What's New @ IEEE for Libraries

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 10 OCTOBER 2003

CONTENTS:
1. Sign Up for London Luncheon: "Patent Citations Prove R&D Value"
2. IEEE Authors Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for MRI Development
3. New IEEE Journal Seeks Submissions
4. IEEE Xplore Adds New Way to Access IEEE Spectrum
5. Visit IEEE at Internet Librarian & Charleston Conferences in November
6. The Institute Adds Coverage from What's New @ IEEE
7. Emerging Medical Imaging Technology Trends Revealed in IEEE Journal
8. IEEE Spectrum Identifies Top 100 R&D Spenders
9. Bioinformatics Proceedings Now Available
10. IEEE Press Publishes First Comprehensive History Of Information Age
11. Valuable Business Information Offered to IEEE Members at Discount
12. Reminder: Free Online Technology-Specific Seminars

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1. SIGN UP FOR LONDON LUNCHEON: "PATENT CITATIONS PROVE R&D VALUE"
Librarians attending the Online Information conference in London this December are invited to attend a free IEEE user group lunch and presentation on Wednesday, 3 December from 12:30 - 14:00. This presentation will include a discussion entitled "Patent Citations Prove R&D Value," and also cover forthcoming IEEE online enhancements, competitive intelligence and the use of IEEE technical content in the creation of intellectual property, and IEEE product news. Attendees will be eligible to win a free digital camera. To sign up, or for more information, contact Phyllis Buchta at p.buchta@ieee.org.

2. IEEE AUTHORS WIN NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE FOR MRI DEVELOPMENT
American Paul C. Lauterbur and Briton Sir Peter Mansfield won the 2003 Nobel Prize for medicine this month for their discoveries on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Lauterbur, an IEEE author and past IEEE Medal of Honor winner, discovered the possibility of creating two-dimensional pictures by producing variations in a magnetic field – the basis for the now-routine medical diagnosis tool. Mansfield, an IEEE author, developed the process by which signals the body emits in response to the magnetic field are analyzed. Lauterbur is at the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory at the University of Illinois in Urbana; Mansfield is at the University of Nottingham in Britain. For more information on the 2003 Nobel Prize for medicine and its winners, visit: www.ieee.org/nobel

3. NEW IEEE JOURNAL SEEKS SUBMISSIONS
One of the newest journals in the IEEE fold, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, seeks submissions for publication. This journal will publish work in new application areas including: biotechnology, pharmaceutical and health care; home, service and retail; construction, transportation and security; manufacturing, maintenance and supply chains; and food handling and processing. The new journal is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and will debut in July 2004. Find out more at: www.ieee.org/t-ase

4. IEEE XPLORE® ADDS NEW WAY TO ACCESS IEEE SPECTRUM
For the first time ever in IEEE Xplore®, full-text HTML is now available to subscribers for select issues of IEEE Spectrum magazine. All issues ranging from January 2002 through June 2003 now offer the option of accessing both the PDF and HTML full-text versions of all articles. This enhancement allows for easier navigation within documents, including links to figures, charts and references. Although IEEE Xplore® does not offer full-text searching from the search screens, users can use browser tools to search within full-text HTML documents. In the near future, IEEE will also present full-text HTML for select issues of the Proceedings of the IEEE, but there are no immediate plans to expand full-text HTML beyond these two publications. To see the benefits of HTML access, subscribers may visit IEEE Xplore:
ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?puNumber=6

5. VISIT IEEE AT INTERNET LIBRARIAN & CHARLESTON CONFERENCES IN NOVEMBER
Want to know more about IEEE online collections? Representatives from IEEE will be on hand soon at Internet Librarian (3 to 5 November, Monterey, CA, USA) and the Charleston Library Conference (5 to 8 November, Charleston, SC, USA). IEEE staff members will be available to discuss IEEE online collections and the value of IEEE content. For more information on these conferences, visit:
Internet Librarian: www.infotoday.com/il2003/default.htm
Charleston Conference: www.katina.info/conference/

IEEE will attend several more library shows in the coming months, including London's Online Information 2003 in December. For dates and locations, visit:
www.ieee.org/products/onlinepubs/info/ieeeontheroad.html

6. THE INSTITUTE ADDS COVERAGE FROM WHAT'S NEW @ IEEE
Beginning next month, the IEEE newspaper The Institute will begin carrying some stories previously covered by the What's New @ IEEE for Members newsletter. October's issue of the Members newsletter is the final issue. The remaining ten What's New @ IEEE newsletters will continue to be published, unchanged. If you do not already receive The Institute's email update every month, you may subscribe at:
www.theinstitute.ieee.org/signup.html

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7. EMERGING MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS REVEALED IN IEEE JOURNAL
The October issue of Proceedings of the IEEE, the flagship journal of the IEEE, focuses on the emerging medical imaging technologies which are impacting healthcare today or are expected to in the future. Guest editors Christian Roux (ENST Bretagne-Inserm) and Jayaram K. Udupa (MIPG, University of Pennsylvania) have chosen 15 invited papers to provide an overview, coverage of image reconstruction advancements and the most recent processing and analysis methods. The articles range from an analysis of medical tomographic imaging systems evolution to a look at quantitative analysis of morphology and functionality of 3-D shapes. The special issue offers a comprehensive look at the growth and innovation of imaging technology. To read the guest editors' introduction, visit:
www.ieee.org/products/pubs/

8. IEEE SPECTRUM IDENTIFIES TOP 100 R&D SPENDERS
What are the top-spending companies in research & development, and how do they compare to last year's list? IEEE Spectrum has published its annual R&D scorecard, tracking the top 100 spenders. Ford Motor Company tops the list again this year. How does the rest of the list compare, and what trends can be observed? Click here to find out: www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/oct03/rd.html

9. BIOINFORMATICS PROCEEDINGS NOW AVAILABLE
The annual IEEE Computer Society Bioinformatics Conference (CSB) aims to facilitate collaboration between computer scientists and biologists by presenting cutting edge computational biology research findings. CSB2003 was held this August in Stanford, CA, USA, and the proceedings are now available from the IEEE Online Catalog & Store. The CSB2003 proceedings tackle machine learning, data mining, robotics, comparative genomics, pattern recognition, string and graph algorithms, stochastic modeling, genomics and proteomics, molecular structures and interactions, and much more. For more information, visit: shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=PR2000
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Institutions with subscriptions to IEEE online collections may have access to these proceedings, depending on their access rights, through IEEE Xplore:
ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentCon.jsp?puNumber=8699

10. IEEE PRESS PUBLISHES FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF INFORMATION AGE
A new book from Wiley-IEEE Press, "The Worldwide History of Telecommunications" by Anon A. Huurdeman, is the first comprehensive history of the Information Age, covering how we got here and where we are going. Huurdeman's book covers telecommunications from a global perspective, presenting telecommunications as a uniquely human achievement, dependent on the contributions of many ingenious inventors, discoverers, physicists, and engineers over a period spanning more than two centuries. For more information, or to purchase, visit: www.wiley.com/remtitleinternational.cgi?isbn=0471205052
***IEEE members: Receive a 15% discount on any Wiley-IEEE Press titles. Use code 18493 at checkout.***

11. VALUABLE BUSINESS INFORMATION OFFERED TO IEEE MEMBERS AT DISCOUNT
IEEE-USA has teamed with the James J. Hill Reference Library to offer IEEE members their own corporate research department through the IEEE-USA Web site. Hill Library's Online Business Reference Service provides IEEE members with a comprehensive business information resource, including a free directory of the best business research sites on the Web, a database of special-issues documents, access to professional business research services, and a free expert answer to business questions by HillSearch staff. For more information, visit:
www.ieeeusa.org/notable/HillSearch.asp

12: REMINDER: FREE ONLINE TECHNOLOGY-SPECIFIC SEMINARS
IEEE has begun offering free online seminars to users of IEEE technical content. Each course focuses on competitive intelligence and the use of IEEE technical content in the creation of intellectual property, including patents. The online sessions are oriented to executives, engineers, researchers and designers in these technologies. Sessions will be held at both 10AM or 7PM EDT, last for one hour, and require access to a phone line and high-speed Internet connection. Upcoming sessions include:
Information Technology - 18 November
Biomedical Engineering - 18 December
Advance registration is required, and space is limited. To sign up, visit: www.ieee.org/products/onlinepubs/free_training_form.html

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