Members:

UW-Colleges, Renee Sikma
UW-Eau Claire, Jill Markgraf
UW-Green Bay, Anne Kasuboski
UW-LaCrosse, Stefan Smith
UW-Oshkosh, Renee Buker
UW-Madison, Heather Weltin (Co-Chair)
UW-Milwaukee, Leigh Dorsey (Co-Chair)
UW-Parkside, Rick Krause
UW-Platteville, John Leonard Berg
UW-River Falls, Brad Gee
UW-Stevens Point, Aaron Nichols
UW-Stout, Jana Reeg~Steidinger
UW-Superior, Ella Cross
UW-Whitewater, Kyle Naff

Our next meeting (teleconference) will take place on Monday, July 21, from 11am-12pm.

Tentative schedule of meetings for the rest of the year (3rd Monday of every other month, 11-Noon):
July 21
Sept 15
Nov 17

UW System Policy on Library Support for Distance Learning

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CHARGE:

Justification: In 1999, the Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries (CUWL) adopted the UW System Policy on Library Support for Distance Learning. This system-wide policy has been revised three times, most recently in 2005. The purpose of this standing committee is to discuss the system-wide issues concerning distance library services and to troubleshoot problems as they arise.

Specific Charge:
The Distance Library Services Standing Committee is charged with staying abreast of distance services across the UW System and internationally. The group’s main focus will be on discussions surrounding distance issues around the system, along with any distance services issues that may arise from time-to-time.

Key Expectations:

• How to advertise / market Distance Services - How?
• Identifying who is a distance education person (student, faculty, course)
• How to coordinate services when course/degrees are offered by multiple campuses
• Delivery issues - i.e. mailing items to individuals' homes
• Getting resources state-wide (i.e. ILL resources, specifically articles) - UW-Platteville - also database access; one shop for ILL system-wide (getting help with larger campuses)
• Students not sure about logging in to which campus - joint MBA program - access to the resources offered at the institution that is offering the distance course.
• Confusion on the part of students - what login, etc. they should be using. Multiple logins
• Clarity on what logins students are getting who are taking courses from multiple campuses
• Some of these problems are solved by getting faculty to understand what their students have access to.
• Some professors are not even a part of the UW system. They are familiar with their non-uw system resources - but not the uw campus resources.
• Students taking courses from other institutions (distance or not) and they come to UW System libraries to use UW System resources
• Learning Innovations
• Request to proctor exams coming from other UW System entities plus other non-UW System entities
• Some campuses have testing centers for proctoring... but the limited hours often lead people to the library
• Statistics - UW System and campus by campus - how many distance courses? How many distance students? How many faculty/instructors teach distance courses? How many of these courses have a library component?
  
• Sharing of local policies
• Information literacy tutorials/packets for distance students - what campuses do this? Share packets/tutorials, etc. Platteville does have a system of info literacy instruction for distance users... distance presentations are archived.
  
• What things are outside the immediate purview of distance librarians?
  
• Evolving the CUWL policy
• How different are the needs per campus; What are the similarities?

Timeline:

Membership: (see above)

Role of Members
Members set the agenda, goals and feasible action plans required to accomplish the charge of the Distance Services Standing Committee.

Responsibilities:

* Accept and support the Distance Services Standing Committee charge
* Review all relevant materials prior to meetings
* Attend meetings
* Work toward fulfilling the committee's objectives
* Carry out individual assignments in a timely fashion

Role of Chair/Co-Chairs

The co-chairs are responsible for the general leadership of the Distance Services Standing Committee and provide direction to members and library staff working in support of the charge.

Responsibilities of each co-chair:

* Accept and support the Distance Service Standing Committee's charge
* Plan meetings and agenda in collaboration with their co-chair and other appropriate staff
* Attend all the committee meetings and stay abreast of work between meetings
* Maintain records of the committee's work
* Facilitate active participation and decision-making
* Assume responsibility for the completion of the charge
* Meet with the User Service Coordinating Committee on a regular basis to review committee's activities and to submit a yearly report