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January 15, 1998
Minutes of LISA Meeting on Thursday, January 15, 1998, 6 p.m. in the third floor conference room at University College.
Attendees: Ann Seidl (president), Katherine Kent (social chair), Emily Hnath (special event coordinator), Deb Pruitt (secretary), Lynn Silipigni Connaway (Director, Library and Information Services), Roger Greer (LISA faculty advisor), Keith Curry Lance (Director, Library Research Service, at the Colorado Department of Education), Chuck Wheeler (LISV student advisor) and the following LISV students: Diana Dillinger, Chris Brown, Peggy Koontz, Bruce Raymond, Mary Knott, Rochelle Logan, and Stephanie Quinn.
OPENING
Each person attending the meeting introduced themselves briefly.
BOOKSTORE ISSUES
Ann opened the meeting by providing us with the names of two contacts at the bookstore who are willing to handle any problems LISV students encounter in trying to obtain textbooks and class materials:
Jean Ponder Director, Bookstore
871-2128, jeponder@du,eduTristy Rudebusch General Merchandise & Textbook Manager
871-2635, trudebus@du.eduBoth Jean and Tristy are willing to deal with any and all problems, comments, or complaints about the bookstore. Ann would like to encourage anyone who encounters a problem with the bookstore or textbooks to contact Jean or Tristy. She would also like to be informed about the resolution of bookstore problems. If you have a complaint that has been handled (or not handled) by the DU Bookstore, please drop her a note at aseidl@du.edu.
ACCREDITATION PROCESS
As of January 13, 1998, the Library & Information Services Program graduated out of candidacy status and into the timeline for initial accreditation. There will be a site visit in the spring of 1999.
In appreciation for all of her dedication and hard work in pushing the accreditation process through, Lynn was presented with flowers and a card. Roger Greer said that Lynn's presentation to the accreditation committee at ALISE was both inspiring and effective. And under Lynn's guidance, LISV is the fastest growing program at University College for the second year in a row. According to Chuck Wheeler there are 90 students enrolled in LISV classes this quarter which is 10% over projections -- and there are 82 students accepted into the program with 10 more under review.
Lynn said as we get closer to the date, she will need help from LISA in coordinating the accreditation committee's visit and reception. She said she is currently working with the Committee on Accreditation from ALA in selecting the external review committee that will conduct the site visit. One thing the committee will want is to meet with graduates of the LISV program.
Lynn needs more immediate help from LISV students in looking into LISV programs at other schools and comparing their curriculum with ours. She needs reports on courses and programs with similar content to our own. Please contact Lynn if you are interested.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ann announced that Debra Breathower has reluctantly stepped down as LISA treasurer because of health problems. Katherine Kent suggested that we ask for nominations or volunteers for the remainder of the '97 - '98 term via the LISA distribution list.
Ann also mentioned that she has received student membership information from Gerald Hodges for ALA. She highly recommends that all students in the LISV program become members. The student rate of $25 is a real bargain and you enjoy the same membership benefits as regular members.
Funding for student scholarships to attend ALA, SLA, and ACIS conferences was briefly discussed. Roger, Ann and Katherine agreed that students should be encouraged to attend the conferences where you are allowed to drop in on any open committee meeting of interest.
Ann announced an ALA Spectrum Initiative scholarship of $5,000 which is now available. This scholarship is intended to aid in the push to increase the ethnic enrollment in the LISV program. Further immediately discussion is on hold while we check into the eligibility of DU’s program while in pre-accreditation.
All scholarship information is on the LISA web page -- www.du.edu/lisa/ and Chris Brown said that he will be happy to post any announcements on the web page provided they are given to him in an electronic format (e-mail, ftp, floppy disk, etc.).
ISSUES AND CONCERNS
Ann opened the meeting to a general discussion of issues and concerns.
Emily Hnath said that parking has become impossible on campus. Katherine said that it's always been an issue, but it's unlikely that it will be resolved any time soon. Ann said that there is a three story parking facility being built where the tennis courts are (the courts will be moved to the top of the parking facility). There was no mention of when that will be completed.
Bruce Raymond mentioned that as a new student in the program, he felt the University College orientation was helpful but was held too close to the beginning of classes. He said the weekend before classes start is too close because that was when he needed to be buying books and completing the first assignment, etc. Ann asked Bruce if he would mind writing something up about his experiences as a new student going through orientation, and he agreed.
Chuck brought up the fact that the University College advisors are now offering a one evening Writing Essentials seminar that will help students brush up on their writing skills and help them understand what will be expected of them when writing papers. Although the class is not for credit, Bruce said that they have received positive feedback from the students who have attended. Participants will receive a Writing Essentials textbook and dinner. The cost is $25.
This brought on a discussion of what style guide should be used for classes in the LISV program. Lynn said that it is at the discretion of the instructors. Keith Lance said that, as an instructor, he is happy if a student just picks a style and sticks with it.
Publishing: We have the perfect opportunity to publish our papers, etc., on the LISA web page. Ann said all students need to do is submit anything they think is appropriate to Chris (once again, in electronic form) and he will post it. Chris also mentioned that he'd be happy to create links to students’ resumes off of the LISA web page. He said he's even willing to help students in the process if they would like to stop by the LISV computer lab on Thursday evenings.
Rochelle Logan mentioned that there is a Student’s Corner in the School Library Media Quarterly, an e-journal done by _Colorado Libraries_, where you can submit your papers for publication. Currently both Rochelle and Dennis Goodyear have papers that have been accepted for publication, and that Julie Halverstad and Beth Wrenn-Estes are in the process of submitting papers. Ann asked if they would mind giving her paper copies of the papers to her so that we will have a collection of published papers for other students and the accreditation committee to browse.
Practicum: At the last board meeting someone had mentioned that Lynn was in the process of preparing a handout on the criteria for choosing and completing the Practicum. Lynn said that it is complete and available from Julie Freedberg. Emily conveyed concerns about having enough structure in completing the practicum so Lynn explained the process. She said that each student will have a field supervisor and a faculty (or adjunct) to guide them through the process. There are several meetings throughout the quarter to ensure that everything will be completed on schedule. If you need more information, ask Julie for a copy of the handout. The possibility of LISV sponsoring a career day was mentioned. Ann requested that anyone with a specific field or representative in mind, submit those ideas to her for discussion at the next LISV meeting.
In general, Ann said, send her anything that people would like to discuss at the next meeting.
The meeting adjourned followed by a presentation by Chris Brown, Rochelle Logan and Lynn Silipigni Connaway about their trip to Japan last fall.
Note on presentation: Rochelle, Chris and Lynn wrote a paper entitled Identifying and Representing Electronic Engineering Resources: a Case Study in Knowledge Management, about their experiences with the EI project. They submitted it to the University of Library and Information Science at Tsukuba University, and they were subsequently invited to participate in the International Symposium on Research, Development and Practice in Digital Libraries held November 18-21, 1997, in Japan. See http://www.DL.ulis.ac.jp/ISDL97/ for details on the symposium. See http://www.DL.ulis.ac.jp/ISDL97/proceedings/connaway.html for a copy of the paper.