Minutes
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Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Houston Community College, Felix Fraga Campus
Main Academic Building
301 N. Drennan St, Houston, TX 77003
Room 160
Virtual Meeting Link Passcode: Spring
Attendees:
Eddy (no last name given), Henri Achee, Giselle Ayala, Rumela Bose, Sandra Brown, Nicole Brown, Molly Bullard, Jennifer Crispin (Secretary), Kathleen Dillon, Kasey Fuller, Helena Gawu, Linda Gray, Karyn Jones, Marlinda Karo, Alexandria Kennedy (webmaster), Trey LaBorde, Teresa McNeil, Rhonda Miller, Michael Mitchell, Sam Mueller, Somer Newland, Kathryn Park, Lee Parrigo, Tolley Reeves, Keitha Robinson, Phil Roche (Chair), Juanna Shin, Patrick Sifuentes, Rudy Silva, Yadira Smith, Mick Stafford, Klairon Tang, Jenna Tapp, Andrew Vierkant, Carmen Walton, Mira Washington, Pamela Wells, Jenn Wigle, Anne Zwicky (Vice-Chair)
(Some attending via Zoom)
9:30-10:00
Coffee, treats, and social time
10:00-10:15
Opening Remarks: Phil Roche, Director, Library & Learning Services | Brazosport College
Welcome: Michael Mitchell, College Director of Library Services | HCC Southeast
10:15-11:00
Introduction of Speaker: Anne Zwicky, Interlibrary Loan & Distance Education Librarian | University of Houston-Downtown
Speaker: Dr. John Rountree, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Assistant Director of the Center for Public Deliberation | University of Houston-Downtown
Program Topic: Harnessing AI for Scholarly Inquiry: Perspectives from the Classroom
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-12:15
Business Meeting
Introductions
First-time attendees:
Yadira Smith, HCC Central
Somer Newland, HCC Library Support Services
Molly Bullard, HCC Katy
Rhonda Miller, HCC Coleman
Everyone (if attending virtually, please enter the name of your institution in the available chat box)
New Business
Job openings
HCC will have part-time openings at West Loop and Stafford
UHD has new position for OER Librarian
Library news/updates
Fall 2024 meeting location and date discussion
RefShare/ TechShare position is still available
News and Updates
Phil Roche says Brazosport College wants to take the lead in AI. Librarian Brent Cooper is involved, along with two other staffers.
Brazosport is pulling the writing center and other student support services into the library, so they will be doing a lot of weeding to make room.
Juanna Shin asks about 3D Printing in libraries and gets few answers
Keitha Robinson says HCC has been approached to add 3D spaces in the libraries
Rumela Bose talks about HCC Central Library’s mini maker space
Henri Achee asks if it is about money, talking about adding a computer lab at HCC West Loop.
Yadira Smith asks if classes are assigning 3D printing
Librarians mentioned struggling with who the contact person should be
Phil Roche would like Brazosport to have a 3D printing space for all the campus printers
Mick Stafford says HCC’s West Houston Institute is an incubator that HCC has leveraged. There are 16 to 20 instructional spaces and HCC is spreading out capacity.
Galveston College and Brazosport are building UP
Juanna Shin mentions that HCC now has Bachelors of Science of Applied Technology for AI and Robotics. They can have another BS
Mick Stafford talks about HCC’s new Digital Access Centers, reimagining spaces, keeping in mind if we had to isolate again, keeping in mind students’ post-pandemic schedules, online anytime, spaces to be able to do online courses, furniture to make it easier to distance. HEERF funded, with easy to clean surfaces. He talked about the issues with creating spaces without staffing plans.
12:15-1:00
RefShare/TechShare Meeting – Phil Roche, Director, Library & Learning Services | Brazosport College
Outreach to Online Students
Anne Zwicky talks about UHD, which has an Online Learning Librarian who has done outreach through games, with not a lot of attendance. For outreach, UHD promotes awareness of the library, what’s available, who’s available.
Keitha Robinson talks about promoting library webinars at HCC by sending emails to division chairs and any faculty she previously taught for, asking them to share the webinars
HCC offers a webinar series of 30 to 90 minute webinars on a variety of topics. Also, Reading Culture and trivia games during lockdown
UHD has a book club that meets twice a semester
Henri Achee mentions visiting schools as part of outreach
Keitha Robinson gets Student Government involved
Phil Roche mentions giveaways like lunch
Alexandria Kennedy of UHCL says they have open office hours, librarians are embedded in courses. Ask a Librarian is also embedded in courses. Some programs offer extra credit for using library
Mick Stafford says he appreciates the conversation. He currently reports to the interim director of the online college, who is receptive to the library. He talks about ideas like town halls, virtual lobby spaces, orientations, wrap-around services. Library outreach doesn’t have to be a 100% library program
Phil Roche mentions that online students pay the same fees as in-person students
Henri Achee suggests getting professors to give extra points for interacting with the library
Keitha Robinson suggests working with student services/ student life/ student activities to help promote library programs.
Future RefShare/TechShare topic suggestions
AI/ Academic Programs/ Literacy
1:00
Adjournment/Library Tour/Lunch
To find handouts and presentations from previous meetings go to the CALLRGroup Documents Page or look through the Resources posts.
CALLR Minutes – Spring Meeting 2024 (Unapproved)
Meeting InformationDate: Thursday, April 11, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Houston Community College, Felix Fraga Campus
Main Academic Building
301 N. Drennan St, Houston, TX 77003
Room 160
Virtual Meeting Link Passcode: Spring
Attendees:
Eddy (no last name given), Henri Achee, Giselle Ayala, Rumela Bose, Sandra Brown, Nicole Brown, Molly Bullard, Jennifer Crispin (Secretary), Kathleen Dillon, Kasey Fuller, Helena Gawu, Linda Gray, Karyn Jones, Marlinda Karo, Alexandria Kennedy (webmaster), Trey LaBorde, Teresa McNeil, Rhonda Miller, Michael Mitchell, Sam Mueller, Somer Newland, Kathryn Park, Lee Parrigo, Tolley Reeves, Keitha Robinson, Phil Roche (Chair), Juanna Shin, Patrick Sifuentes, Rudy Silva, Yadira Smith, Mick Stafford, Klairon Tang, Jenna Tapp, Andrew Vierkant, Carmen Walton, Mira Washington, Pamela Wells, Jenn Wigle, Anne Zwicky (Vice-Chair)
(Some attending via Zoom)
9:30-10:00
Coffee, treats, and social time
10:00-10:15
Opening Remarks: Phil Roche, Director, Library & Learning Services | Brazosport College
Welcome: Michael Mitchell, College Director of Library Services | HCC Southeast
10:15-11:00
Introduction of Speaker: Anne Zwicky, Interlibrary Loan & Distance Education Librarian | University of Houston-Downtown
Speaker: Dr. John Rountree, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Assistant Director of the Center for Public Deliberation | University of Houston-Downtown
Program Topic: Harnessing AI for Scholarly Inquiry: Perspectives from the Classroom
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-12:15
Business Meeting
Introductions
First-time attendees:
Yadira Smith, HCC Central
Somer Newland, HCC Library Support Services
Molly Bullard, HCC Katy
Rhonda Miller, HCC Coleman
Everyone (if attending virtually, please enter the name of your institution in the available chat box)
New Business
Job openings
HCC will have part-time openings at West Loop and Stafford
UHD has new position for OER Librarian
Library news/updates
Fall 2024 meeting location and date discussion
RefShare/ TechShare position is still available
News and Updates
Phil Roche says Brazosport College wants to take the lead in AI. Librarian Brent Cooper is involved, along with two other staffers.
Brazosport is pulling the writing center and other student support services into the library, so they will be doing a lot of weeding to make room.
Juanna Shin asks about 3D Printing in libraries and gets few answers
Keitha Robinson says HCC has been approached to add 3D spaces in the libraries
Rumela Bose talks about HCC Central Library’s mini maker space
Henri Achee asks if it is about money, talking about adding a computer lab at HCC West Loop.
Yadira Smith asks if classes are assigning 3D printing
Librarians mentioned struggling with who the contact person should be
Phil Roche would like Brazosport to have a 3D printing space for all the campus printers
Mick Stafford says HCC’s West Houston Institute is an incubator that HCC has leveraged. There are 16 to 20 instructional spaces and HCC is spreading out capacity.
Galveston College and Brazosport are building UP
Juanna Shin mentions that HCC now has Bachelors of Science of Applied Technology for AI and Robotics. They can have another BS
Mick Stafford talks about HCC’s new Digital Access Centers, reimagining spaces, keeping in mind if we had to isolate again, keeping in mind students’ post-pandemic schedules, online anytime, spaces to be able to do online courses, furniture to make it easier to distance. HEERF funded, with easy to clean surfaces. He talked about the issues with creating spaces without staffing plans.
12:15-1:00
RefShare/TechShare Meeting – Phil Roche, Director, Library & Learning Services | Brazosport College
Outreach to Online Students
Anne Zwicky talks about UHD, which has an Online Learning Librarian who has done outreach through games, with not a lot of attendance. For outreach, UHD promotes awareness of the library, what’s available, who’s available.
Keitha Robinson talks about promoting library webinars at HCC by sending emails to division chairs and any faculty she previously taught for, asking them to share the webinars
HCC offers a webinar series of 30 to 90 minute webinars on a variety of topics. Also, Reading Culture and trivia games during lockdown
UHD has a book club that meets twice a semester
Henri Achee mentions visiting schools as part of outreach
Keitha Robinson gets Student Government involved
Phil Roche mentions giveaways like lunch
Alexandria Kennedy of UHCL says they have open office hours, librarians are embedded in courses. Ask a Librarian is also embedded in courses. Some programs offer extra credit for using library
Mick Stafford says he appreciates the conversation. He currently reports to the interim director of the online college, who is receptive to the library. He talks about ideas like town halls, virtual lobby spaces, orientations, wrap-around services. Library outreach doesn’t have to be a 100% library program
Phil Roche mentions that online students pay the same fees as in-person students
Henri Achee suggests getting professors to give extra points for interacting with the library
Keitha Robinson suggests working with student services/ student life/ student activities to help promote library programs.
Future RefShare/TechShare topic suggestions
AI/ Academic Programs/ Literacy
1:00
Adjournment/Library Tour/Lunch