The regular meeting of the Library Education Division was called to order at
10:00 a.m. on September 12 at Rose State College by Barbara Miller.
Present: Barbara Miller, Kay Boies, Helen Clements, Roy Degler, Jao-Ming
Huang, Melissa Huffman, and Danny Wallace
A.
Approval of Minutes
B.
Open Issues
Conference Planning:
LED has several possible programs to submit for the 2007 conference.
We identified three areas for further planning:
issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, providing
legal information to patrons, and cultural diversity and its implications for
library services.
Concerning
ADA
compliance, Roy Degler and Michael O’Hasson could
be a two-person panel. Public
Library Division or Interlibrary Cooperation may be interested in being
co-sponsors.
Legal information—is a common issue for libraries, and we should include
practical information, rather than how to search and locate information.
Many libraries have policies that state that they do not provide legal
advice. Common topics include
common law marriage, legal forms, divorce, child custody, and traffic
offenses. Possible presenters
would include Louisa Voden from ODL, and Melanie Nelson, the law school
librarian at the
University
of
Tulsa
. Another possible speaker would
be Lee Peoples at OCU.
A possible title would be “Not Your Legal Beagle:
Common Legal Questions and How to Handle Them.”
It was suggested that we compile a list of questions and ask the
speaker for recommendations on how to handle those questions.
The focus would be on public and academic libraries. Public Library
Division can be asked about co-sponsoring. Suzanne Sears is chair.
We chose the topic of services to culturally diverse patrons, with a focus
on the how the cultural backgrounds of librarians and their patrons can affect
the focus of a library transaction. For
example, international students, men and women, may have expectations about
library services that are unfamiliar to many
U.S.
librarians. Our mutual lack of
knowledge can lead to many misunderstandings.
Possible speakers on this topic from OSU-Stillwater would be Regina
Henry (Office of International Students and Scholars) or Lee Bird (Vice
President for Student Affairs). Helen
Clements will contact these people. Several possible persons from the Muslim
or Arabic community were mentioned: one
of the librarians at Cameron (Melissa will contact Cathy Blackman), the
digital information specialist at
Ada
, and a staff member at OSU-Tulsa.
Potential speakers on other ethnic groups would be someone from the
Smithsonian speaker’s bureau, or Mary Jane Warde, who is the Native American
program chair at
the Oklahoma Historical Society; Teresa Runnels is also the Native American
program director at TCCL. Sara
Martinez from Tulsa City-County Library would be a possible speaker on
Hispanics. She will speak at the
CATS workshop in November. We can
also consider finding speakers on services to Asian Americans. Tulsa
City-County is sponsoring an Asian festival this fall.
Oral history is being presented by another division;
LED may want to co-sponsor.
The program submissions must be made before our October meeting.
Barbara will submit them electronically to OLA.
The group decided to plan for programs on legal questions,
ADA
compliance, and service to diverse persons, especially from the
Middle East
or of Islamic cultures.
Health information, and the new urbanism were also identified, and were put
on hold for later conferences. The New Urbanism topic involves geographic
areas that are being redesigned and re-shaped.
The design and planning of new communities is important; gentrification
affects how libraries serve their customers.
Examples are the trend toward “McMansion”
housing, as well as the proposed building of island communities in the
Arkansas River at
Tulsa
.
Lafayette
Louisiana
has also designed an urban enclave emulating
New Orleans
.
Workshop planning:
We are planning to hold the workshop on learning and teaching styles in
February. It would appeal to all
audiences at all levels, Possible co-sponsors would be OASLMS, PLD, and
Interlibrary Cooperation. Possible places include Midwest City Public Library
and Belle Isle Public Library. We
need to submit the speakers and date by October 20 for the Executive Board,
and present the complete plan in November.
PLD has a workshop scheduled for February 22, and Intellectual
Freedom is also planning one. Alternate
dates could be early March, but we will want to schedule well before the OLA
Annual Conference on April 2-4.
Another division’s workshop on book talks is also in the planning
stages for early March.
Workshop sessions: There was
discussion about what types of sessions to have.
Learning styles and teaching styles could be the focus for two speakers
in the morning. Cultural
differences might be an area within the broader topics.
Afternoon sessions could focus on search engines for visual learners, and
on whether or not differences exist between learners from different
generations—what you can and cannot assume about students.
How the differences in style can be applied in the reference interview
are also of interest. Possible
speakers from OSU-Stillwater include Susan Stansberry, Pamela Fry, Dean of the
College
of
Education
, and Dr. Lynna Ausburn of the
College
of
Education
. Wallace suggested that whoever
the two speakers are, they may want to collaborate so that their presentations
are coordinated. Jao-Ming Huang
agreed to speak at an afternoon session on visual learners, and Danny Wallace,
will speak on how to assess the level of information literacy among the
members of a class. The
final decision on the date will depend on the speakers’ schedules.
Fridays are normally good days.
Workshop pricing would be $50 for members and $100 for nonmembers.
We will ask the Board about a student fee.
Again, submission dates to the Executive Board, are October 20 for
speakers and dates, and November 9 for the complete plan, including the
proposal, program planning, evaluation, continuing
education form, and flyer. We should also plan for folders, name tags, and a
photographer if we can find a person.
Other discussion included the need for speaker gifts for non-OLA speakers
(this could include materials from the OLA store).