Effective with the start of the 1999 IEEE billing cycle (1 September, 1998), EDS will begin to offer its members and affiliates a very significant and valuable new membership benefit of free on-line access via the World-Wide Web to selected publications of the Electron Devices (ED), Information Theory (IT), Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) and Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (UFFC) societies. By virtue of being a member or affiliate of EDS, who is current in the payment of his/her IEEE and EDS membership fees, you will be entitled to access the following publications on-line via the IEEE OPeRA (On-line Periodicals and Research Area)System at http://www.opera.ieee.org:
Publication |
Sponsoring Society |
| Electron Device Letters | ED |
| Transactioncs on Electron Devices | ED |
| Electrochemical & Solid-State Letters | ED & EDS |
| Transactions on Information Theory | IT |
| Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques | MTT |
| Microwave and Guided Wave Letters | MTT |
| Trans. on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics & Frequency Control | UFFC |
This new membership benefit of providing free on-line access for the three EDS publications (EDL, T-ED and ESL) was approved by the EDS Administrative Committee at its December 1997 meeting. At the same meeting, the AdCom also approved for my negotiation with the other 36 IEEE societies to establish reciprocal agreements to access on-line selected publications of each respective society; hence the agreements with ITS, MTTS and UFFCS resulted. Thus, as of 1 September, ITS, MTTS and UFFCS members and affiliates will be able to view EDS publications on-line. In addition, Reliability Society members will also be allowed to access EDS publications on-line as of 1 September. The Reliability Society does not currently have its Transactions on-line, but plans to do so in the near future, and has agreed to allow EDS members access via OPeRA when they are up and running. I am continuing to negotiate with other Societies and expect that several additional publications will be added to this reciprocal on-line access plan next year.
If you have any questions regarding the new membership benefit, contact the Executive Office (see page 2 for contact information).
W. Dexter Johnston, Jr.
Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Murray Hill, NJ