Now that the school year is underway, we should be in conversation about our plans for the year. I'm hoping that people are checking this blog; please leave a comment if you read this.

I have to find my notes- don't worry I have them. It's just that I finally got around to spring cleaning this last weekend and I put them somewhere safe!

Notes from Matt's TALIG Table

Here are the notes from my table discussing what we'd expect from ATLA's Teaching and Learning Interest Group (TALIG).

• Emphasize that teaching and learning is essential to all our jobs
• Develop digital resources to deliver teaching resources
• Increase awareness of relevant existing resources
• Facilitate cooperation between libraries
• Online clearinghouse of online resources
• TALIG wiki
• Help address the competency divide that exists with patrons and especially help address the situation where patrons assume more competency then they actually possess.
• Gather data on library user behavior
• Provide evidence that what theological librarians do makes a difference in our students' educational and professional tasks.
• Highlight the educational needs of different library patrons such as international students, distance students, faculty, older/younger students, etc.
• Encourage submission of articles to ATLA's new journal
• Faculty collaboration tactics
• Making people aware of relevant grants
• Provide libraries with ideas for assessment including assessing students, library instruction, and faculty assignments
• Help provide appropriate data for ATS accreditation
• Discuss how librarians can successfully navigate campus political realities

This is what I recorded of our discussion. - Matt Ostercamp

Addition

I got in just with a regular gmail account. Thanks, Tolanda for putting this up! I see a number of us on facebook have returned from the conference and are fired up for applying our new learning! - syd

Opening Post

Well, this has been more complicated than I anticipated! If each member of the steering committee could leave a comment here, I will know you have been able to establish contact with the blog. At that point I will post instructions as to how to get to the googledoc.