Indiana University, American Library Association

Student Chapter

Executive Board meeting, April 18, 2008

5pm, L043A

Attendance:

President: Stacey Costabile

Vice President: Virginia Vought

Activities Chair: Sarah Morrison

Secretary: Rebekah Kati

Treasurer: Janet Anderson(Not Present)

Webmaster: Eyad Makki (Not Present)

Advisors: Mary Popp

            Tom Nisonger

Officer Reports:

President:

• Have one to two exec board members at the fall orientation meeting
• Current Balance: $763
• Library Week activities were a hit
• Summer activity ideas that don’t cost a lot of money
  • University pool
  • Ryder film series
  • Meet up like Nicks
• Certificates for May graduates
  • Get some blanks from Staples or office depot
• Yogis – May 1, 5:30 in the back room
  • Budget - $60-75 for appetizers
  • Start advertising on Facebook and the listserv ASAP
  • Have flyers up by next week
  • Take pictures of graduates with the Slizzard
• April General Meeting
  • Speakers: Emily Okada, Steve Backs, Lisa Raymond
  • Format:
    • Overview of why we decided to have this panel (Sarah)      
    • Introductions
    • Have speakers talk about what they do
    • Questions from the general membership
  • Have members write down their questions on a slip of paper
  • Marketing
    • Virginia – Facebook
    • Stacey-flyers
    • Rebekah- listserv
• Need to move the website to Ella for better reliability and longevity           

Social chair:

• SLIS picnic (4/26, noon-5)
  • Olcott Park, Young Pavilion
    • accommodates 50-75 people
    • kid friendly
    • Rent for pavilion is $52/day
      • ALA will pay $13
  • Potluck
    • Groups will supply hamburgers/hotdogs/buns and condiments/paper products/silverware
      • Division of food has not been finalized
  • Bring lawn sport items if you have them
  • Extend an invite to the SLIS faculty
  • Check to see if alcohol is allowed

Vice President

• Digital information literacy contest

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  • Proposed by Daniel Pointer to the IU instruction librarians
    • Instruction committee interested in doing a pilot study, want ALAs help
  • Implemented at Purdue, has been successful
  • Format:
    • Students have 30 minutes to answer 75 questions using the internet. 
    • Screen capture software is used to figure out what participants are doing right and wrong.
    • Prizes for most correct questions.
    • Geared towards undergrads
  • ALA would put it together and host it
    • Pointer has a packet that would help us get started marketing
    • Library will try to find prizes to donate, but we would have to raise extras
    • Usually have pizza afterwards
  • Earliest that we could do it would be early November
  • Get a committee together
• Newsletter
  • April issue should be out next week
  • Bloomington guide for Fall
    • Have current Slizzards send in advice for new students over the listserv
  • One summer issue
    • Summer in Bloomington guide
  • Call for newsletter people on listserv
  • Put color newsletter on website
• Pamphlet of services in Bloomington for new students in the fall
• Marketing for libraries webinar- May 8
  • Announce at the General Meeting
  • Reserve a special room so that SLIS students can watch it

Secretary:

• none

Reference Panel Questions: 

• How does technology affect being a reference librarian?
• Do you use print reference books or internet reference sources?
• What is your opinion of the commercial reference market?
• What would you consider to be a typical reference question?
• What sort of problems do you have with patrons and how do you deal with them?
• What is the silliest question you’ve gotten?
• How important is the reference interview?
• How does the reference department interact with other departments?
• How important are non-verbal cues to the reference interview?  How do you adjust if you cannot use non-verbal cues?
• What do you think about the future job market for reference librarians?