- Kris Fitzpatrick - IEEE
- Allan Barnett - Institute of Physics Publishing
- Steve Chudnick - Brookdale Community College
- Dorothea Coiffe - Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Erica Sauer - Student at Rutgers University
We talked about how important that information literacy skills were once students graduated and had jobs in industry. They must be able to evaluate information to make proper business decisions. We also discussed how important formation literacy skills when students or professionals search several databases simultaneously (federated searching).
The conversation did meander away from information literacy but in a positive way. Kris announced that IEEE will be releasing a new search interface in January which will emulate Google. I commented about Google "If you can't beat them, join them." Since students seem so comfortable with the #1 search engine, publishers are trying to emulate them. The new interface will allow for faceted searching.
I was disappointed in the turnout. In all the years that I have run this group, this meeting had the lowest turnout. Perhaps June is a bad time to have a meeting. Maybe people did not want to come out on a damp dreary day. A comment was made the quality rather than the quantity was more important. I will reconvene the group in the Fall.
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