ACRL Distance Learning Section Guidelines Committee Meeting Minutes 20 January 2002
Hotel Monteleone-Riverview Room, 8:30am

Attending: Linda Frederiksen, Chair; Betty Bryce, Debbie Cardinal, Melessa Koenig, Marie Jones

Absent: Catherine Cebrowski, Geraldine Collins, Harvey Gover, Bernie Sloan

I. Roll call, roster and directory changes, approve committee charge
The committee charge changes were approved and all members present checked for roster and directory changes.

II. Approve minutes from annual and virtual meeting.
The minutes from ALA Annual and virtual meeting were approved

III. Old business

A. Current dissemination report
Frederiksen distributed dissemination report copies to members. A discussion of the report and the procedures for updating the report followed. Cardinal volunteered to compile the responses to the call for cites. The completed report will be reviewed at ALA Annual in Atlanta.

IV. New business

A. Review new introductory material
Members discussed the charge for the committee to develop a new introduction for the guidelines. It was decided that the committee should look at using language that is more broadly understood outside the profession. The group will take Gover's paper (copies distributed at the meeting) home to review. Frederiksen will convene a virtual meeting to discuss the proposed changes to the introduction. Gover will take suggestions and draft a new introduction that will be reviewed at ALA Annual.

B. Next guidelines revision
The guidelines are not due for a major revision at this time. The committee will discuss again at ALA Annual.

C. Web form for reporting dissemination activities
Frederiksen will look into the feasibility of linking a web-based form from the ACRL and DLS websites. She will ask the Web Committee about putting together a submission form for people wanting to submit cites for inclusion in the dissemination report. The committee discussed a variety of ways to better market the dissemination report so it gets more use. It was also suggested that the committee solicit cites from people other than librarians. Cardinal volunteered to investigate other, non-librarian listservs that might be interested in the dissemination report.

D. Assessment discussion - postponed until Annual

E. Research areas - postponed until Annual

F. Best practices for distance education faculty - postponed

V. Committee assignments

Cardinal - dissemination report
Cardinal - investigate listservs
Frederiksen - investigate web form feasibility with web committee, submit meeting minutes to web committee by Feb 28, 2002
All members - review Gover's draft documents

The committee adjourned at 9:35am

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