Meeting Notes

Vicki Kowlowitz
Wallace McClendon
Tim McMillan
Melissa Meeks
Jim Noblitt (Chair)

Call to Order
Welcome and Introductions

Two new Graduate and Professional Student Federation representatives have joined FITAC and are sitting in today. Heather Drennin is at theSchool of Government and Melissa Meeks is at the English Department.

Announcements

Panel discussion "Making Online Discussion Work" this Thursday!

Show and Tell (Wallace McLendon, Health Sciences Library)

Scholarly Communication: taking back our research

See Wallace's Powerpoint presentation.

Comments:

• Nothing to prevent companies using hybrid business models from raising prices later.
• Most of the premier journals are affiliated with the professional association. If these journals moved everything online, most faculty would follow. Focus on the professional societies.
• Time from peer review to publication should be much faster.
• HSL trying to stay current with new technologies through its Technology Think Tank working group. Wallace shared a glossary the group has produced.
• Should we include the need for new scholarly publishing models in the FITAC annual report? Concerns about what we do "here" versus changing the entire culture.
• Identify association chairs/editorial staff here and begin sharing concerns.
• What about departments where book-publishing counts for more than articles? What's going on with electronic book publishing?

School of Government representatives

Heather Drennan (will prepare thoughts for a future FITAC meeting)

Melissa Meeks

• Need more support for wireless classrooms
• Need more robust support for online catalog

Future Agenda Items

• Update on Blackboard
• Update from Classroom Design Committee

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Agenda: TBA