February 8, 2018 Meeting of Library Assessment Committee

Time and Location of Meeting

February 8, 20182:00 pm - 3:30 pm Main Library Room 428

Agenda Details

Expected/Invited Attendees

Jen-Chien Yu, Jameatris Rimkus, Susan Braxton, Geoffrey Ross, Megean Osuchowski, Becky Smith, Margaret H Burnette, Erin Kerby, Kelsey Cheshire, Jamie Carlstone, Jenny Bruxvoort, John Laskowski (Guest)

Agenda

  1. Welcome and introduction
  2. Committee project 2017-2018 update (5 min.)
    • “Question of the Month”
    • Assessing the efficacy of Graduate Assistant training and/or Staff Development workshops
  3. Assess & Connect Assessment Forum planning (40 min.)
  4. Discussion 1: Library Assessment: What would you have done differently? The importance of an “assessment committee”.
  5. Member Updates (Round-robin)
    • Upcoming external professional development opportunities

Minutes Details

Minutes

Library Assessment Committee Meeting Minutes 2/8/18

  1. Welcome and introduction

We have a guest John Laskowski—User Experience & Web Strategy Coordinator

  1. Committee project 2017-2018 update (5 min.)
    • “Question of the Month”
      1. Working to develop a bank of questions
    • Assessing the efficacy of Graduate Assistant training and/or Staff Development workshops
      1. Postponing the idea until new Staff Development and Training Coordinator hired
  1. Assess & Connect Assessment Forum planning (40 min.)
    • March 15th 10:00 am -12:00 pm Room 106
    • Spent time planning the event details
  2. Discussion 1:
    • Library Assessment: What would you have done differently?
      1. Work on changing Grant Application
      2. Encourage people to consult with Library Assessment Coordinator before applying for the LAC Grant
      3. Have office hours for the grant
      4. Find ways to make it clear how to use money from grant
      5. Collaborate with UX
      6. Share assessment projects that are going on with others in the library
    • The importance of an “assessment committee”.
  3. Member Updates (Round-robin)
    • Upcoming external professional development opportunities
      1. ACRL Framework Workshop May 14th 8-5 at Illinois State University
      2. University Data Summit 2.0 Fall 2018
      3. Library Assessment Conference December 5-7, 2018 in Houston