue: Aleph 18 is coming - beginning in July.
- Denise: Happy to be a part of the team.
- Christine: Shared about Son getting married.
- Jenny: Informed the Team she got married on Memorial Day. Suggested that SECT members share “What have I done for SECT in the past month?” (bringing forward information to SECT or sharing information with colleagues/unit) during the “round robin” portion of the meeting.
- Maggie: Reminded everyone of the All staff Meetings in which the SECT Staff Training Statistics Form will be introduced.
July SECT Meeting
The next SECT meeting is scheduled for July 10th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm in 7171 MCK. Meeting roles are as follows: Facilitator: Joyce Chestnut; Timekeeper: Bob Kackley; Notetaker: Diane Harvey.
