Meeting Minutes – 4/14/2021

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SGO Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, April 14th 2021

Welcome/Introductions – 1-5 minutes

Open Forum – 1-10 minutes

Topics – 5-10 minutes

  • BCALA Guest Speaker/Meet and Greet – Wednesday April 7 at 6pm
    • Meet and greet went well, might inform future students about the existence of the BCALA!
  • Safe Return to Campus Committee
    • Any comments on the poll that went out to gather MLIS student feedback to bring to the committee?
    • Some classes will still be online.
  • Graduate Reception
    • We will be repeating a MLIS graduate reception as we had last fall, the format will be similar to last semester — an online Zoom session on Monday, May 17th.
  • Upcoming elections
    • There will be several officer positions open across multiple groups, so please reach out to potential candidates to encourage them to get in touch!
    • SGO’s ballot is active and accepting nominations through Wednesday, April 21st. https://forms.gle/wmQQSUfFg7mEKXRZ7

Student Groups : updates, events, requests – 5-10 minutes

  • ALA –  Representative: Alyssa Costopoulos
    • Past events:
      • Speaker from Minitex (March)
    • Future events:
      • Panel of students who have completed practicums – Monday, April 20th
      • Workshop on how to do crowd-sourced fundraising or another speaker from SPPL to talk about the Bookmobile.
    • Leadership:
      • Looking for officers & people to fill leadership roles.
      • ALASC Elections Nomination Form:

https://forms.gle/tgn3svxAMUqBtSF9A

  • SLA – Representative: Erin Gingrich & Georgia Cook
    • Future events:
      • Another casual wine and resource night in May with PLG?
    • Leadership:
  • SAA – Representative: Dan Sustacek on behalf of Marcie Killian
    • Past events:
      • UW Eau Claire archives tour
    • Future events:
      • Archive professionals panel on Friday, April 16th.
      • Resume workshop on Friday, April 30th at 5:30pm.
    • Digital resource library for students to share books and resources
    • Working on a membership program to support students becoming SAA and TCART members.
    • Leadership:
      • Officer vacancies coming up for president and secretary. 
      • Elections are active now through May 7th. 
  • PLG –  Representative: None present
    • Future events
      • Workshop with the Library Freedom Project about digital privacy and security? 

Financials – 3 minutes

  • Treasury update – Rachel
    • Current balance —>  $4,509.27
    • Reimbursement requests are still open, but only for virtual events and professional development opportunities.

Committees Reports – 5 minutes

  • Standard I “Systematic Planning” – Erin Gingrich (Faculty Chair is Dr. Lim)
    Goals for MLIS programs; how to measure success of goals; alignment of MLIs strategic goals with University strategic goals
    • Met at the beginning of April, discussed the surveys sent to recent graduates and alumni and what questions can be added. Reminder to any recent graduates and alumni to take program surveys, they are very helpful!
    • Erin created a spreadsheet of DEI courses offered by accredited MLIS programs in the US to send to the planning committee so that we can evaluate our course offerings in that area.
  • Standard II “Curriculum”– Kimberly Nicholson (Faculty Chair is Dr. Yukawa)
    In charge of overseeing changes to curriculum; vetting new courses; does current curriculum need review/updates; etc
    • Discussed the e-Portfolio process and how to integrate e-Portfolios into the coursework in the program. Looking into how artifacts and reflections can be formal assignments in different courses and how to do check-ins throughout the program.
  • Standard III “Faculty” – Elizabeth Johnson (Faculty Chair is Dr. Dahlen)
    Structured time for faculty to connect with each other; sometimes schedule those to allow student attendance; have in past developed a handbook for faculty
    • No updates.
  • Standard IV “Students” – Corinne Burrell (Faculty Chair is Dr. Lesniaski)
    Orientation (design of); oversight of scholarship funds; (email-based discussions of student services)
    •  No updates.
  • Standard  V “Facilities” – OPEN (Faculty Chair is Dr. Ross)
    Considers classroom spaces & technology availability
    • Need a new student representative
    • No updates.

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