09/19/2001 Minutes

• In attendance: Rhonda Kristi Sally Susan Pam Kayla Marlene Violet David Randolph
  
  
• Completed action items from previous meeting:
  - Randolph shared news about the IAG in his Tuesday evening class. Susan and Pam joined us as a result.
  - Violet had two proposals for changes to the IAG web site. The group suggested a combination of the proposals as the final solution.
  - David Brackman was elected new co-leader for IAG. Congratulations!
  - Violet/Kayla brought a demo cart for the meeting.
  
  
• Proposals for IAG projects.
  - Kayla. Portal/Electronic Reserve for IT lab. To advertise services and resources available at the IT lab. To gather feedback from IT lab users on how to meet the needs of the students. To design a database that would provide 24-hour access to reserve materials. This would benefit the GSLIS students. Increase visibility for IAG.
  - Kristi. Research wizard. To help undergraduates find resources, help them choose the correct database. This project would entail the creation of a product (rather than evaluation of an existing design). The product would allow the student to create a bibliography, create an outline for the paper. We would focus on freshman composition courses. The project would be a "proof of concept," encompassing only the undergraduate library. IAG member emeritus Steve Schang would help with the architecture of the design. Randolph contacted English professor John Slatin who will pass the information on to two other professors.
  - Eleanor. The UT Performing Arts Center web site (www.utpac.org) has poor accessibility. The webmasters are interested in some evaluation by the IAG. Eleanor says it's not a difficult site. High profile. People involved are involved in UT, in the community. Eleanor is trying to contact a representative of UTPAC and invite them to the next meeting, to let them demo their site to us, and demonstrate their willingness to make changes, potentially, as a result of our work.
  
  We would like to begin the projects in the next two weeks. Discussed how to select the project(s). 1) Let people pick the project that most appeals to them and those signed up for the same project would be the IA team. They would write a proposal for what they would accomplish and the time frame for the work. 2) Select one project and work on it as a group.
  
  Violet will send out a form to be used to submit IA resources. Things to be submitted would include: books members have that they are willing to lend to others, IA web sites, and journal articles related to IA.

  Rhonda will contact Steve Schang about the IAG listserv and how that works.

  Rhonda will contact Dr. Hallmark to find out if Lou Rosenfeld needs transportation during this time at UT.

  Kayla will inquire about the becoming a student organization and what that emails.

  Resources:
  Rhonda shared an IA tutorial web site. http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/tutorials/tutorial1.html?tw=design

  Rhonda shared a journal article about negotiation skills
  James K. Sebenius, "Six Habits of Merely Effective Negotiators" Harvard Business Review, Vol. 79, No. 4, April 2001, pp. 87-95.
  

• Next Meeting Time: Wednesday, 9/26/2001, Noon.

  Respectfully submitted,
  Rhonda Kuiper.
  9/21/2001