meetingDec15


Charge Agendas and Minutes Members	Assessment and Usability Committee Committee Meeting December 15, 2005 12:15 PM Mann Library 361 Agenda: Announcements Welcome for Melissa Kuo Discussion: How does our relationship with other committees such as the Integrated Framework Priority Group, Reds, the gateway committee fit into our charge. Brown Bag Details January meeting times (we may have to alter our meetings in January due to the holidays and ALA) Minutes: Attendance – Nan Hyland, Deb Schmidle, Linda Miller, Adam Chandler, Maureen Morris I. Status of Hosting Design Process and Usability Workshops Adam reported on his ongoing conversations with Brenda Reeb of the University Rochester regarding our interest in bringing Dave Lindahl and Brenda Reeb to Ithaca in the March time frame to replicate the LITA workshops they are doing as in San Antonio next month (http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litaevents/litaregionalinst/ucd.htm). The conversation with Brenda at the SCRLC federated search workshop that took place in Binghamton in November. Adam and Brenda both presented. During a break, Adam asked Brenda about the possibility of bring she and Dave to Ithaca. Present during the conversation was Nora Hardy from SCRLC. The three of them agreed to continue the conversation. Brenda reported back to Adam and Nora this week that such a training would need to be an official LITA Regional Institute, as Brenda and Dave have signed an exclusive contract with LITA. Their fee for the two days is $11,000. In order to make this work, we would need to attract librarians from the region and charge them an amount that covers our cost. The max number that can participate: Day 1 (Design Process) scales to 75 people max. Day 2 (Usability) scales to 50, because it is more hands-on. Action items: Adam is following up with Rob Carlson from LITA to find out what LITA provides in exchange for that kind of price. Adam will keep in contact with Nora and Brenda. Nan is investigating options on campus for space. Nan will brief Kathy Chiang on our progress and seek a spot on the next PSEC committee meeting. Deb will contact Nylink about possible co-sponsorship, after Adam confirms with LITA that co-sponsorship would be ok. II. Libqual The Libqual survey is finished. There was a problem with the patron list sample, but the survey should still be valid. 423 responses out of 3600 surveys sent (disappointing return rate). Linda said 626 were returned the last time the library did the survey 2.5 years ago. Action items: Nan will investigate an option she thinks exists through Day Hall for getting random samples. III. Gateway Committee Status Maureen said the Gateway committee is dormant. In its place will emerge a task force that will take on the job of redesigning the Gateway using CommonSpot, perhaps starting this summer. The topic is on the PSEC agenda in January. IV. Relationship of PSEC AUC to other Committees 1. We reviewed our charge and made some further adjustments. Action item: Maureen will post the revised charge to our Web site: http://publicservices.library.cornell.edu/psa/ AssessmentAndUsability/index.cfm 2. Collaboration with the Integrated Framework Users and Usability Subgroup and ReDS We will invite Angela and Zsuzsa and all the members of their committees to our January 12 meeting to talk about the differences and similarities between the three groups. Action Items: Maureen is checking on a room for the meeting large enough to hold everybody. Maureen will contact Zsuzsa and Angela and invite them to the meeting V. Upcoming Meetings January 12: Meeting with the Integrated Framework Users and Usability Subgroup and ReDS January 26: Preparation for Brown Bag January 31: Brown bag Minutes prepared by Adam Chandler. Print Version