Meeting Minutes – February 21th, 2013
1) Welcome
2) Follow-up &
Announcements
a) New Scanner – There is a
new scanner located on the first floor replacing the old document scanner. This new one allows you to scan on a flatbed
scanner or a document feeder with many options to save documents.
b) Please take Web Redesign Survey – This is a quick survey for our Website
Redesign project. We will be visited by
our Web Systems Librarian, Erin White in March to talk about the redesign
project.
c) Issues with Library Systems
– The library has been going through a systems transition and have been
experiencing issues with our Get-it @ VCU and Interlibrary Loan systems. Please be patient with us and try to report
issues as they present themselves. We
appreciate your feedback on this.
d) LibQual+ Reminder – The
LibQual+ Survey will be released in late March.
If you receive this survey, please take it. It is one of the only ways the libraries are
able to receive feedback throughout the year.
e) Upcoming Meetings – Please
look at your schedules for the next meeting dates for potential conflicts. Thursdays, March 21st and April 18th
are the upcoming meeting dates. I am
willing to be flexible if there are many conflicts for one of those dates.
3) Open Discussion
a) STF & HEETF Funding –
The VCU Libraries must create a list of items to request for technology for the
next fiscal year. This list is to attain
STF funding for different technology in the library. The students expressed interest in:
i)
Mac computers
ii) Dual monitors for some
computers
iii) Search stations for all
floors of the library – this will allow you to access the VCU Libraries Search
to look for call numbers or stack volumes.
This could be either a computer or maybe even a mounted tablet.
iv) Upgrade older computers so
they may run properly.
v) Per the suggestion of a tablet
cart for checkout during class sessions, the students thought it was a good
idea but were concerned about the tablets being too locked down. They wanted to see note-taking tools on the
tablets as well as the ability to use their own tablet if they have one. These are some potential challenges the
library will have to think of if a tablet cart is purchased.
b) Presenter – Jodi Koste,
Archivist – Jodi did a short overview of the history of MCV and the collections
of historical artifacts in Special Collections at TML. Feel free to contact her if you have any
questions about special collections.
Next Meeting: March 21st,
2013 @ Noon in the 1st Floor Conference Room