Staff Education Coordinating Team (SECT) Minutes for September 9, 2003
Present: S. Baughman, O. Chadley, T. Hahn, J. Love, A. Masnik, A. Noda,
M. Peterfreund, M. Saponaro, J. Williams (notetaker)
1. Adjustments to Agenda
Outcome: No adjustments/changes
2. Meeting Roles
Outcomes: Team agreed to rotate notetaking and timekeeping. Maggie S. will continue developing the agendas and facilitating the meetings. She will do a calendar of role rotation. (See below.)
3. Update on Staff Learning Activities
Maggie S. distributed Learning Curriculum calendars for October and November, featuring
repeats of three “Season for Supervisors” sessions and a new workshop, “Giving and Receiving
Feedback.”
Outcomes: Trudi mentioned that the Information Literacy Team may sponsor a
seminar for library faculty on presentation skills, taught by Anne Warren of the Academy for
Excellence in Teaching and Learning. She will keep SECT posted. Maggie S will follow up with
Gretchen Hanson on how training went for Research Port, whether the training could be a tutorial
and, if so, the possibility of sending it to all library staff. (Update: E-mail sent to Gretchen
9/10/03 asking for handout to be sent to Lib-Staff. Handout attached.)
4. Writing Workshop Survey
Marissa reported 13 staff members so far have responded to the online survey asking interest in
additional writing workshops.
Outcome: She will re-send the survey, making clear it is for everyone, regardless of
attendance at a previous writing workshop.
5. Future Training Topics for Continuous Learning Subcommittee of Diversity Committee
SECT members discussed the August “Dealing with Differences” workshops and acknowledged
that activities could have been better tied together and that time constraints hindered in-depth,
attitude-changing exploration of issues.
Outcomes: Ann will pursue the idea of C. Clark and M. Brimhall-Vargas, leaders of the
workshop, meeting with library teams and other work groups to pursue other areas of diversity and
dealing with differences. Jane will ask C. Clark if the Office of Human Relations Programs does a
“Classroom Climate” type of workshop for dealing with diverse classes and interacting with
students.
6. Round Robin
Akemi said TSD continues with internal training on the new LIMS. Jane reported that eleven people, including student assistants, attended the September 3 safety & security workshop for Art and Architecture staff. Trudi noted that the Honors 100 classes will start soon in 7121 McKeldin, which will be outfitted with laptop or desktop computers. Anyone else using the room from late September through mid October should be careful to re-arrange the room for the Honors classes. Otis said that the Peer Training Group needs to meet to plan fall classes. Marissa asked SECT members to encourage colleagues to complete the survey on writing workshops. She noted there will be an article in the September 12 Library Matters on online registration for workshops.7. Next Meeting
- Next meeting: October 14, 2003, 1-2 p.m., Room 7113 McKeldin
Role Rotation for SECT
| Name | Minutes | Timekeeper |
| Baughman | October 03 | November 03 |
| Chadley | November 03 | December 03 |
| Chestnut | December 03 | January 04 |
| T. Hahn | January 04 | February 04 |
| Love | February 04 | March 04 |
| Masnik/Div Comm | March 04 | September 03 |
| Noda | April 04 | May 04 |
| Peterfreund | May 04 | June 04 |
| Saponaro | June 04 (+ as needed) | April 04 |
| Williams | September 03 | October 03 |
Research Port
Training for a gateway to Databases, E-journals, and More- Accessing Research Port:
- http://researchport.umd.edu
- From the UM Library’s home page click on “Databases” or “E-journals” and follow the link to “Research Port”
- Researching With Research Port Select database sets by:
- Subject category
- Database name (alphabetic browse)
- Search pre-selected databases (general databases)
- Check the boxes to search across databases OR click on the red arrow to link to the database
- Type your search terms in the box and click “go”.
- View records with tab for each database
- Click on “Full View” to see the complete record
- Click on “SFX” to get the services for this record
- Check boxes to the left of each record to add to “my items”, save, email or create a select set. Please note, that checked items do not transfer from page to page.
- All of the same functionality available from the results list, but only applying to a single record.
- Launch lateral searches on hyperlinked fields (author, title, subject)
- Try Research Port Yourself Searching by Category
- Select “Art and Art History” click “go”
- Check all of the boxes next to databases that are available (do not exceed 8)
- Enter search terms “Hellenistic sculpture” and click “go”
- Click “go” to see the results and manipulate records as detailed above.
- Or type “Academic” to go to Academic Search Primer
- To search “Medline” type “m” or “medline” into the Database by NAME box, click “go”.
- Click on red arrow next to Medline
- A new window will open allowing you to begin searching the database
- Each database has this direct link-to option.
- In the Anthropology category, find the article “The Nacirema and the Tsiruot” by Joel Savishinsky
- Use SFX to retrieve the full text.
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