IEEE has approved six new publications for 2008. The list of new journal titles, which offer an exciting array of information on a wide variety of engineering and computer science topics, include “IEEE Transactions on Haptics”, “IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies”, “IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing”, “IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering”, “IEEE Transactions on Services Computing”, and “IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine”. More information about these new publications will be available soon.

The IEEE announced several new initiatives in its online publishing program during a breakfast for the library community at the Special Libraries Association annual conference in Denver in June. IEEE also demonstrated a beta version of scitopia.org, the free federated vertical search portal sponsored by fifteen of the world’s leading science and technology societies, which enables users to explore the research most cited in scholarly work and patents in a single click. Both presentations are currently available online. View them here

 
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The David Sarnoff Library in Princeton, N.J., documents technological visionary David Sarnoff's life; the history of radio, television, electronics, and communications; and the history of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)., received a U.S. $11,346 grant from the IEEE Foundation to help restore a rare collection of papers damaged by floodwaters from an April nor’easter. The entire basement of the library was flooded by water more than 50 centimeters high, damaging many of its historical documents including the RCA Divisional Technical and Contract Reports Collection. The damaged material details research on semiconductor processing, design and manufacturing, computer memory and systems, video cameras, satellites, microwave and radar systems, displays, and consumer video technologies. Read more

 
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IEEE Expert Now is now offering a new course in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), taught by Henrik Christensen. Sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society from the IEEE Robotics & Automation Annual Meeting, this course will provide a general overview of SLAM and the problems related to localization, mapping, and SLAM. Different methods for the representation of uncertainty will be introduced along with their ability to handle single and multi-mode uncertainty representations. Henrik Christensen is the KUKA Chair of Robotics and a Distinguished Professor at the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology. More information about this course—and IEEE Expert Now, the online education resource that provides the latest information on emerging technologies with a course library of 60 current courses and 20 in development—can be found here

 
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Considered a huge success with over fifty contestants, the IEEE Booth at the CLA Conference in May raffled away a number of prizes including a MP3 player, flash drives, and other IEEE goodies. Congratulations to the following winners!

Grand Prize – MP3 Player
Stanislav Orlov of Mt. St. Vincent University

1st Prize – Flash Drive
John Whelen of College of the North Atlantic
Mary MacLeod of Acadia University

2nd Prize – IEEE Backpack
Anita Hui of Carleton University Library
Collette Saunders of St. Mary's University
Elayne Kivisto of Regina Public Library 
James Forrester of Ontario College of Art and Design 
Jane Ryan of Memorial University of Newfoundland 
Heather D’Amour of University of Calgary

 
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IEEE Expert Now is now offering a new course in RF PA Design, taught by Steve C. Cripps and sponsored by the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. The course, which covers the recent developments in RF power amplifiers and PA performance, will highlight how these advancements will impact PA design in a variety of application areas. Dr. Cripps obtained his Ph.D. and master’s degrees from Cambridge University in England and is currently focusing on the characterization of memory effects in RF power amplifiers, and the development of advanced loadpull techniques. More information about this course—and IEEE Expert Now, the online education resource that provides the latest information on emerging technologies with a course library of 60 current courses and 20 in development—can be found here

 
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IEEE is offering two sessions of its online training seminar, “Searching with IEEE Xplore®”, during the month of July. Offered on 10 July at 7 P.M., EST and 30 July at 10 A.M., EST, the online tutorial provides existing and potential customers with free demonstrations, including tips on how to search in the IEEE Xplore digital library. Advance registration is required and space is limited, so please sign up early. Learn more

 
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Adding to its already immense collection, IEEE Xplore® digital library launched six new journal titles for 2007. The first issues of “IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems”, which covers circuit and system design issues in a wide range of applications found in biomedical and life sciences, and “IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine”, which deals with the theory and applications of electronics, controls, communications, instrumentation, and computational intelligence to industrial and manufacturing systems and processes, are already available to current subscribers. Inaugural issues of the “IEEE Systems Journal”, the “IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing”, “IEEE Nanotechnology”, and “IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management” will be available soon. To learn more about these new periodicals, or other journal titles currently available, please visit

 
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For IEEE Xplore® customers, the new IEEE Digital Subscriptions Client Services gives you the tools you need to manage, promote, and get help with your IEEE online subscriptions. The site includes a customer events calendar, IEEE Xplore training options, title lists, usage statistics, and a variety of easily-customized, downloadable flyers, tip sheets, and presentations to use for your internal events. IEEE is also pleased to offer, for the first time ever, a 9-module IEEE Xplore self-paced tutorial. These Flash animated and narrated modules range from just over a minute to five minutes long and give end-users a thorough overview of the digital library, with tips for both beginning and advanced searchers. The modules can be found under "Digital Library Training" on the Client Services Center. More information will come once the site is live.

 
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