Minutes

LACUNY Information Resources Instruction Committee Meeting

Baruch College, Newman Library, Room 415

November 22, 2002, 1pm-3pm

 

 

Members in Attendance:

 

Edward Owusu-Ansah, Staten Island

Francine Egger-Sider, LaGuardia

Alexandra de Luise, Queens

Susan Voge, Lehman

 

Meeting commenced at 1pm.

 

Agenda:

 

  1. Consider, and decide on, committee name change.
  2. Consider, and decide on, creation of an Aleph online guide for patrons.
  3. Exchange ideas on CUNY instructional practices and deliberate future role of the committee in forging an instructional roadmap for CUNY institutions (in the form of recommendations or possible position statement

 

Re: Agenda item 1: Members suggested and unanimously agreed on a change of name from LACUNY Information Resources Instruction Committee, which appeared too long and cumbersome, to LACUNY Instruction Committee. The decision on name change will be submitted to the LACUNY Executive Council for consideration and approval.

 

Re: Agenda item 2: Members unanimously agreed to create a PowerPoint presentation to be available on the web, and which each CUNY institution could link to on its homepage, thus taking advantage of our collective human resources and avoiding unnecessary duplication of efforts. With only 4 members in attendance, it was deemed expedient and helpful if each of the four members created a tentative presentation. The four presentations will be put together to create an initial template that will form the basis for the final product. The final presentation/guide will however (and hopefully) involve input from a larger membership. It was agreed that the guide be entitled “Aleph Online Guide.”

 

Re: Agenda item 3: The elaborate and ambitious nature of agenda item 3 allowed for only limited deliberation with the number of members present. Nonetheless, the discussion was engaging and insightful. Members discussed practices at their institutions and saw a need for a common approach. Members displayed a commitment to working toward that common goal, and to, at the very minimum, explore the possibility of a plan that could provide blanket coverage for CUNY institutions regarding Middle States information literacy expectations.

 

Members agreed to a date and time for the next meeting: January 10, 2003, 1pm-3pm. The meeting will be in the Newman Library of Baruch College, Room 415 (Library Conference Room).

 

Meeting adjourned at 3pm.

 

Submitted by:

 

Edward Owusu-Ansah

Chair