Staff Meeting July 2, 2006
[17:57] Lorelei Junot: thanks fo rthe great publicity on the article Eis it is just
wonderful to see you
[17:57] Cerulean Vesperia: evening :)
[17:58] Lorelei Junot: after talkint to you on google talk it is still great to see
you
[17:58] Eiseldora Reisman: :)
[17:58] Eiseldora Reisman: hey Beth
[17:58] Cerulean Vesperia: hi! pretty dress
[17:58] Eiseldora Reisman: thanks
[17:59] Eiseldora Reisman: you did mean me right
[17:59] Cerulean Vesperia: eis , yes :)
[17:59] Eiseldora Reisman: have you had many ALA contacts here?
[18:00] Lorelei Junot: we hae had many new contacts
[18:00] Lorelei Junot: some from the Wisconsin gaming convetion
[18:00] Lorelei Junot: and some from ALA
[18:00] Eiseldora Reisman: that's good then
[18:01] Eiseldora Reisman: I hope we can work with some database providers
[18:01] Eiseldora Reisman: that would be kinda cool
[18:01] Lorelei Junot: ok we have a verey short thime
[18:01] Eiseldora Reisman: are we recording the chat of the meeting
[18:01] Lorelei Junot: to end in time for the Bud sparhawk progrma
[18:01] Lorelei Junot: that would be very helpful as some people cannot come
[18:01] Lorelei Junot: and I said I would post on the list
[18:02] Lorelei Junot: if any o fyou are not on the google group please let me know and I will add you right away
[18:02] Lorelei Junot: that is where most of the discussion takes palce for projects
[18:02] Lorelei Junot: I want to give you an update and then talk about grand opening and other thigns we need to do
[18:02] Lorelei Junot: First of all Eis attended a conference in Wisconsin and nmade ag reat ipression
[18:02] Lorelei Junot: we have several new contacts from there
[18:02] Lorelei Junot: the ALA was very successful Wtih Tom, Eis, Cerulean and others making great contacts
[18:03] Lorelei Junot: Musi come on in
[18:03] Eiseldora Reisman: walk to the center
[18:03] Lorelei Junot: We have this new building which is great
[18:03] Eiseldora Reisman: :)
[18:03] Lorelei Junot: people can meet in this room
[18:03] Lorelei Junot: just have them im me or Rain
[18:03] Lorelei Junot: w ehave had great interest in meeting spaces
[18:03] Lorelei Junot: Robin is starting the anime area upstairs
[18:04] Lorelei Junot: if she needs help join here
[18:04] Lorelei Junot: We have Alaskan working on a government documents area in the new high rise
[18:04] Lorelei Junot: We have a reference area in the new high rise which needs a lot of work
[18:04] Lorelei Junot: and a computer lab on the 2nd floor which links to some good resources which needs a lot of work too
[18:04] Lorelei Junot: Ade is doing a great job on the website
[18:04] Lorelei Junot: Abbey Zenith is working on an academic and business area so if you want to help her
[18:04] Lorelei Junot: let me know
[18:05] Adeghord Malthus: heh. (ade has had pneumonia and been doing very little on the website)
[18:05] Lorelei Junot: We have been ovvered a 19th century library which is already built in Caledon
[18:05] Lorelei Junot: Cypress who is head of collections is teaming with Mary Carol on that
[18:05] Lorelei Junot: if you want to work with her let me know
[18:05] Lorelei Junot: or let her know
[18:05] Lorelei Junot: a furniture store has doncated some furniture too
[18:05] Lorelei Junot: in this building we are putting up seical collections
[18:05] Eiseldora Reisman: shoule I give you all my stuff
[18:05] Lorelei Junot: the first one is a World War Ii poster collection from the Illinois Digital Archives
[18:06] Lorelei Junot: We are trying to create a Vachel Lindsay collection too
[18:06] Lorelei Junot: we have a phd student from u of I interested in workign on this too
[18:06] Lorelei Junot: OCLC is giving usa free trial of Question Poitn after july 10 when Tom Miller comes back from vacation
[18:06] Lorelei Junot: we will have training and mentoring if you hav not used this sytem
[18:06] Lorelei Junot: we would like to staff the island 2 hours per day at minimum if possible to try this
[18:06] Lorelei Junot: they are also giving us world cat
[18:06] Eiseldora Reisman: The YALSA Student Interest group is interested in having meeting here too
[18:07] Lorelei Junot: Eis, they can meet anytime anywhere
[18:07] Lorelei Junot: the only places that might have trouble are the open air auditorium from the International space and flight museum
[18:07] Lorelei Junot: or this one
[18:07] Lorelei Junot: but right now there is not too much demand so
[18:07] Lorelei Junot: feel free
[18:07] Lorelei Junot: that would be great
[18:07] Eiseldora Reisman: :)
[18:07] Lorelei Junot: CMSU is working with NIU on a partnership
[18:07] Lorelei Junot: they hae an island but no library
[18:07] Talia Nicholas: Do we have a place where we can put up a room rental schedule?
[18:08] Talia Nicholas: so taht we know when people are using a room?
[18:08] Lorelei Junot: on July 11 Kelley/Blue Wings is giving them a atour of the library and the services available
[18:08] Lorelei Junot: that is a good idea Talia
[18:08] Lorelei Junot: I will work on that unless you want to use the google calendar already set up by Eis
[18:08] Lorelei Junot: I will try to list all the meeting nrooms so any of you can schedule a meeting if you want
[18:08] Talia Nicholas: If we have a calendar we might as well use it
[18:08] Adeghord Malthus: could use a public google calendar for room res... though google calendar has some limitiations, esp. re RSS
[18:08] Lorelei Junot: the Ebsco consumer health program has attracted 10 to 12 people at each program
[18:09] Lorelei Junot: we left the training boards and computers linked up to it for people who just happen to come by
[18:09] Lorelei Junot: I am working on a grant due August 1 to get more trianing for health information and will include reosurces in that
[18:09] Lorelei Junot: I have made contact with some of the contacts here and they are all supportive
[18:09] Lorelei Junot: I think this is the future of academic libraries and the more we can work together
[18:09] Lorelei Junot: the better off we will be
[18:09] Lorelei Junot: After I get the medical grant done
[18:09] Lorelei Junot: I am suposedo to work on a grant to get a full time coordinator here
[18:10] Alaskan Nighbor: for SLPL?
[18:10] Lorelei Junot: I don't know where I will look or where we can get funding
[18:10] Cerulean Vesperia: IMLS
[18:10] Lorelei Junot: but everyone here is volunteer and to make this go
[18:10] Cerulean Vesperia: Innovation grant
[18:10] Lorelei Junot: we really need to pay some people to do what they are doing
[18:10] Cerulean Vesperia: 25--300K
[18:10] Lorelei Junot: thank you to everyone who has been invlved at any point
[18:10] Lorelei Junot: Cerulean would you still work with me on that
[18:10] Cerulean Vesperia: absolutely!
[18:10] Lorelei Junot: the head of our citizen advisory committee Patrick Witherspoon has resigned
[18:10] Lorelei Junot: he has left second life
[18:11] Lorelei Junot: so we need to find someone to do that
[18:11] Eiseldora Reisman: that is sad
[18:11] Lorelei Junot: so we can finish the business plan so we can show potential providers what we are doing
[18:11] Lorelei Junot: he was excellent
[18:11] Lorelei Junot: we have added some new things on the island
[18:11] Lorelei Junot: we have club lib
[18:11] Lorelei Junot: we have a victorian reading room with an audio book
[18:11] Lorelei Junot: we are trying to get some additional audio books people can listen to there
[18:11] Lorelei Junot: we have a media room on floor 3 and someone possibly interested in doing film discussions
[18:12] Lorelei Junot: so hopefully Michael will set up a reference meeting in the next week
[18:12] Eiseldora Reisman: everyone from ALA though we were odd
[18:12] Lorelei Junot: Cypress will set up a collection smeeting
[18:12] Lorelei Junot: and we need to plan a grand opening
[18:12] Lorelei Junot: Jenna and Max have been doing a great job with mystery manor
[18:12] Eiseldora Reisman: but the video distributeors wanted to work with us
[18:12] Lorelei Junot: we had a program there Thurs night with about 10 poeple it was good
[18:12] Lorelei Junot: Eis, tel us about that
[18:13] Eiseldora Reisman: There are four video distrobutions companies
[18:13] Cerulean Vesperia: some people thought the concept of an SL library was cool! And it was favorably highlighted in several programs.
[18:13] Lorelei Junot: thanks to you Cerulean and Tom :)
[18:13] Eiseldora Reisman: one records professors lecturs, and they are willing to stream into the game
[18:13] Adeghord Malthus: that would be cool!
[18:14] Eiseldora Reisman: another was a company that has programs of authors
[18:14] Eiseldora Reisman: they said they would see if we could streem in one or two
[18:14] Lorelei Junot: Eis since you and Cerulean made these great contacts
[18:14] Lorelei Junot: do you want to follow up with them
[18:14] Lorelei Junot: or would you like me to
[18:14] Eiseldora Reisman: the last two said they would contact lori when they got back to the office
[18:15] Eiseldora Reisman: I dont' want to much to do if you don't mind :)
[18:15] Lorelei Junot: Everyone has periods of time when they do not have time to be here
[18:15] Lorelei Junot: just let me know so I do not worry about you
[18:15] Lorelei Junot: and if you think of a project you would like to try, this is a collaborative project
[18:15] Lorelei Junot: and I would tend to let anyone try anything they think might work
[18:15] Eiseldora Reisman: I'll be away until about the middle of August
[18:15] Lorelei Junot: ok our grand opening
[18:16] Cerulean Vesperia: I didn't actually talk with any vendors - I'd rather stick to the business plan, grants & 2 hrs of reference
[18:16] Lorelei Junot: late july?
[18:16] Lorelei Junot: Ok Cerulean, that is great
[18:16] Lorelei Junot: we have had a lot of new people
[18:16] Talia Nicholas: what do we want to do for the grand opening?
[18:16] Gonzo Mandelbrot: How many people are likely to be online in late July?
[18:16] Talia Nicholas: If we don't have too much planning - doing it sooner might be good
[18:16] Eiseldora Reisman: why not late August to get teh attention of Academia
[18:16] Lorelei Junot: we want to thank everyone who has made a contribution
[18:16] Lorelei Junot: ok late August is fine too
[18:17] Seraphima Salsman: I like that idea Eis
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: we want to have different events throughout the day to interest different people
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: some authors
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: a book ball
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: show off the new building
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: our services
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: everyone think late August would be best
[18:17] Cerulean Vesperia: yes
[18:17] Seraphima Salsman: Yes :)
[18:17] Adeghord Malthus: late Aug is good with me
[18:17] Alaskan Nighbor: sounds good
[18:17] Talia Nicholas: so between now and late august we need to make sure that more people in academia know we're here
[18:17] Cerulean Vesperia: come as your favorite literary character
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: then we will have more time to get the QP up and running
[18:17] Eiseldora Reisman shouts: oooo
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: UIUC knows we are here
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: but they have not been coming
[18:17] Talia Nicholas: QP?
[18:17] Seraphima Salsman: Cerulean, I like that
[18:17] Lorelei Junot: I will contact them
[18:18] trixie Enzyme: GW knows as well
[18:18] Talia Nicholas: oh questionpoint
[18:18] Lorelei Junot: Question Point
[18:18] Lorelei Junot: good idea Cerulean
[18:18] Cerulean Vesperia: for the book ball
[18:18] Lorelei Junot: I was also thinking of having a meeting ov interested academic librarians
[18:18] Alaskan Nighbor: I'm happy to be QP mentor - I use every day.
[18:18] Lorelei Junot: I am going to do a demo at ISU
[18:18] Eiseldora Reisman: lets invite the educators as well to highlight them in the library literature
[18:18] Lorelei Junot: next week
[18:18] Cerulean Vesperia: I'm like to ask Second cast if they will come and tape or record their weekly podcast show
[18:18] Lorelei Junot: CMSU is having a tour in two weeks
[18:18] Lorelei Junot: TRixie is doing a demo in a week or so
[18:18] Lorelei Junot: Alaskan is your library interested in soething like this
[18:18] trixie Enzyme: actually, it's on thursday of this week
[18:19] Eiseldora Reisman: what better reason to pay attention ot us than that professor are here from you( the libraries's) school
[18:19] Lorelei Junot: well I am a low level adjunct
[18:19] Alaskan Nighbor: Not really. I'm in a special library whose parent institution is a little afraid of anything that looks like a game.
[18:19] Lorelei Junot: maybe we ought to plan an academic day
[18:19] Lorelei Junot: should this be before or after gradn opening
[18:19] Lorelei Junot: or offer tours to academic people
[18:20] trixie Enzyme: that's a great idea...
[18:20] Seraphima Salsman: Tours sounds good
[18:20] Adeghord Malthus: I'll talk to my local academic library - I do some grant work there in special collections - but don't hold out much hope
[18:20] Lorelei Junot: ok anyone want to work with me on that
[18:20] Eiseldora Reisman: We should contact people outside the library world though
[18:20] Gonzo Mandelbrot: The best timing for academics might be mid-September...
[18:20] trixie Enzyme: but maybe before the opening, since academia will be busy with last minute prep for fall semester
[18:20] Lorelei Junot: yes
[18:20] Lorelei Junot: Shadow what are your interests
[18:20] Lorelei Junot: I met with someone from ISU
[18:20] Lorelei Junot: a doctorial student interested in education
[18:20] Gonzo Mandelbrot: after classes have started but before there's serious marking to do
[18:20] Lorelei Junot: FYO
[18:20] Shadow Fugazi: I'm a special librarian with a focus on International development
[18:20] Talia Nicholas: Can we get something on the Second Life site to attrack people outside of the library world?
[18:20] Eiseldora Reisman: I'd love for Joystiq to see us
[18:20] Lorelei Junot: Patfhinder is coming to East Peoria to speak about virtual worlds and education
[18:21] Lorelei Junot: should we have that ini world too
[18:21] Cerulean Vesperia: Or Education Arcade
[18:21] Lorelei Junot: as well as in person
[18:21] Eiseldora Reisman: of course
[18:21] Lorelei Junot: ok we are trying to get more involved with educators
[18:21] Lorelei Junot: we can set up a few academic tours where anyone can come
[18:21] Lorelei Junot: and if they can't come they can contact us for a more specific tour
[18:21] Eiseldora Reisman: just no mystry science 3000 when I talk
[18:21] Shadow Fugazi: how about the AMerican Political Science Assn? THey ahve their annual meeting in late august
[18:22] Lorelei Junot: Eis and I are going to otalk to a group of educators in late July
[18:22] Lorelei Junot: Shadow that sounds great
[18:22] Lorelei Junot: are you part of that gruop
[18:22] Shadow Fugazi: not directly, but I can dig around
[18:22] Eiseldora Reisman: At GLS they were extremely interested in us
[18:22] Lorelei Junot: what is interesting to them Eis
[18:22] Eiseldora Reisman: our library
[18:22] Eiseldora Reisman: they want to know when they can send student here to do research
[18:22] Lorelei Junot: ok any other ideas for immediate things we need to do
[18:23] Eiseldora Reisman: and if we can have a tool in game to create citations
[18:23] Lorelei Junot: I am working on special collections here
[18:23] Lorelei Junot: ok would you be inerested in that after August 13
[18:23] Eiseldora Reisman: no :) I have no clue how to do it
[18:24] Eiseldora Reisman: Ask Ceruelen, she ance tell you I don't handle grammar well
[18:24] Seraphima Salsman: Have you heard of Knite cite?
[18:24] Lorelei Junot: I have not herad of it
[18:25] Seraphima Salsman: Yikes, i think that ia name. Some guy made citation tool, it is available online
[18:26] Lorelei Junot: we need to end because we have a program in a few minutes
[18:26] Lorelei Junot: is there anything anyone would like to work on
[18:26] Adeghord Malthus: knitecite: http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/index.php
[18:26] Eiseldora Reisman: ok
[18:26] Lorelei Junot: in the next few weeks
[18:26] Lorelei Junot: we are doing special displays
[18:26] Eiseldora Reisman: outside SL publicity
[18:26] Cerulean Vesperia: *lol* Eis is brilliant and has great ideas... other talents than spelling ;)
[18:26] Gonzo Mandelbrot: Who is taking the lead on planning the opening?
[18:26] Lorelei Junot: working on grad opening
[18:26] Seraphima Salsman: Thanks Ade, your soo fast!
[18:26] Lorelei Junot: academic groups
[18:26] Lorelei Junot: Gonzo, PF has dropped out for awhile
[18:26] Lorelei Junot: would you like to do that
[18:26] Lorelei Junot: I would work with you
[18:27] Gonzo Mandelbrot: I do a lot of special events in RL
[18:27] Lorelei Junot: that would be great
[18:27] Gonzo Mandelbrot: I think I could take this on
[18:27] Lorelei Junot: ok I would like to work with you
[18:27] Lorelei Junot: we have a Club Lib which is a dance area now
[18:27] Eiseldora Reisman: I can help viea email
[18:27] Lorelei Junot: to try and have something fun for students when they come here for information
[18:27] Lorelei Junot: if anyone is interested in having a dance night once a week you ocan
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: let me know
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: that might attract some peopel here
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: thanks to all of you who have brought us new poeple
[18:28] Gonzo Mandelbrot: What about having a cafe or a pub on the island
[18:28] Eiseldora Reisman: are we listed in the places
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: Gonzo, thank you for headind up the grand opening
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: we can do that Gonzo
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: a special theme?
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: would you like to do that
[18:28] Eiseldora Reisman: people tell me they can't find the island
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: Eis I wonder why
[18:28] trixie Enzyme: we could put a coffee shopin the library like RL ;)
[18:28] Cerulean Vesperia: yay dancing! w00t!
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: I check under second life library
[18:28] Lorelei Junot: any ideas
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: do we need more places
[18:29] Cerulean Vesperia: our notecards have the wrong address
[18:29] Cerulean Vesperia: we need to update them.
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: ok will work on note cards again
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: we are working on teleports again
[18:29] Eiseldora Reisman: we aren't listed in the placed tab
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: do you want the conffee shop in here
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: or in a separate building
[18:29] Talia Nicholas: We could put up flers and ads around the mainland
[18:29] Gonzo Mandelbrot: I'd suggest keeping the cafe/pub separate froim thelibrary bldg
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: ok Gonzo, would you like to lead that up
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: we can meet later in the week
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: I can show you some places see what you have in mind
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: adn we can go from there
[18:29] Lorelei Junot: that is a wonderful idea
[18:29] Gonzo Mandelbrot: This week is good for me, so yes
[18:30] Lorelei Junot: ok email me some potential dates and times
[18:30] Lorelei Junot: we will work on our listing in find
[18:30] Eiseldora Reisman: oh its listed as welcome to Second Life Library
[18:30] Lorelei Junot: do you want to meet every month
[18:30] Lorelei Junot: every 2 weeks
[18:30] Lorelei Junot: Eis do you think it should be Info Island
[18:30] Eiseldora Reisman: is there a way to make the welcome center PG and list it to attat visitors
[18:30] Lorelei Junot: instead of Second Life library
[18:30] Seraphima Salsman: Starting the end of July I can work on usability stuff, like making sure it is easy to find the lib
[18:31] Lorelei Junot: I can look into it
[18:31] Eiseldora Reisman: I don't know
[18:31] Gonzo Mandelbrot: The word "Library" is the hook
[18:31] Lorelei Junot: we have tried to make more signage too
[18:31] Eiseldora Reisman: we need a listing for PG
[18:31] Lorelei Junot: ok
[18:31] Adeghord Malthus: Can we have multiple listings? Info Island and the library?
[18:31] Eiseldora Reisman: with the word library
[18:31] Lorelei Junot: Tes and we can have listings for each place
[18:31] Lorelei Junot: if we want to
[18:31] Lorelei Junot: do you want to meet again in 2 weeks or a month
[18:31] Cerulean Vesperia: yeah, I tell people to look for Info Island as a region
[18:31] Lorelei Junot: I want to keep everyone in the looop
[18:31] Lorelei Junot: without taking too much time
[18:32] Talia Nicholas: 2 weeks then
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: thanks to everyone for all you do
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: Talia, did you want it on a different night
[18:32] Talia Nicholas: And I'd like to see meetings on Sat or Fri nights - I'm only here becuase I have off tomorrow
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: how does this time work fore veryone
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: ok
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: I have asked Pamelea Witt to do another program another time
[18:32] Adeghord Malthus: well, i would say 2 weeks, but every other week I meet with a local non-profit at this time.
[18:32] Eiseldora Reisman: its kinda late
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: because this is not a good time for everyone
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: yes
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: how about Friday nights at 5 sl
[18:32] Adeghord Malthus: So 3 weeks would be better for me :)
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: is that good
[18:32] Lorelei Junot: ok 3 weeks
[18:32] Eiseldora Reisman: I'll keep showing up though
[18:32] Talia Nicholas: works for me
[18:33] Lorelei Junot: Friday, July 22 at 5 sl time
[18:33] Eiseldora Reisman: k
[18:33] Lorelei Junot: does that sound good
[18:33] Lorelei Junot: by then we will have our coffee shop
[18:33] Adeghord Malthus: 5 can be a bit difficult for the West Coasters if they/we have work
[18:33] Gonzo Mandelbrot: July 22 is a Saturday
[18:33] Lorelei Junot: a bare plan for grand opening
[18:33] Talia Nicholas: what about 5 on a Saturday
[18:33] Eiseldora Reisman: can we list a piced of land as PG?
[18:33] Lorelei Junot: more spcial collections
[18:33] Lorelei Junot: I will look into the pG thing
[18:33] Cerulean Vesperia: will try :) weekends in general are tough
[18:33] Lorelei Junot: hmmm what are we going to do
[18:33] Gonzo Mandelbrot: July 22 is out for me... I'll be at a wedding
[18:34] Lorelei Junot: should we have a choice of 2 staff meetings
[18:34] Cerulean Vesperia: well, no time will be ok for everyone
[18:34] Talia Nicholas: hehe - no time is good for everyone - I'll try to come to whatever you schedule
[18:34] Alaskan Nighbor: weekdays before 6sl won't work for me. Anytime on weekends
[18:34] Cerulean Vesperia: post notes and let those who missed comment/ask questions
[18:34] Adeghord Malthus: I have a pretty flexible schedule, personally; just thought I should mention it.
[18:34] Alaskan Nighbor: But Talia has a point
[18:34] trixie Enzyme: maybe there's a place to post minutes in SL?
[18:34] Eiseldora Reisman: let it be regulare so we can plan for it
[18:34] Lorelei Junot: why don't we try Friday July 21 at 5 sl time
[18:34] Talia Nicholas: k
[18:34] Eiseldora Reisman: k
[18:35] Gonzo Mandelbrot: I THINK that will be okay for me
[18:35] Musa Ni: k
[18:35] Seraphima Salsman: That is sounding good
[18:35] Eiseldora Reisman: uhm the Librarium is for Sale
[18:35] Eiseldora Reisman: did you know about that
[18:35] Adeghord Malthus: I can do it
[18:37] Lorelei Junot: ok
[18:38] Lorelei Junot: I think I got a transript in word I will edit and post to the group
[18:38] Lorelei Junot: thanks to all of you fo rall you do
[18:38] Lorelei Junot: we could not do this without you
[18:38] Lorelei Junot: I appreciate everything you do when you can
[18:38] Seraphima Salsman: Thanks Lorelei :)
[18:38] Lorelei Junot: keep in touch
[18:38] Alaskan Nighbor: Thanks
[18:38] Lorelei Junot: and see you later"_
[18:39] Gonzo Mandelbrot: If anyone has ideas for the Opening Event, you can email them to me at [email removed]