SECT Minutes, November 8, 2005
Present: Sue Baughman, Joyce Chestnut, Jenny Hatleberg, Bob Kackley, Sue Koutsky, Maggie Saponaro, Jennifer Tate, and Jane Williams
Roles: facilitator: Jenny Hatleberg, note taker: Bob Kackley, time keeper: Sue Koutsky
Approval of Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, October, 11th, 2005
Leader: Jenny H.
Outcomes
They were approved unanimously.
Changes or Additions to the Agenda
Leader: Jenny H.
Outcomes
There were none.
Report on the Goodwill Luncheon
Leader: Johnnie Love
Outcomes
Was tabled until next month.
Update on Fall Programs
Leader: Maggie S.
Maggie briefed us on how the Fall Semester Learning Curriculum programs were going and how many were left still. Please check this URL for more information on and registration for November as well as December 2005 classes: http://www.lib.umd.edu/groups/learning/calendars/calnov05.html.
Outcomes
The Thunderbird E-Mail (Mozilla) classes have waiting lists and have been so popular, that there will be a repeat class in January before the required 1/25/06 deadline to migrate from Netscape Mail over to Thunderbird for UM Library Staff.
Update on Staff Training Surveys
Leader: Maggie S.
Last month, SECT reviewed a copy of the six-month follow-up survey questions as part of the Learning Curriculum’s Outcomes Based Evaluation process. The sample questions were sent to Irma Dillon and the Library Assessment Review Committee (LARC) for review, and they were accepted with minor revisions.
Outcomes
A template survey and cover letter will be drafted by Staff Learning in the coming weeks and shared with SECT at an upcoming meeting. The first survey will be sent in mid-January, 2006.
Update on Staff Attendance Database
Leader: Jennifer Tate
Jennifer is in the final stages of development of a database that would track staff member attendance for all SECT programs on a calendar basis for the benefit of individual library staff members as well as division leaders.
Outcomes
Jennifer will have this database completed by the middle of December. Reports will be made available to individuals upon request, and a year-end summary will be sent to division directors.
Structuring Computer Training
Leader: Jane W.
There was a discussion about having Learning Curriculum computer training classes given in the future more along the lines of function or by job application as opposed to being tool based as it is now, relatively speaking.
Outcomes
It was agreed to keep it tool based, for the time being; but include an additional question regarding the specific use of computer training when the next computer training survey is developed in Fall 2007.
Round Robin
Leader: Jenny H.
- Sue Koutsky brought up the work of the Continuing Resources Coordinating Team, and will keep us posted on their work for modeling and surveying TSD needs.
- Maggie Saponaro, first, mentioned that she needed some volunteers for an upcoming paid seminar entitled “Managing Generational Differences” by Gloria Norman which Jane Williams and Jennifer Tate have agreed to attend.
Also, Maggie announced that the Special Collections Orientation and Training Team (SCOTT) will be sending a representative to SECT in the near future. - Jenny Hatleberg reminded the other SECT members about the LOEX Conference 2006 (http://www.lib.umd.edu/loex2006/) that will be held May 4-6 in College Park, and that all proposals involving the theme, “Moving Targets: Understanding Our Changing Landscape(s)” are be due by Friday, December 2nd.
Next Meeting: December 13, 2005
Facilitator: Bob Kackley, note taker: Sue Koutsky; time keeper: Johnnie Love
- Johnnie Love will report on the Goodwill Luncheon.
- Jane Williams and Jennifer Tate will speak about their attendance at the “Managing Generational Differences” seminar.
- Maggie Saponaro will go over the Spring Semester Update of Learning Curriculum training classes.
