Steering Committee Minutes 11/13/12

New grant proposal

• Ron Griggs will review assessment documentation with a Kenyon institutional research assistant and have some preliminary results to incorporate in new grant proposal
• Steering committee call scheduled for 11/20; only topic: discussion of proposal; Mark will send sections prior
• first full draft of proposal done by 11/26
• goal to send to Mellon at end of November     

Technical Infrastructure Committee update

• Alan keeping in touch with Matt Rolf re: CONTENTdm ---> DRC transfers (OBE and DEN) and some filemaker scripting work for WOO    

Staff Development Committee update

• Staff survey still underway 

Campus updates

• OWU - newspaper files back within a week - good condition; worried about getting some final reports
• WOO - getting ready to send print newspaper to iArchives; search starting soon to replace Marsha Bansberg
• KEN  - digital services librarian starting in dec

ALAO Presentations

Researcher Revolt panel

There were two presentations at this year's Academic Library Association of Ohio meeting (Oct. 25-26 in Wilmington, OH) in which Ohio Five staff participated.  Alan Boyd (Oberlin) moderated a panel discussion at the "Researcher Revolt" preconference which was organized by Meghan Frazer, recently departed from the staff at Kenyon.   During the conference itself, Meghan, Emily Gattozzi (OWU) and Alan gave a well-attended presentation on "The Next Generation Library: Integrating Digital Collections into the Liberal Arts Curriculum".  Alan provided a general background on the grant while Meghan and Emily showcased individual collections.  The presentation then turned into a lively question and answer session including "lessons learned" and "take aways" for the audience who commented favorably on the level of inter-institutional collaboration and faculty engagement we've worked to create.