Steve Barkley<\/a>, Head, VCU Libraries, Tompkins-McCaw Library Operations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The application for the 2020-21 Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences Student Advisory Committee is now open. Apply today to become part of this engaging group. Make your ideas known and help VCU Libraries better support the students of the MCV Campus. The application is open until Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. VCU Libraries seeks membership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":544,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/544"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":244,"date":"2018-10-23T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/tml-grad-advisors\/?p=244"},"modified":"2018-10-23T17:00:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T21:00:42","slug":"meeting-minutes-oct-18-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/2018\/10\/23\/meeting-minutes-oct-18-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Minutes – Oct. 18, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
Presentation by John Ulmschneider <\/span><\/p>\nPhotos by Jay Paul<\/span><\/p>\nAlso in attendance: Sue Robinson, Emily Hurst, Steve Barkley, Parker Webster, Nisha Parekh, Hala Hasan, Jennifer Hodge, Reyna Fuentes, Benjamin Mavelil, Danielle Recupero, Kaelah Pou, Zara Zahid, Sharon Lack<\/span><\/p>\nMeeting opened with introductions of University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, John Ulmschneider. Photographer Jay Paul was on hand to take photos of the committee members during the session. <\/span><\/p>\nBefore the presentation began:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Question from a student about library opening earlier.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Some discussion about who uses Cabell library and how frequently<\/span><\/li>\n
- Almost all of the members are also using Cabell Library. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
John provided a presentation on VCU Libraries<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Stressed the importance of having a new medical library in a research university <\/span><\/li>\n
- Overview of ARL status and ACRL award<\/span><\/li>\n
- Information about how library spaces are evolving was provided <\/span><\/li>\n
- Sanger Series lecture was highlighted <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Cabell Library Information<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Cabell library building use information showing over 2 million visitors <\/span><\/li>\n
- The number of visits per student is increasing at both libraries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Big issues for discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- New library for MCV<\/span><\/li>\n
- Library\u2019s affordable course content efforts<\/span><\/li>\n
- Interfaith meditation space at Cabell <\/span><\/li>\n
- Cost of journal subscriptions very high on MCV campus<\/span><\/li>\n
- New strategic plan for VCU libraries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Questions:<\/span><\/p>\nHow will moving the books impact library access?<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Library will remain open during relocation of the collection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What about parking on 12th street?<\/span><\/p>\n\n- There will be some trucks and noise but we are unsure about how much of an impact that will have on 12th Street traffic.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What about online use?<\/span><\/p>\n\n- No interruptions expected.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sanger Series – everyone was encouraged to go<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Can recording be made virtually available?<\/span><\/li>\n
- We have the capability to stream and make those available in other forms<\/span><\/li>\n
- Some are put online if they meet closed captioning requirements and the speaker agrees <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Affordable Course Content<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Course textbook cost is very high<\/span><\/li>\n
- Students do not want to buy books and this can mean lowered success in the course<\/span><\/li>\n
- Free, open educational resources or low cost <\/span><\/li>\n
- Materials can be just a good but they are available for free <\/span><\/li>\n
- Also more easily remixed <\/span><\/li>\n
- Faculty may not know a lot about ACC or Open Educational Resources <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question about would these be digital only?<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Yes but some have options to print for only $25 per book <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
VCU has already saved over 1 million dollars through ACC efforts <\/span><\/p>\n\n- High enrollment courses are the target for early ACC efforts <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Open Textbook initiative focused on getting faculty to develop these resources<\/span><\/p>\n\n- VCU Libraries is hiring someone to focus on this for VCU will aid in accelerating the process <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Redesign course efforts<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Library worked to get the state to fund a statewide initiative <\/span><\/li>\n
- General assembly awarded VIVA money to promote this and create a portal <\/span><\/li>\n
- More progress expected to be seen <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A student shared that they mostly only use PDFs, and that a<\/span>\u00a0lot of things are tied to Board Exams are needed.\u00a0 Faculty members appear to prefer textbooks.<\/span><\/p>\nWill textbook initiative impact journal budget?<\/span><\/p>\n\n- No, they are separate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
University has strongly supported the library’s effort to invest in resources <\/span><\/p>\nA student shared that she spent about $400 on textbooks<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Has access to some e-textbooks<\/span><\/li>\n
- Has 3-4 hardcopy text books because ebook was not available <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Fundraising efforts at this time for VCU LIbraries is to build an interfaith space at Cabell Library<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Will be on 3rd floor of Cabell library<\/span><\/li>\n
- Large space 40 x 40 space <\/span><\/li>\n
- John hopes this will be an exemplar for other libraries <\/span><\/li>\n
- There is a need to think about having a space like this on the MCV campus <\/span><\/li>\n
- Need to plan this into the building from the beginning <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Cabell Library does engraving of stethoscopes in the Workshop.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Students were very interested in how they could do this at TML <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Students reminded to inform Steve or Emily if there are other things that are needed.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Presentation by John Ulmschneider Photos by Jay Paul Also in attendance: Sue Robinson, Emily Hurst, Steve Barkley, Parker Webster, Nisha Parekh, Hala Hasan, Jennifer Hodge, Reyna Fuentes, Benjamin Mavelil, Danielle Recupero, Kaelah Pou, Zara Zahid, Sharon Lack Meeting opened with introductions of University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, John Ulmschneider. Photographer Jay Paul was on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":242,"date":"2018-10-23T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/tml-grad-advisors\/?p=242"},"modified":"2018-10-23T16:24:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:24:37","slug":"meeting-minutes-sept-20-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/2018\/10\/23\/meeting-minutes-sept-20-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Minutes – Sept. 20, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
Present:Steve Barkley, Emily Hurst, Teresa Knott, Reyna Fuentes, Robin Kelsey, Nisha Parekh, Benjamin Mavelil, Hala Hasan, Kayla Stepanova, Jennifer Hodge, Zara Zahid, Danielle Recupero, Kaelah Pou, Sharon Lack<\/span><\/p>\nStart time: 12:03 p.m. <\/span><\/p>\nSteve Barkley provided <\/span>a presentation<\/span><\/a> on the role of the Student Advisory Committee and the Tompkins-McCaw Library. Slides from the presentation will be shared with the committee. <\/span><\/p>\nTeresa Knott then provided an update on the library and its relocation plans.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- The current library building will be replaced by two buildings\/towers for VCU Health <\/span><\/li>\n
- Overview of what we are hoping to have in the TML space<\/span><\/li>\n
- Will add new spaces while also repurposing current furniture <\/span><\/li>\n
- Discussion about some of the features that new building will feature <\/span><\/li>\n
- Would like the building to be open 24\/7<\/span><\/li>\n
- Some discussion about space including:<\/span>\n
\n- The desire for an outdoor location <\/span><\/li>\n
- Ability to access items in storage<\/span><\/li>\n
- Natural light is needed<\/span><\/li>\n
- Will the study rooms be soundproofed?<\/span>\n
\n- There is hope this will be the case<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- University Librarian and Teresa attended a meeting about the VCU Master Site plan <\/span>\n
\n- In the future, Woods and Lyons will come down and a new library building will be included in this location <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Questions:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Space: Will it be more? No, the library will lose about 6,000 sq of user space in the temporary facility <\/span><\/li>\n
- Are all special collections digitized? No, some too fragile and there are too many for them to do this. <\/span><\/li>\n
- This move is a temporary move? Yes, this is part of a move before the next library building <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The session concluded with Steve and Emily providing an overview of other aspects and services of VCU Libraries and Tompkins-McCaw Library.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Present:Steve Barkley, Emily Hurst, Teresa Knott, Reyna Fuentes, Robin Kelsey, Nisha Parekh, Benjamin Mavelil, Hala Hasan, Kayla Stepanova, Jennifer Hodge, Zara Zahid, Danielle Recupero, Kaelah Pou, Sharon Lack Start time: 12:03 p.m. Steve Barkley provided a presentation on the role of the Student Advisory Committee and the Tompkins-McCaw Library. Slides from the presentation will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":234,"date":"2017-11-20T15:51:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T20:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.vcu.edu\/tml-grad-advisors\/?p=234"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:51:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T20:51:54","slug":"meeting-minutes-oct-19-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vcu.edu\/hsl-student-advisors\/2017\/11\/20\/meeting-minutes-oct-19-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Minutes – Oct. 19, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n- Housekeeping<\/span>\n
\n- Steve confirmed that everyone could access the Google Group. Emails are coming through. <\/span><\/li>\n
- As per suggestion from last meeting: loaner projectors have been purchased and will arrive soon. Can be checked out at the Service Desk once they here. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
- Recap:<\/span>\n
\n- Guest speaker from first session was Teresa Knott. She provided figures about budgeting in VCU Libraries and some information about future plans for the library. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
- Today\u2019s Guest: John Ulmschneider – Director VCU Libraries<\/span>\n
\n- John thanked all those in attendance and those who were participating on their second year in the committee. VCU Libraries values student feedback.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Happy to announce that VCU Libraries becomes a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Jan. 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Plans for the library and things going forward <\/span>\n
\n- New health sciences library is major asset to research and attracts new students. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Will need a lot of student input to create the new library, share stories to help with design.<\/span><\/li>\n
- There will be opportunity for students to shape the future of the library. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Help is greatly needed and we need students to share and get their colleagues to provide feedback as well.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Off-site storage location needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
- Open discussion with students <\/span>\n
\n- Need for multidisciplinary care and for all students to work toward value based model of care.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Creating a collaborative space<\/span><\/li>\n
- Distinguishable building – should stand out and be its own space <\/span><\/li>\n