Questions for Jan 17th Meeting
Sorry for the late notice but we have had an addition to our agenda this Thursday. Ronke Lawal, who will be implementing LibQual+ this Spring 2013, is soliciting feedback on how you go about answering the questions on the survey. She has given three sample questions for us to examine. Think about your baseline expectations […]
Questions for Dec 6th Meeting
Programming will be the theme of the December 6th meeting. Shannon Jones, Associate Director for Research & Education, will be attending to see what kind of programming you might be interested at the VCU Libraries. Some questions to think about prior to our meeting: What type of programming would you like to see offered at […]
Dates for 2012-2013 TMLGAC
I hope you all have had a wonderful break. I would like your feedback on the dates I have selected for this next years TMLGAC meetings. This will be held at Noon with lunch served. Here are the dates: Fall Semester Thursday, September 20th Thursday, October 18th Thursday, November 15th Thursday, December 6th Spring Semester […]
Book Search Challenge
The Tompkins-McCaw Library is interested in your opinion about how we organize our Book Stack collection on the second floor. The books are arranged using Library of Congress Classification, with the majority of our collection in the letter “R” for Medicine. We currently have our collection arranged with the materials only using one row and […]
Quick Search Demo
We’ll have a guest joining us who will be talking with you about the implementation of a new search tool at VCU Libraries. We’re calling this tool “Quick Search.” Right now at VCU Libraries, you have to search for books in one place (the catalog), articles in many other places (the databases). The goal of […]
Student Technology Fee
Every year, the University asks the VCU Libraries to submit proposals for expending its portion of funds collected from the Student Technology Fee. Part of this process involves a review by representatives of the student body and by the VCU Libraries Advisory Committee. The Graduate Student Advisory Committee will act as our representatives of the […]
Questions for October 13th Meeting
At our next TMLGAC meeting, our guest will be John Ulmschneider, University Librarian at VCU. He would like feedback on the following questions: 1. Are the collections adequate for graduate-level work in your field? What’s lacking? Do you believe your colleagues at other institutions have access to better collections than at VCU? 2. In an […]