What's New @ IEEE for Libraries

March 2007 Volume 9, Number 3

IN THIS ISSUE:
1. New IET Journals Featured in IEEE Xplore Digital Library
2. Marketing Your Collection: Best Practices Shop and Swap
3. Canada's Struggle to Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions: "IEEE Spectrum Reports"
4. IEEE Xplore User Group Meeting To Take Place in Chicago
5. Sign Up For IEEE Standards Alerts via Email or RSS
6. Add Draft Standards Access to Your IEL Subscription
7. Patent Troll: "IEEE Spectrum" Explores
8. IEEE Emerging Technologies Portal Explores Resources Related to New Technologies
9. Multiple Resolution Feature via CrossRef Now Available
10. Online Seminars Offer Tips on Searching IEEE Digital Library

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1. NEW IET JOURNALS FEATURED IN IEEE XPLORE DIGITAL LIBRARY
IET has released two new journals now available through the IEEE Xplore Digital Library titled IET Synthetic Biology and IET Renewable Power Generation. IEE Proceedings Vision and Image and Signal Processing have been split into IET Computer Vision, IET Image Processing, IET Signal Processing, IET Synthetic Biology, and IET Renewable Power Generation. IEE Proceedings Vision, Image and Signal Processing has likewise been split into IET Computer Vision and IET Image Processing/IET Signal Processing. To access the journals, visit: www.ieee.org/ieeeexplore

2. MARKETING YOUR COLLECTION: BEST PRACTICES SHOP AND SWAP
In conjunction with the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) meeting in Baltimore this month, IEEE is organizing a shop and swap workshop for e-resources librarians to share marketing best practices. This event is intended to be both fun and informational. As a bonus, it is planned as a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres hour preceding the conference event at the Baltimore Aquarium on Saturday, 31 March. If you are going to ACRL, mark your calendar for 6:00pm-7:30pm EST at the Sheraton Inner Harbor. For more information, email Judy Brady at j.brady@ieee.org

3. CANADA'S STRUGGLE TO LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS: "IEEE SPECTRUM REPORTS"
In an article titled "Ontario Quits Coal" featured in the March issue of the "IEEE Spectrum" magazine (v. 44, n. 3) author Willie D. Jones explores the struggles that Canada is facing with meeting regulations set by the Kyoto Protocol. The Protocol calls for a cut in greenhouse emissions to levels below what emissions were in 1990, yet Canada's emissions are souring at a rate nearly 27 percent higher. One of the reasons for the high rate is that in some regions, such as Ontario, residents have not historically had to worry about energy because electricity was both readily available and relatively low in price. To read more, visit: ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isYear=2007&isnumber=4119200&Submit32=Go+To+Issue

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4. IEEE XPLORE USER GROUP MEETING TO TAKE PLACE IN CHICAGO
The first Chicago-area IEEE Xplore User Group meeting is scheduled to take place at the Argonne National Laboratory Guest House on Thursday 17 May 2007 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. All IEEE members are encouraged to attend. This meeting will give us the opportunity to share with you where the IEEE will be going in the future. Perhaps more importantly, your participation and advice will help us direct our efforts to meet your customers’ needs. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided at the meeting. Please RSVP by Friday, 23 April to George Plosker at g.plosker@ieee.org and include all of the following information:

    Name(s)
    Affiliation
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For more information, contact Ruth Wolfish at r.wolfish@ieee.or g or 908-781-7725.

5. SIGN UP FOR IEEE STANDARDS ALERTS VIA EMAIL OR RSS
IEEE Xplore now features opt-in standards alerts to keep you up-to-date on standards revisions available through email or RSS. This free service has recently been expanded to enable any IEEE Xplore user to be notified whenever a new standard or draft is published or a standard is revised. Users have the option to sign up for standards alerts based on industry or version number. To sign up, visit: ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocalerts_signup.jsp

QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
“Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?” ~ Al Boliska

6. ADD DRAFT STANDARDS ACCESS TO YOUR IEL SUBSCRIPTION
Draft standards access is now an available addition to an IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) subscription. An IEEE Draft Standards subscription enables you to access of a developing standard before it is published to help facilitate early compliance and implementation on the standard. Delivered via IEEE Xplore, draft standards access enables your researchers to have an early understanding of the requirements and philosophy of standards under development and get advanced insight into technical solutions and practices being proposed. For more information, contact your IEEE Account Manager: www.ieee.org/web/publications/subscriptions/info/contactus.html

7. PATENT TROLL: "IEEE SPECTRUM" EXPLORES
In an article titled "Hooray for the Patent Troll!" featured in the latest issue of the "IEEE Spectrum" magazine (v. 44, no. 3) the increasingly popular term "Patent Troll" is explained and explored. Although the term has no clear definition, it is used to call any patent owner cast in a negative light, such as a corporation that buys a patent with no intention of developing products relating to those patents. With a negative connotation, the term can do tremendous hard by deterring companies from developing ideas outside of their core areas. To read more, visit: ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isYear=2007&isnumber=4119200&Submit32=Go+To+Issue

FIND THE LATEST ONLINE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
This week's new IEEE journals, proceedings and standards:
ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/newinfo.jsp

8. IEEE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES PORTAL EXPLORES RESOURCES RELATED TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES
The IEEE New Technology Connections Portal offers visitors a look at emerging technologies and resources related to them. Each featured technology includes a general description, upcoming conferences, news articles, technical papers, related standards, professional organizations, and academic programs. To read more, visit: www.ieee.org/web/emergingtech/home/index.html

9. MULTIPLE RESOLUTION FEATURE VIA CROSSREF NOW AVAILABLE
CrossRef, a cross-publisher citation linking system, now offers a multiple resolution feature which provides users with the option of accessing an article via IEEE Xplore or IET’s digital library depending on their access privileges.

For more information, visit: crossref.org/mr/mr_main.html

10. ONLINE SEMINARS OFFER TIPS ON SEARCHING IEEE DIGITAL LIBRARY
Users of IEEE online technical information who are looking to improve their research skills may benefit from attending an online “Searching with IEEE Xplore” seminar. IEEE hosts regularly scheduled online seminars and training events, which are free to all. Event dates are as follows:

    10 April – 11 am EST – Searching with IEEE Xplore
     8 May – 10 am EST – Searching with IEEE Xplore
    26 June – 10 am EST – Searching with IEEE Xplore
    30 July – 10 am EST – Searching with IEEE Xplore

Advanced registration is required, and space is limited to 25 per session. Additional sessions may be added based on demand. To sign up, visit: www.ieee.org/products/onlinepubs/form/free_training_form.html

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