Training and Tips from New IEEE Client Services Site
The new Client Services Center site gives IEEE Xplore® customers the tools needed to manage, promote and get help with 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 internal events. IEEE is also pleased to offer, for the first time ever, animated IEEE Xplore self-paced tutorials that 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 site and more will be added soon. To start getting the most out of your online subscriptions, visit the new client services website today. Go now
IEEE Welcomes Fourth Librarian to Client Services Team
IEEE is pleased to welcome the newest member of IEEE's Client Services Team - Mike Buschman. Mike comes to the IEEE from Microsoft where he was the Collections Management Librarian for 5 years before launching Microsoft's Live Search Academic as Program Manager. Most recently, Mike was a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft supporting Live Search Academic as well as the library digitization and publisher programs for Live Search Books. Named one of Library Journal's Movers & Shakers 2005, Mike holds a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington's iSchool.
Mike joins existing team members, Rachel Berrington, Ruth Wolfish and George Plosker, supporting IEEE online customers around the world. Among its many activities, the Client Services team:
- Teaches search techniques that maximize customers' investment in IEEE Xplore
- Collects and shares best practices through IEEE regional user groups and conference presentations
- Facilitates internal marketing and promotions of IEEE content and subscriptions
For more information about the IEEE Client Services Team, visit the Client Services Site.
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New Study Finds IEEE Journals Rank High in Quality Content
IEEE has once again earned high scores from the ISI Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a study that looks at the influence academic journals have on research within their disciplines. Published by Thomson ISI, the report ranks journals by their impact factor – which is the average number of times articles published over the last two years were cited in the most recent year. The 2006 report, released in June of 2007, shows IEEE continuing to lead the field with the high quality and relevant content published in IEEE journals.
According to the JCR, IEEE publishes:
- 17 of the top 20 journals in the field of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- 10 of the top 10 journals in Telecommunications
- 7 of top 10 journals in Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
- 7 of top 20 journals in Computer Science, Information Systems
- 9 of top 20 journals in Computer Science, Software Engineering
IEEE also has high-ranking journals in several additional fields of technology including the # 1 journal in Imaging Science & Photographic Technology, the # 1 journal in Automation Control, as well as journals ranked among the top 3 for Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science - Interdisciplinary Applications, Computer Science - Theory & Methods, Manufacturing Engineering, Nuclear Science & Technology, Ocean Engineering, Remote Sensing and Robotics. Read more
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Making Connections with Students and Faculty
Kristen Fitzpatrick (IEEE), Randy Wallace (University of North Texas), and Tracy Gabridge (MIT) served on an ASEE panel that addressed alternative methods of student and faculty outreach at the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference, held on 24-27 June in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kristen and Randy shared their successes engaging students by mentoring student branches of professional organizations such as IEEE. Tracy discussed the benefits of building faculty relationships and improving collections through a project focused on conference proceedings. These and other ELD (Engineering Libraries Division) presentations at ASEE can be viewed here.
Haven't seen the Luau photos? More than 100 ELD members and their guests attended the ASEE Engineering Libraries Division Luau, sponsored by the IEEE. See photos
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Make the Most of Your IEEE Online Subscription
IEEE now has customizable IEEE Digital Library flyers, posters and promotional event templates available to IEEE Xplore® customers through the new Client Services Center website. The Word templates, easily downloaded, can be used to publicize different events and come in a variety of formats. Use the templates to add your organization’s name to pre-made documents describing IEEE Xplore and other IEEE products, or to advertise an IEEE awareness or training event. View templates
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IEEE Online Training Seminars
Registration is still open for IEEE’s online training seminar, “Searching with IEEE Xplore®”, on 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. Additional dates have been scheduled for:
August 15 – 10 A.M.
August 23 – 7 P.M.
September 12 – 10 A.M.
September 18 – 7 P.M.
October 11 – 10 A.M.
October 16 – 7 P.M.
November 29 – 10 A.M.
All times are noted in Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Advance registration is required for all scheduled seminars and space is limited, so please sign up early.
Customized tutorials are also available; please contact training@ieee.org for more information on designing a training seminar to fit your needs.
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Expert Now Course Teaches Home Networking Standards
Make sure your faculty, researchers, and engineers know that they can learn about the latest developments in home networking standards in a class taught by Marie-José Montpetit from the Connected Homes Solutions Division of Motorola. Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, “Home Networking Standards” discusses the most recent advances in home networking standards from transmission, like the popular 802.11 wireless, to middleware like OCAP or MHP. Important IP protocols, like those related to quality of service, making home networking and IP based entertainment possible, will also be covered. 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 on the IEEE Expert Now website. Flexible pricing is now available for any size organization! Learn more
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IEEE Makes Valuable Website Updates
Both the IEEE Job Site and IEEE.tv have been recently updated with helpful additions for the IEEE user community. The IEEE Job Site, redesigned in April, features a new look along with even more valuable content geared towards both job seekers and companies looking for talented new employees. IEEE.tv, IEEE’s Internet-based video service that covers advanced technology and other topics, introduced two new features examining the technologies behind wind power and careers in biomedical engineering. Learn more
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IEEE Vice-President Named Department Head at Drexel University
Moshe Kam, IEEE Vice President, Educational Activities and Robert Quinn Professor at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, has been named the new head of Drexel’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE). Kam received his Bachelor of Science in electrical and electronics engineering in 1977 from Tel Aviv University, and Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Drexel University in 1985 and 1987, respectively. An IEEE Fellow, he also serves as a member of the IEEE Board of Directors and Executive Committee.
The ECE Department at Drexel is one of the oldest engineering departments in the United States (established in 1893 as a Department of Applied Electricity). The department has 35 full time faculty members and educates about 1,000 students (750 undergraduates and 250 graduates). Its annual research expenditures are approximately US$15M with primary research support coming from the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin, and the National Science Foundation.
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IEEE UCE/SPAM Filtering Service to Change from “OPT-IN” to “OPT-OUT”
To help reduce the increasingly large volume of unsolicited commercial email messages – commonly known as spam – being sent to ieee.org email addresses from outside sources, the IEEE UCE/spam filtering service will be changing from the current “opt-in” policy to an “op-out” policy.”
On 20 August 2007, a default spam filtering level, expected to reduce the volume of email sent to ieee.org addresses by 30 percent, will be applied to all IEEE email aliases. It is designed to filter out email that is extremely likely to be UCE/spam. In the past, this filtering service had to be individually activated by each user.
Those who do not wish to have the default spam filtering level applied to their IEEE email alias can select to “opt-out” at https://uce.ieee.org and choose the “No UCE/Spam filtering” option, or select a more aggressive filter level. After choosing this option, click on “Set UCE/Spam Filtering Level” button to save the changes. If no action is taken by 20 August, the default spam filtering level will be activated. Subscribers can opt-out of the filtering service at any time.
For more details on why the new policy was implemented, how the policy will improve email delivery through internet service providers and the aggressiveness of the service, visit https://uce.ieee.org/opt-out-info.html. Questions can be directed to member-services@ieee.org.
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