Minutes from the March Meeting of the University Library

Committee on Workshops

Rejected Library Workshops for Students

• How to Push in a Chair
• When Bad Things Happen to Good Staplers
• Things You Can Ask Google
• How to Pick a Printer from the Drop-down List of Printers

Rejected Library Workshops for Faculty

• Here Are Two Databases Other Than JSTOR
• Why Did We Put a Coffee Shop in the Library in 1995
• Where Are the Books (Workshop Plus Bonus Tour, Wear Comfortable Shoes)
• How to Request the Library Purchase the Book You Coauthored in 1983

Rejected Professional Development Workshops for Librarians

• How to Build a Faculty Library Purchase Request Form that Forwards to an Unmonitored Email Address (No Coding Experience Required!)
• Assessment Workshop: Assessing Assessment Tools for Assessing Your Library Workshop
• Classic Cardigans, School Sweatshirts, and Work Robes: A Roundtable Discussion Led by the Tensions between Free Expression and University Standards Standing Committee
• How to Overcome Passive Aggressive Communication Tendencies (Only for Those Who Need It (Hint: It’s You, Karen))

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