2008/2009 Goals:
- Settle on a way to create library subject and course guides and lists of databases – (project team is in place and active)
- Create a procedure for developing tutorials including topic selection; must address diversity issues (who the “people” are if illustrated, citation styles, use the NOTES function for “closed captioning). Also need to build in who will maintain what as far as updating and where we will keep them “stored.”
- Create a procedure for developing system-wide tutorials, including how to prioritize topic selection
- Hold a Reference & Instruction Forum discussion about incorporating DiscoverLibrary into reference & instruction in early August (done); have an ongoing series of discussions about its use with a goal of developing best practices for its use
- Establish a project team to create a brief DiscoverLibrary overview tutorial (what is it? how does it differ from Acorn?, etc.) - project team
- Establish a project team to enhance the Vanderbilt Visions webpage for first-year students: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/vv/ (consider Blackboard as an option; project team)
- Establish a project team to collect selected instructional materials (handouts, online guides, tutorials) and create a structure under which these will be presented on the Heard website
- Establish a project team to develop an online "sandbox" for instructional materials that are in-progress so that feedback can be obtained from staff, faculty, and students, and collaboration among library staff fostered (Lower priority, but selection of a content management system may make this a higher priority if it is selected as a pilot project)
- Work with the Staff Development Committee to identify and coordinate training for reference and instruction staff (ongoing)
- Approach CAC about establishing and documenting core customer service values and expectations - Sue will follow-up
- Review content for Guide to Libraries & recommend revisions for the 09/10 guide to the Communications Committee – will do that in January 2009; (have already done it for the 2008-09)
- Work with the Web Maintenance Team on a system-wide web guide for citation resources and bibliographic management software options. Chris has an EndNote guide. It doesn’t relate to some of the specific programs (ex: Writing Studio). Peabody has tutorials EndNote and for Zotera. Peabody Library has had complaints about not having RefWorks. Style manuals vary between various departments & schools. Priority: Spring 2009.
2008-2009 Goals as revised at that July 08 meeting