Meeting Minutes – 5/10/2022

SGO Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, May 10th, 2022

Welcome/Introductions – 1-5 minutes

Open Forum – 1-10 minutes

• Some MLIS students are in the process of organizing to submit feedback to St. Kate’s decisions regarding the transition to a fully online program by Spring 2023.
• St. Kate’s is preparing to adapt more classrooms for compatibility with HyFlex learning models. However, there are anticipated challenges with technology based on past HyFlex experiments in LIS courses.

Topics – 5-10 minutes

• SGO upcoming events:
  • Graduate Reception – Evening of May 16
  • Masking is encouraged and visitors will be required to fill out a brief COVID-19 screening check to attend.

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

• ALA –  Representative: No representative present
  • ALA is co-hosting an end of the year potluck at Boom Island Park on Tuesday, May 24th with SGO. Details to be announced soon.
• SLA – Representative: Erin Gingrich
  • Past events
    • Prison librarianship event with PLG
    • Tour of Thomson Reuters
    • Law librarianship panel
  • Last meeting of the semester: Thursday, May 12th
• SAA – Representative: Dan Sustacek
  • Past events
    • Archivist panel
    • Tour of the science museum
  • UW Stout archives tour coming up on May 20th at 2pm
  • Possible summer events in June
• PLG –  Representative: No representative present
  • Past events
    • Quatrefoil library tour
  • The Quatrefoil library is open to more volunteers, with a particular interest in LIS students to engage in ongoing project work.

Financials – 3 minutes

• Treasury update – Amber
  • Current balance —>​$5,888.36

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
  • March meeting:
    • DEI Draft: Nothing is confirmed in official documents at this point, but the program is planning to address how its DEI goals can be further incorporated into the program. Some examples include a plan for nominating BIPOC students for more internal and external mentorship opportunities, more DEI involvement in extracurriculars, and asking student groups to include official DEI language and goals in their documents.
    • Enrollment Draft: Enrollment plan as discussed to establish recruiting goals, marketing, establishing a graduate assistant position to work on social media platforms for the program. Unclear how this may change with the shift to online program delivery.

• Standard II “Curriculum”– Kenzie Putz (Faculty Chair is Dr. Yoon)
  In charge of overseeing changes to curriculum; vetting new courses; does current curriculum need review/updates; etc
  • No updates

• Standard III “Faculty” – OPEN (Faculty Chair is Dr. Ross)
  Structured time for facu lty 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
  • No updates