sCIL Minutes, February 2001

sCIL Meeting Minutes

February 9, 2001

Present: Gale Burrow (Claremont Colleges), Nancy Getty (UC-Riverside), Chad Kahl (CSU-LA), Judy Lee (UC-Riverside), Sarah McDaniel, (USC), Elizabeth Parang (Pepperdine), Melinda Raine (Pepperdine), Debby Renfrow (National University), Amy Wallace (Claremont Colleges)

1. Open House Summary

Judy Lee drafted an article on the Open House for the CARL newsletter. Full session summaries will be posted on the sCIL-south web site. Attendees were polled regarding their interest in hosting a regional Institute for Information Literacy (IIL) Immersion Program, and the idea was met with enthusiasm.

At the time of the meeting, the CARL newsletter article was not yet drafted. I was going to draft one.

2. IIL Regional Immersion Program

The deadline to hold a regional program in 2001 has passed. To hold a 2002 regional program, the comparable deadline would be June 1, 2001. It was thought that we would not have adequate time to prepare a good proposal between Feb. and June 1 this year to hold a program in 2002. That's why we are trying to apply for a 2003 program.
sCIL will turn over the remaining treasury to CARL 1/1/02, so we need to ascertain well before that time whether a regional immersion is possible. If we cannot do a regional immersion, we'll need to come up with another program or plan to spend the treasury.
CARL would have to agree to be the sponsor and cover any costs not covered by registration. sCIL-South would attend to administrative details. Any potential site for the program would need computer labs, on site housing, and strong campus support for the program.
Gale Burrow will contact prior immersion sponsors to get cost estimates. We will find out what kinds of guidelines are available. Will try to find out cost. Costs include fees for five faculty members, handouts and notebooks, and housing. Judy Lee will bring up the idea to the CARL board at the regional meeting in February.

3. Spring Program

There is interest in a program on active learning addressing both theory and practice. Randy Hensley, who teaches active learning for the IIL, might be a good speaker. We need to find out how many people would ideally participate in such a program: perhaps we could use deputy facilitators or small-group breakouts to deal with a larger group. USC is a possible venue. Potential dates are Friday 5/18, 6/1, 5/24-5/25, or 5/11.

4. Joint program with CARLDIG: Such a program should be postponed so we can focus on the spring program.

5. New business: None

6. Housekeeping

All meeting dates should be posted to the CARL web site. The next meeting will be held 3/9 at Cal State LA.

7. Treasurer's Report (Chad Kahl)

The treasury stands at $3,314.52, with some debits for open house costs still outstanding.

8. Minutes of 12/3/00 Meeting approved with minor revisions.

Sarah McDaniel