2020-03-05 Meeting notes

Owned by Alicia Pucci
Mar 06, 2020
4 min read

Date

Mar 5, 2020

Participants

  • @Rachel Appel (Unlicensed)

  • @Kristina De Voe (Unlicensed)

  • @Rebecca Lloyd (facilitator)

  • @Urooj Nizami (Unlicensed)

  • @Alicia Pucci (note taker)

  • @Natalie Tagge (Unlicensed)

Agenda

  1. Debrief on Lisa Hinchliffe and Transformative Agreements (Rebecca)

  2. Open Education Week update (Kristina)

  3. TUScholarshare Toolkit Revision (Alicia)

  4. Staff Carnival Table Planning (Rebecca)

Notes

  • Debrief on Lisa Hinchliffe and Transformative Agreements (TAs)

    • Rebecca was the note taker for this session

    • There was a lot of jargon to be mindful of when discussing this session topic and it was good that Lisa covered all this in her presentation

    • Lisa’s presentation was very informative and thorough, so she used the entire session. But this didn’t leave enough time for 1. her to answer the questions that Karen and the team had outlined and 2. for general discussion among Temple folks and the Library’s next steps

      • What happens to these questions that we had for Lisa that weren’t addressed during the session Should we follow up with Lisa on these?

    • Natalie had attended the lunch with Lisa after the session to discuss her thoughts on possible solutions to these big questions posed by TAs

      • Lisa said there’s no real solution to these issues and vendors have little concern

      • Lisa said it’s important to think of Carnegie Mellon University’s example

    • Urooj asked - did liaisons do an environmental scan on what departments are discussing with their faculty that are schol comm related?

      • Lisa had said that no institution has data on this, but this isn’t true

      • Should we add this to a potential list of schol comm PDP goals for liaisons?

        • The team had done this last year, but there was discussion that we shouldn’t overwhelm liaisons with schol comm goals, but that we can still provide guidance on these areas as future goals

        • How do we get things like this out there moving forward?

          • This remains pretty open; can be considered a workshop idea that’s liaison-focused

    • Should we follow up with Karen to see if she would consider it worthwhile to have an informal follow-up/ discussion on Lisa’s session to address any TU-related questions folks may have?

  • Open Education Week Updates

    • Temple will be celebrating Open Ed week from 3/9 - 3/13

    • Events:

      • A virtual faculty exhibit on those who have utilized OER. The slides can be seen circulating throughout the library. 28 faculty expressed interest in participating

      • Open methods and tools series that will highlight some of the related DHDS tools and how they can be used in courses

        • Folks from the DSS will be answering and facilitating questions

      • Using Open Textbooks in the Classroom workshop (3/10) - facilitated by Urooj and Kristina

      • Open Education Grad/ Faculty Coffee Hour (4th floor)

      • A hands-on workshop on LibreTexts (3/25) - there will be a representative doing a demo

        • Let Kristina know if you would like to attend this

        • Can this be attended virtually?

  • TUScholarShare Toolkit Revisions

    • Next steps:

      • Read over each other’s comments and make edits to our drafts by the end of March

      • Finalize these for an internal audience (library use only)

      • Reformat/ compile them into one document and include a table of contents

    • Further brainstorming:

      • In light of our work developing the drafts, it’s proving difficult to synthesize these complex schol comm topics into 1-2 pages. This is my fault for oversimplifying them. How should we proceed?

      • Should we expand these materials beyond the context of the IR? Make them adaptable to other schol comm initiatives because there’s so much crossover?

      • Should we reconsider their audience, use, and format? Partition them into separate, simpler subjects (i.e. Basics of open access; Basics of repositories; How to spot predatory publishers)?

      • Consider changing their format to infographics/ factsheets that are quick to digest and easy to share in other contexts (i.e. when receiving questions from faculty/ depts, workshops)?

      • Example from University of Cambridge University

    • The team suggests:

      • First gauge the potential use/ benefits for liaisons and faculty and determine the best format and home for these materials based on this feedback

        • The team did do a confidence survey to assess similar concerns

      • Compile all the materials into one doc/ pdf and include a table of contents so this can be shared as one document - like a more detailed version

      • Compile all the materials into one pdf but incorporate factsheets/ infographics into it so they can be exported and shared

      • Internally, these should be housed on confluence; Externally, these should be housed on the website

      • What kind of schol comm related questions/ requests do liaisons receive?

        • How to reuse images; Publisher agreements; Can the library index?; Can the library pay an APC?

  • Staff Carnival Table Planning

    • Will be on May 14th in the event space from 1-3pm

    • An event where library staff can learn about what everyone is working on in an informal way

    • Should we include TAP, NBP, and TUScholarShare in this?

    • Should we showcase the team’s work (i.e. the toolkit)? showcase schol comm services? or incorporate an educational component? Or all of the above?

    • We should create a hands-on component to get folks involved and interested

      • Games?

      • Activities?

      • Quiz? A fair use quiz?

      • Giveaways?

Next Steps

  • @Rebecca Lloyd will follow up with Karen about the possibility of having a follow-up discussion to the transformative agreements session

    • Karen could share the slides from Lisa and ask folks who attended the session to regroup for further discussion

  • @Kristina De Voe (Unlicensed) will follow up with the team to see if folks can virtually attend the LibreText workshop

  • The team will read over each other’s comments in the toolkit and make edits to our drafts by the end of March (next meeting 4/2)

  • The team will brainstorm ideas for the staff carnival table and discuss these in April