ACRL/ANSS Instruction & Information Literacy Committee
Meeting Minutes, ALA Annual, June 2017
Physical Meeting: Chicago, Hilton, Lake Erie Room, Saturday, June 24, 2017, 8:30-9:30 am
Attendees: Jennifer Bowers, Hilary Bussell, Nina Clements, Krystal Lewis, Hailey Mooney, Gina Schlesselman-Tarango, Priscilla Seaman (co-chair), Pamela Upshear
Virtual Meeting to follow: July 12, 2017, 4:00-5:00 p.m. (EST)
Attendees: Craig Arthur, Nidia Banuelos, Paula Dempsey, Krystal Lewis, Rui Wang, Gina Schlesselman-Tarango. Guests: Nancy Fawley, Hailey Mooney. Co-chairs: Elizabeth Fox, Priscilla Seaman
Meeting at ALA Annual (June 24, 2017)
I. 8:30 a.m. Committee members and guests were introduced.
II. Major discussion centered around the question of how to create disciplinary documents. When this question was posed via a survey to the larger ANSS community, the results were split. The same question at ALA Annual: Should we create, 1) 1 overarching document, 2) 2 documents, combining sociology and criminal justice, or 3) 3 separate documents? After a fruitful back-and-forth, our committee came to the viewpoint that one overarching document which provides examples from each discipline, seemed to make the most sense and would be most doable. (We will pose the same question at our virtual meeting.) Some salient points from the discussion: it might be overwhelming to create three separate documents; criminal justice and sociology seem to be more aligned; anthropology is a discipline with much variety; Gina mentioned a social sciences framework, and also suggested that we create a specific set of questions; Hailey mentioned that criminal justice has a set of learning goals and a set of standards for the undergraduate major; Nina is chairing WGSS; Jenny volunteered to search Anthropology Plus for literature on standards, teaching goals, etc. within anthropology.
Melissa Chomintra is our new liaison to ACJS (The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences). We will contact Melissa in the near future.
Hailey Mooney is presenting a poster at ASA Annual in August on the topic of sociology literacy, the Framework, and fake news. She will continue to inform and engage disciplinary sociology faculty of our committee and companion document project.
Meeting adjourned at 9:35 a.m.
Virtual Meeting (July 12, 2017)
III. 4:00 p.m. Committee members and guests were introduced.
IV. Nancy Fawley shared the process and progress of three sections (WGSS, EBSS and RBMS) who are creating companion documents. She said that each group has used very different processes and that the IFLSC is giving groups broad latitude in creating their documents. She reported that although the Framework was initially called a “living document,” it is now set until at least the year 2020. She also reported that ACRL will be moving disciplinary standards to an archive.
V. The question: “Should we create one or three documents?” The virtual group was divided. Points in favor of three separate documents included that three separate documents may be more relevant to the disciplines. Hailey mentioned that sociology has its own literacy framework with essential concepts and competencies. Points in favor of one document: the disciplines have significant overlap and the three documents will have so much in common.
VI. Our committee agreed to form subgroups to work with each discipline, and the co-chairs (Elizabeth and Priscilla) will provide subgroups with goals and guidance on how our companion document (or documents) will take shape. The subgroups will meet on a regular basis, post documents to our shared drive, and by ALA Annual 2018, we will have draft companion documents.
VII. The idea was floated that a framework workshop could be offered at ASA in 2018, and perhaps such a workshop could inform workshop offerings for anthropology and criminal justice.
Meeting adjourned at 5:04 p.m.