CAT Meeting Minutes 6.27.16

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CAT Meeting
June 27, 2016
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Virtual meeting using Zoom
Members present: Jen Fabbi (San Marcos, Chair), Ann Agee (San Jose State, for Diana Wu), Monica Fusich (Fresno), Stephanie Alexander (East Bay), Felicia Kalker (Sonoma State), Michele Van Hoeck (California Maritime Academy), Sarah Dahlen (Monterey Bay), and Laura Gil-Trejo (Fullerton, Consultant).
Members absent: Laurie Borchard (Northridge), Sue Thompson (San Marcos), and Tiffini Travis (Long Beach)

  1. Meeting Minutes: May meeting minutes were approved. Finalized and added to Google drive.
  2. Announcements: Jen has reached out to Gale Etschmaier, Chair of COLD for confirmation of budget, as some campuses will want to cancel their individual subscriptions to ACRL Metrics. We still do not know when we will find out about funding.
  3. Toolbox Organization:
    1. Felicia led a discussion of a working prototype she created based on our April discussion about the Toolbox organization and access. The prototype is found at http://libguides.sonoma.edu/assessment-toolbox Content is not all formatted or included; what Felicia presented is a proposal for the overall organization of the toolbox. There are two navigation systems embedded—one general, and one more specific to the question one is asking. The goal is for the content to be easier to access.
    2. Recommendations:
  • Where does content duplicate between the two navigation systems?
  • We need a more formal maintenance schedule that includes: 1. Integrating user feedback; 2. Continuing to add and update CSU examples; and 3. Adding new content as it is created in the Library assessment world.
  • We need to gain consensus on the terminology that is being used in the toolkit (e.g., a glossary).
    1. There was a discussion about whether or not committee members should take on this maintenance task or if someone else (for example, from the Chancellor's office) could assist. Right now we have an informal maintenance schedule. Sarah Dahlen will take over maintenance starting in July.
    2. The suggestion was made to divide the content into sections (services and question types) with a template so that all committee members can help with the work. We would then have one "master editor" who is the eye for quality control. The committee members agreed to this plan.
  1. Assessment strategic Direction for COLD strategic plan: After discussion, the group agreed to putting the following sentence forward to the COLD Executive Committee: The CSU libraries leverage analytics and engage in a variety of assessment activities (student learning assessment, evaluation of services, user experience studies and more) in order to make evidence-based decisions that support excellence in CSU teaching, learning, and scholarship.
  2. Changing of the Guard: Jen thanked Diana, Stephanie, Laurie, and Tiffini (our outgoing members) for their work on CAT over the last few years. Jen welcomed Michele as chair, and Michele thanked Jen for her work as chair during 15-16. The group discussed whether or not to meet monthly during 16-17, and decided to go forward with monthly meetings. Areas of focus will be the Toolbox, ACRL Metrics, NSSE Information Literacy Module, and ACRL Standards for Proficiencies for Assessment Librarians and Coordinators. Laura is also going to be finishing the pilot project, including student paper ratings and sharing the statistical model she will be using to analyze.
  3. Meeting Adjourned. Michele will be in contact with 16-17 committee about meeting schedule.