MHLS Continuing Education / Professional Development
 Advisory Committee Meeting
Alice Curtis Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library in Garrison
July 18, 2001
10:00 – 1:00

Minutes

Attended: Sally Alderdice, Merribeth Advocate, Lena Smolon, Denise Garofalo, Wendy Fuller, Pat Dagata, Carol Donick, Kathleen McLaughlin, John Georghiou, Nancy Foster, Tessa Killian (SENYLRC)

Excused: Susan Polikoff, Donna Pidgeon, Lisa LeGloahec, Leslie Riley (RCLS)

Topics Discussed:

• CE memo: CE committee approved template. Likes that day of the week listed as well as the date. Likes the color for visual appeal, and ability to fax and copy. CE Department will field test the template and committee will review again at the next meeting.
• EmpireLink Ebsco training: CE Committee made a recommendation to Tessa Killian at SENYLRC for a children’s theme to the next Ebsco training, which will be in the fall.
• Columbia-Greene Community College teleconference site: good location for northern libraries. CE Committee recommended to Tessa that the site (including computer lab) be considered for other regional CE as well.
• Publications List from Adriance: CE Committee appreciated this being printed and distributed. Said it was very helpful to members.
• MHLS website, including new workshop section: John Georghiou said the new website was very good and user friendly. CE Committee recommends MHLS finding a way to make a link from the Kids Home Access logo to the Searchusarus database, hopefully through EZProxy, but if not, through the new automated system.
• MHLS ILL workshops: Nancy Foster said the workshop was clear and very well run. Lena Smolon said the Correctional Facilities appreciated being included in the training. The CE Committee wants Susan DiLorenzo to know that at the circulation desk they get all the praise for expedient ILL, but Susan does all the work. Thank you, for that and also for the valuable workshops.
• MHLS Trustee Training workshops: CE Committee recommends video taping a future Trustee Training workshop.
• CE database: 2000 and 2001 Users Groups and Roundtables are now included in the CE database.
  
•   Prioritize CE for future: Committee used rank order method of collaborative problem solving skills to get a sense of which workshops the group is most in agreement about.

·        7 - How Marketing Can Breathe New Life into Your Libraries Effectiveness (LAMA Institute - presenter Darlene Weingand)
·        5 - There’s $$$ Out There For You: Writing Grants (presenters: Carol Anne Germain and Gerald Burke of the University at Albany Libraries)
·        5 - Financially empowered – related to annual report info
·        4 -Friends Groups
·        3 - Weeding
·        3 - Customer Service Training in Diversity
·        2 - Census 2000 (presenter Leonard M. Gaines, Ph.D, New York State Data Center)
·        2 - Disaster prevention
·        2 - Library Tours
·        1 - Future Technology
·        1 - Book Repair
·        1 - Safety Workshop for NYS Troopers

Actions:

· CE Committee recommends to the Central Library / Collection Development Committee that they administer a survey to members to find out what special collections our libraries offer (language, topic, etc).
·        As an alternative option for the MHLS System Tours, CE Committee recommends making a video tour of MHLS to share with member employees and trustees, and possibly making that available on the website.
·        CE Committee recognizes the value of the audience being able to ask questions at workshops and recommends building into each workshop a time to ask questions.
·        CE Committee recommends that MHLS provide a framework for annual report data collection so that reported numbers between member libraries is comparable.

 

Submitted by Merribeth Advocate, 8/2/01
Amended 10/3/01