1. Dear Colleagues, Attachments have already been sent to Committee members and LISSA officers and will be available at the meeting. Comments and corrections welcome. Drs. Chelton and Perry, Curr/Ed Tech Comm Co-Chairs ApApproval of agenda 2. Approval of draft minutes of Joint meeting of December 19, 2013 by Assessment Committee 3. Approval of draft minutes of February 6, 2014 meeting by Curriculum/EdTech Committee 4. Old Business a. ePortfolios i. Recap on recommendations from November 25, 2013 Assessment Committee minutes, and revisions from Joint Meeting minutes from December 19, 2014 1. Students will upload at least one representative assignment for each and every program objective (or core competence, to be determined) into their ePortfolios 2. Students will make their own decisions about which assignments to use from all courses taken 3. In light of recommendation to only require this in the core courses and 709 for practical harvesting reasons, will this suffice to address all program objectives/core competencies? ii. How will the information harvested from these ePortfolios be actually used for assessment purposes? [Who, What, When, Where, How?] 1. Random sample of student ePortofolios? 2. Schedule for sampling? 3. Rubrics or other assessment mechanisms? 4. Consult Ed Division regarding their approaches to this? 5. Who/what entities will be responsible for oversight, implementation, conducting the assessments? 6. How will the information obtained be used to “close the loop”? b. Review of Detailed Curriculum Assessment measures document, for potential inclusion in COA Progress Report due March 1, and for discussion at the meeting with the President and Provost at 3:00 today. i. See attached ii. This summarizes much of the activity in the “End-of-Semester Report” and overlaps with some of the agenda items below 5. Other items as time allows: a. Update on proposed possible joint degree program in history and library/information studies b. Prof. Stumm is working on requested revisions to the LBSCI 790: Museum Collection Management syllabus prior to a final vote by the faculty and subsequent followup to submission to be a permanent course to be offered regularly in Spring semester c. Other issues as time allows: d. Update from Dr. Ng on submission of curricula for Spring—how to handle review for conformity with template guidelines e. How to implement substitution of revised ePortfolio verbiage into existing syllabi? f. How to prioritize various issues identified in End-of-Semester Report for follow-up? i. Evaluations of Certificate programs in Children and Young Adult Services in Public Libraries and in Archives and Preservation of Cultural Materials ii. Further discussion of Reflective Essay as per section 2. B v of End-of-Semester Report iii. Followup on lack of consistency during fall advising period in completion of long term plan; need for revision of course rotation form—update 6. Old Business (Postponed until Spring term—how to handle?) a. Review of two syllabi from Jim Marcum (comparison with prior versions and adherence to syllabus template) b. Preliminary draft survey of students regarding online/blended instruction based in part on LIU example. 7. Set date for next meeting 8. Motion to adjourn Attachments: Detailed Curr Assessment measure draft; Final End-of Semester Report; Minutes from Joint meeting of Dec. 19; draft minutes of Curr. Comm. meeting February 6, 2014. Claudia A. Perry, MLS, Ph.D Associate Professor Graduate Advisor for Admissions Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Queens College, CUNY Flushing, NY 11367 claudia.perry@qc.cuny.edu 718-997-3790