Staff Development Committee Minutes April 13

1. Digital Humanities @ Case Western Reserve

• There are a few participants going from each school.
• Carpooling will be utilized, in the absence of a university vehicle (Oberlin will be using a university van)

2. Summer Instisture

• Will be at Kenyon on June 20th in Pierce Hall.
• Action Item: Catalina will identify speaker
• We have enough left in the budget for the event.
• Panels are preferred over single presenters.
• Action Item: Catalina will provide an outline for the June 20th event
• We will explore Peirce hall and create a finalized program at the in-person session
  on April 28th at Kenyon.

Staff development meeting recap, 3/2/11

The staff development committee had a full agenda for our most recent meeting on 3/2/11:

• Discuss the wording in the grant and decide if we should proceed with the THATcamp plan.
• Decide if we need to continue working on the summer institute.
• Other topics or concerns
• Next steps for the committee

In previous conversations, the group thought that the unconference THATcamp might be a way to help people gain new insight into digitization processes. After much discussion it was decided that THATcamps are exciting and valuable but it would be difficult to apply the modest travel funds equitably. It might also set a precedent of sending people to conferences which is not in our budget and does not fit in with the grant guidelines.

Our focused shifted to the summer institute where we had some great ideas for topics, speakers, and themes. It is important to us to gain input from others so Catalina offered to make an anonymous poll to gauge interest and solicit new ideas. This poll should reach the Ohio5 before the end of the week.

We had some preliminary discussions about faculty presentation options but no final recommendations were made.

The group has a lot to prepare for our next meeting. Full meeting notes may be viewed by clicking the link below:

http://bit.ly/ialdju

2011 Horizon Report is published

See the 2011 Horizon Report

Vimeo video school...

Here are some useful training clips for you NGL holiday moviemaking: http://vimeo.com/videoschool

Webinar opportunity

Horizon Project Navigator is a dynamic social media platform overlying an innovative set of intelligent search tools and a comprehensive collection of resources.  A free webinar introduction to project will be held next Tuesday (11/16)

On the Horizon: Emerging Learning Technologies

On the Horizon: Emerging Learning Technologies http://ngl.crowdvine.com/

The aim of the "On The Horizon: Emerging Learning Technologies" workshop is to familiarize participants with technologies that students use to create and gather information,as well as stimulate conversation on how libraries can harness these technologies in creating digital collections.

This workshop will be hosted in two locations for the convenience of participation:

Denison University (October 18th)
Burton Morgan
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

&

Oberlin College (October 28th)
Mudd Center (Main Library)
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

These workshops are structured to encourage freedom of exploration.

Agendas and parking information for each workshop can be obtained by clicking on "2010 FALL WORKSHOP" at http://ngl.crowdvine.com/ We encourage participants to read The Horizon Report, 2010 Edition prior to the workshop. http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2010/ or
http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2010-Horizon-Report.pdf

Exploring the Academic Digital Landscape

When: Friday, June 18, 2010, 8:30-4
Where: College of Wooster

Presentations

• Thomas W. Hayes, Making the Case for Libraries: How digital programs are changing the role of the library

• Jared Bendis, New Media and the Expanded Academic Curricula

• Mark Tebeau, Building Digital Communities: Faculty, Library, Student, and Community New Media Projects