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MIT Libraries Undergraduate User Group
UUG MINUTES, Meeting of 12/6/01
Present: Margaret dePopolo, Tracy Gabridge, Sarah Wenzel, Sarah Williams
1. T-shirts!
Margaret distributed t-shirts for participating in Family Weekend. She still has a few for the rest of the folks who took part.
2. Announcements
Margaret shared the committee self-review checklist created by PSMG. Around June we will be expected to conduct this self-review.
3. Updates- Margaret shared news of the Graduate Student User Group that was provided by Steve Gass at the PSMG meeting. Their accomplishments as well as their plans were discussed as food for thought for the Undergrad group.
- The undergraduate web page - Tracy shared an early analysis of the old draft undergrad web page with the group. The idea is to see what content from that page could be incorporated into the new Libraries' web site. A couple of ideas were discussed. Tracy, Sarah Wenzel and Sarah Williams will work on this further, with a meeting with Nicole as the next step.
- FCLS library subcommittees - Margaret shared an update about the Faculty Committee and their plan to gain consensus for a new Engineering and Science Library. Margaret is on a subcommittee to explore the importance of libraries as a physical space for student life. Steve Gass is on a subcommittee to explore why physical libraries are necessary even while digital materials are increasingly available. The purpose of this latter subcommittee is to address a widely held opinion among faculty that physical libraries become less important as more digital materials are available.
4. New Business
- Reg Day 2002 - We agreed that the UUG will once again participate in this event.
- Student Member for UUG - Discussion took place about the possibility of including a student member on the UUG. All agreed that it would be a good idea and that we would need to use a student's time very carefully, keeping in mind their heavy academic commitments. Where we should pursue such a student was the topic of further discussion. One possibility is to use a student worker. Another possibility would be to ask the Undergraduate Association for a liaison. Both methods have pros and cons. We need to solidify what we want to get out of a student's participation and what is in it for the student. Discussion will continue at a later date. Margaret will share with us a document about student library advisory committees.
5. Frequency of Meetings
We agreed that we would have 1 progress/update meeting per month, and 1 working meeting per month where subgroups can get together to work on current projects.
6. UUG Web page (for staff)
The group brainstormed some ideas for such a list.
Next meeting: Thursday, December 20th, 9:30.