Meeting Notes – 26 September 2014

Friday September 26th 1 PM

Agenda & Notes
Attending: Leva (scribe), Debra, Erin, Caroline, Martin, Devon,

1.BCOER event “Open Education Resources: Librarians, Leadership and Opportunity” – an OER awareness event for librarians
– Librarians & OER web site & reg is now live; BCOER please register & tell colleague; as space is limited
– promotional channels -ACTION: Debra will post to ALPS List; Twitter: BCcampus can tweet and we can all tweet use #BCOER
– BCcampus will post short item on web site Calendar (done)
– BCOER presenters – to speak about BCOER and highlights we’ve volunteered Janis (who is absent today); also Debra, Caroline, Lin and Erin to help
– Logistics ACTION: Leva & Debra to meet Monday at DC to test tech stuff and do catering
– Post event social? ACTION: Let’s invite Quill and go to The Hub at Skytrain for a drink /coffee
-Final part on What librarians need? How shall we harvest the ideas?Have them chat for a few minutes and one person at each table write on a sticky ideas then offer up one idea per table as we wrap?
– Do we want to create a google doct for collaborative note taking? – Yes let’s try this ACTION: Need a Volunteer to help do this
– Bccampus coop student to help record sessions – ACTION: Leva will arrange
2. Open Access Week – What events happening? (Open Access Week at UBC, SFU, etc.)
ACTION: Request will be posted to send a short blurb and key links to what you are doing on campus for Open Access Week and we will create a page on open.bccampus.ca – Leva
Also arranging informal meeting with Nicole over noon lunch break Oct.28 at UBC if you want to meet – Leva, Erin, Caroline, Debra so far will meet with Nicole; All welcome but let Leva know so we can figure out where to go as campus cafes are busy! ACTION: We’ve booked Nicole we just need to figure out where to go depending on how large a group
3. FYI Other conferences – co-presenting opps for BCOER? Suggestions? Get in touch with Leva if you are interested
4. FYI SPARC update – see notes for good OER awareness raising on campus
5. FYI U of Alberta librarians – Leva met with them to share info as part of MOU to collaborate wit AB and Sask
6.FYI Citation of OER materials and adapted OT – Sybil had some good ideas & following up with Clint
7. FYI BCOER project work – Professional Experience student or Contractor- ACTION: Caroline & Erin to talk
8. FYI from Debra that BCCATS has formed a subcommittee to specifically address how to catalogue OER (Douglas has a member who attends these meetings)

Table for future discussion –
broader/bigger community of practice – yes and how? -LL
branding for BCOER- do we need? if so can do – LL