Workshop on Library/IT Collaboration in Support of Liberal Arts Education
Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts
Wabash College
February 17- 20, 2005
The Oberlin Group/CLAC project, led by Sam Demas and Joel Cooper (Carleton), Diane Graves (Trinity University), and Gene Spencer (Bucknell), started in the spring of 2004. The goal of this initiative is to create a conversation focused on improving the liberal arts by exploring ways to further collaboration between libraries and information technology organizations on individual campuses or through the larger collaboration of the two overarching consortia.
| Participants | Institution |
| Carol Dickerson | Colorado College |
| Randy Stiles | Colorado College |
| Paul Kuerbis | Colorado College |
| Scott Siddall | Denison University |
| Jon Enos | Franklin & Marshall College |
| Pam Snelson | Franklin & Marshall College |
| Dave Smallen | Hamilton College |
| Randy Ericson | Hamilton College |
| Sabrina Pape | Vassar College |
| Sam Demas | Carleton College |
| Joel Cooper | Carleton College |
| Diane Graves | Trinity University |
| Gene Spencer | Bucknell University |
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Agenda
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Thursday, February 17th | |
| 6.00 - 7.00 | Reception, Trippet 2nd Floor Rotunda |
| 7.00 - 8.00 | Dinner, Trippet Hall Dining Room |
| 8.00 - 9.00 | Presentation by Charlie Blaich, Director of Inquiries, Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Trippet 325 |
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| 7.00 - 8.00 | Breakfast, Trippet Hall Dining Room |
| 8.00 - 10.15 | Introductions: Each participant talks briefly about what brought them to this symposium and what they hope to get out of it. (we will provided specific guidelines for participants in advance of the meeting) Trippet 325 |
| 10.15 - 10.45 | Coffee Break |
| 10.45 - 12.00 | Reverse feedback exercise: Librarians and technologists reflect on what they think the other group feels are their strengths and weaknesses, i.e. what each group perceives the other group's views to be. See David Smallen's document "Perceptions Exchange." Trippet 325 |
| 12.00 - 1.00 | Lunch, Trippet Hall Dining Room |
| 1.00 - 4.30 | Library/IT collaborations: What is the ideal picture? Gene Spencer will facilitate this session. Using breakout groups and group discussion, we will paint a picture of what the ideal library/IT collaboration would look like on a hypothetical campus. Trippet Hall 325 |
| 3.00 | Snack break available, 3rd floor rotunda |
| 4.30 - 5.00 | Based on the ideal model we developed, we will identify (from a menu of topics synthesized from participants’ workshop proposals) the topics most important for us to discuss on Saturday. Trippet 325 |
| 5.00 - 6.30 | Break |
| 6.30 - 8.00 | Dinner, Trippet Hall Dining Room |
| 8.00 - 9.00 | Films & Discussion, Trippet 123 |
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| 7.30 - 8.30 | Breakfast, Trippet Hall Dining Room |
| 8.30 - 10.00 | Breakout sessions on topics 1 and 2 |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Coffee Break |
| 10.30 - 12.00 | Breakout sessions on topics 3 and 4 |
| 12.00 - 1.00 | Lunch, Trippet Hall Dining Room |
| 1.00 - 2.30 | Breakout sessions on topics 5 and 6 |
| 2.30 - 3.00 | Snack break available, 3rd floor rotunda |
| 3.00 - 5.00 | Reporting back from breakouts and discuss future directions for fostering collaboration on our campuses, Trippet 325 |
| 5.00 - 6.30 | Break |
| 6.30 - 8.00 | Dinner (preceded with brief remarks by Gene and Sam about Oberlin Group and CLAC, setting the stage for after dinner conversation) Trippet Hall Dining Room |
| 8.00 | Group conversation about Oberlin Group and CLAC, designed to share perceptions and understandings of the two groups, how they work, what their meetings are like (perceptions and realities), and how they are alike and different. |
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| 7.30 - 8.30 | Breakfast, Trippet Hall Dining Room |
| 8.30 - 12.00 | Discussion and development of recommendations on Oberlin Group/CLAC collaboration. Trippet 325 |
| 12.00 - 1.00 | Lunch, Trippet Hall Dining Room |
| 1.00 | Departures |