Conference Call Minutes: April 2012

DAS Subcommittee Conference Call

Call #7 – Minutes thereof by LL

April 19, 2012

 

Agenda

1. Welcome to our two new members – Jackie Esposito (JE), Glen McAninch (GM)

2. Course Review/Audit matters

            - Erin O’Meara’s course on inreach/outreach (TST10) – Naomi from EdComm our reviewer

            - Cynthia Gehring’s RFP (TST7) exam is up – everyone looked at it.

                        We sent back the pre-Assessment questions with a request to direct them more expressly toward the course content and to make the prerequisite knowledge section of the Course Description more concrete regarding recordkeeping systems. Exam proper looks satisfactory.

            - Howard Besser – Legal Issues (TST6) workshop in May. SdS will poke. Susan Irwin from Ed Comm auditing

            - Chris Prom – content still waiting – workshop in May, SdS will poke, need auditor. Chris said he would implement MM review suggestions.

            - MM auditing Appraisal? Yes.

            - LL audit of Preservation Options of PDF? Yes. GM, also.

3. Matrices: 1 - Courses – Core Comps, 2 - Courses – Topic spaces

            Create Course Description template LL suggested this be a topic in the CE instructor meeting at the Annual Meeting, about 20-30 minutes on a Course Description template (DAS subcommittee-approved), the incorporation of Core Competencies in Course Description, quick review of Learning Outcomes.

4. Comprehensive exam – Review ACA article in Archival Outlook (AO), Jan/Feb 2012 issue: “Where did those questions come from? The Archival Certification Examination.” Tabled to next call. pp.12/13 of AO Jan/Feb 2012 issue., SdS says in particular the sections on developing the questions and how we can set up a process for that.

5. Face to face meeting date reminder – August 27/28 in Chicago. That’s a Monday/Tuesday.

6. Next call – TBA. MM suggested Doodle poll because we need input from everyone!

 

Key:
SdS – Solveig*                       LL – Lori*     

GM – Glen McAninch*          MG - Mahnaz

JE – Jackie Esposito                MM – Mark*
LB – Liz*                                * = present for call