IEEE Switches to New Usage Statistics Platform
In order to bring you an improved usage statistics experience, IEEE has changed its platform to MPS Insight. The new platform includes current year data plus the data for the previous two years. Benefits of the new platform include:
- More timely reports available earlier in the month than is required by COUNTER
- SUSHI reports, in addition to the familiar CSV spreadsheets, enabling libraries with ERM systems to automate report collection
- Easy administration so libraries can make real time changes to accounts and passwords
- Additional user accounts to access statistics
- Updated interface designed with input from librarians for easy navigation and access to reports
Access IEEE usage statistics via the new interface
Users can also download a PDF user guide to show the new interface functionality and assist in the migration to the new platform.
IEEE Xplore® Reaches Two Million Documents
Celebrating a major milestone, the IEEE Xplore® digital library now offers more than 2 million documents in its database of high quality journal articles, conference proceedings, standards and educational courses. Serving seven million visitors each month, IEEE Xplore has grown over 275% since its inception ten years ago—with more than 100,000 documents added to the library each year.
The two millionth article loaded into IEEE Xplore is "Intelligent Packet Dropping for Optimal Energy-Delay Tradeoffs in Wireless Downlinks,” by Michael J. Neely from the University of Southern California. It appears in the March issue of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
Download your free copy of the article
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Visit IEEE at Upcoming Conferences
Stop by the IEEE booth at the following conferences to learn more about the benefits of subscribing to IEEE information and share tips on making the most of your current subscription.
Computers in Libraries
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, USA
30 March-1 April
Booth #218
National Space Symposium
The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
30 March-2 April
Booth #127
ESC Silicon Valley
McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California, USA
30 March-3 April
Booth #54
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Don’t Miss IEEE at the UKSG Annual Conference
IEEE Client Services Manager, Ruth Wolfish, will be presenting tips for creating successful e-resources events at the UKSG Annual Conference Center in Torquay, United Kingdom. Dianna Magnoni, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering will also be presenting at the Marketing Your Collection session. The talk is not specific to one vendor or subject area, and will provide best practices, tips and tricks for creating a great event—from flyers to logistics. There will also be an opportunity to see examples of marketing ideas from library events around the world. We will provide you with templates and takeaways you can use immediately to promote your collections. Please join us for this special event! Two sessions are scheduled at the Riviera International Conference Center for Tuesday 31, March at 3:15 pm and Wednesday, 1 April at 11 am.
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2009 Drexel Scholarly Communication Symposium
The Drexel University Libraries, with support from IEEE, will present the 6th Annual Scholarly Communication Symposium on 16 April 2008. The symposium, titled For What It’s Worth: The Hidden Costs of Scholarly Communication, focuses on the economics of scholarly communication. Can information and publication really be “free”? What are the hidden costs? Who pays? Who benefits? What are the implications for researchers and for publishers?
Date: Thursday, 16 April 2009
Time: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Location: Drexel University, Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Market Street (between 31st and 32nd Streets), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
All are welcome! The event is free, but registration is required. For more information and to register, please visit the Scholarly Communication Symposium web site.
Also visit the Symposium wiki for the latest updates and information.
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IEEE Welcomes New Client Services Manager
IEEE recently added Qing Li to its Client Services Team to help better serve our customers in China and Hong Kong.
Qing Li is currently a PhD candidate in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, USA. Her research interests focus on virtual collaboration, open source community, library service and online learning. She has presented papers in several prestigious academic conferences such as the International Conferences on Information Systems (AIS/ICIS), the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), the Hawaii International Conference on the System Sciences (IEEE/HICSS), the International Conference on Open Source Systems (IFIP/OSS), the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ACM/CSCW) and the Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning (Sloan-C).
Before entering into the PhD program at Syracuse University, Qing Li obtained her Bachelor of Science and Master of Management from the School of Information Management at Peking University, P. R. China. Her papers were published in several core academic journals including the Journal of the Library Science in China and Information Theory and Practice, as well as the professional magazines such as Medicine Economic Information and Journal of Medicine.
The IEEE Client Services Team works with institutions and individuals who subscribe to IEEE online subscription products to raise awareness of IEEE at their locations as well as increase usage. Contact the IEEE Client Services team at training@ieee.org or visit the IEEE Client Services web site for more information.
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IEEE Member Receives Turing Award
Barbara Liskov, IEEE Member and a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been awarded the A.M. Turing Award for 2008. Liskov, the first woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. from a computer-science department, was chosen for the US$250,000 prize for her contributions to the computer programs that “form the infrastructure of our information-based society.” In addition to laying the groundwork for the development of the modern search engine, Liskov was instrumental in demonstrating how “data abstraction,” a method for organizing complex programs, could make software more accessible and reliable. Read more
Read articles published by Liskov in IEEE Xplore
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Online Training Seminars Provide Valuable Tips for IEEE Xplore® Users
Be sure you and your colleagues attend IEEE’s online training seminar, Searching with IEEE Xplore. The online tutorial provides existing and potential customers with free demonstrations, including tips on how to utilize all the tools available on the IEEE Xplore digital library to find the information you need quickly and easily.
Tutorials have been scheduled for the following dates in 2008:
14 April at 10 am
15 April at 7 pm
29 April at 2 pm
12 May at 10 am
The tutorial Using IEEE Enterprise is available on 16 April at 10 am & 2 pm
Times noted are Eastern Time (ET).
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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IEEE Celebrates 125th Anniversary with Human Technology Interactions Media Event
IEEE highlighted seven technologies it believes will have world changing implications on the way humans interact with machines, the world and each other, in honor of its 125th Anniversary.
On 10 March 2009 at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, a panel of technology experts, moderated by The New York Times senior editor and technology reporter Steve Lohr, discussed emerging technologies in fields that they believe have the potential to change the world.
“For 125 years, IEEE and its members have influenced the creation of nearly all the technologies we now cannot imagine life without,” said 2008 IEEE President Lewis M. Terman. “Today we take a glimpse into the future with some of those who are driving the development of some of the emerging innovations and technological advancements for the betterment of humanity.” Read more
Watch the recorded webcast (online registration required)
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Emerging Technologies Summer Series: Registration Ends in April
The IEEE Emerging Technologies Summer Series, held 24-30 May 2009 at the University of Toronto, is an ongoing set of intensive programs that expose emerging and cross-disciplinary fields to graduate students, post-docs and new faculty at higher education institutions. Each offering includes core faculty of leading-edge scholars and practitioners, and facilitates exchange and personal interaction between these individuals and attendees. The courses have been specifically developed for the next generation of intellectual leaders responsible for shaping instruction and research in engineering degree programs. Registration for the series ends 1 April. Learn more about the IEEE Emerging Technologies Summer Series
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IEEE Expert Now Releases Course on Fuzzy Cluster Analysis
Don’t miss the new course offering in the IEEE Expert Now portfolio of continuing education.
Fuzzy Cluster Analysis in Very Large Data Sets, taught by James C. Bezdek and sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, discusses just one approach to the interesting and important problem of clustering in very large data. The target audience is graduate students majoring in engineering and science, and practicing engineers and scientists interested in either research about or applications of clustering applied to very large real world problems that occur in data mining, image analysis and bioinformatics.
More information about this course—and IEEE Expert Now, the online education resource that provides the latest information on emerging technologies—can be found on the IEEE Expert Now web site. Flexible pricing is now available for any size organization! Learn more
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Computer Magazine Devotes Special Issue to the Expanding Capabilities of Search
Today's web-based search engines perform well when searchers know what they are looking for, but fall short for learning, decision making, and other complex mental activities that take place over time. In its March issue, Computer, the IEEE Computer Society's flagship magazine, explores efforts by the research community and search engine companies to go beyond search, designing and implementing systems that meet information seekers' broader requirements. According to the guest editors, today's search engines are augmenting our memories, presumably freeing us to focus more mental effort on interpreting and using information to learn and make decisions. The easier access to information becomes, the greater our expectations for ubiquitous access in all kinds of situations. Read the March issue of Computer
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