Sound Librarians

There was one spelling correction (Lori Ricigliano)
Anna repeated Carolyn Aamot’s open offer for librarians to visit and select from the UW gift collection
Carolyn Aamot’s contact information is on the SSL website
Minutes were accepted
Carole noted she has received no contact information for individual members yet and requested that SS librarians forward information to her.

Introductions were made around the table.

Gifts Page

Jennifer has received 3 responses
Libraries so far looking for similar material (local history, original information)
Form for submitting requests is online and working now
3 respondees are interested in a listserv – please include your preference
Consider a group trip to UW/Aamot
Will send a reminder to the listserv to submit gift interest information

Information literacy page

Four libraries represented
Includes mission statements, action plans, and description of WSL collections and services

Kathleen spoke to PCLS not providing instruction, but referring college/university students back to their school of origin for reference/research support because the public library does not have what they are looking for. Students are seeking primarily textbooks to avoid purchase price. Online students are having a big impact on public libraries as they expect the public library to have the material they need for their college coursework.

Round Robin – Advice for working with young adult (aged 18 – 22) patrons

Anna opened the conversation by announcing that the UWT has so far accepted 172 freshmen; up to 180 will be accepted.

Attendees shared stories, concerns, and considerations for working with this age group:

Often over-confident, but under-information literate
Rely heavily on online sources
Unfamiliar with how to navigate print sources
Helpful to have faculty require that students use a mix of print and (reliable) electronic sources
Probably, students/patrons in this age group need help with web evaluation
Often prefer to study in groups
Recommended orientation to “library culture” (e.g., online poker gaming and cell-phone shrieking)
Recommended partnering with Student Services to help send a consistent “proper college behavior” message to students
Recommended giving students library assignments to “report back” to the librarian; younger students often work harder when they’re held immediately accountable

The UWT librarians thanked all attendees for their input and discussion, and suggested that any other ideas or thoughts be emailed to Anna.

Focus over summer

Anna suggested that some of the items we might include on our “Visitor Information” web page include:

Links to our libraries
Information about how our patrons can remotely access our databases
Operating hours
Library policies
Others? We agreed to think about this over the summer.

We also discussed needing to come up with a cool logo and branding statement – everyone is encouraged to be creative!

Future topics

Ideas for future meeting discussions include:

Co-sponsoring workshops with the State Library
UW project to digitize newspaper holdings
Should we appoint a membership officer/membership committee to continue to add to our ranks?

Announcements
The UWT library will be closed for the week of 6/11 – 6/19
The PCLS Book Cart Drill Team will march and perform in the Gig Harbor Maritime Parade on 6/3!

Next meeting
Our next meeting will be in October 2006, time and location TBD

Thanks to Mary Mara for keeping track of the first hour’s minutes!

Respectfully submitted,
Rachel Goon

Questions or comments? contact Erica Coe, elcoe@u.washington.edu