Library patrons can now order their personal soft cover books via MyCopy.
Following the successful completion of the MyCopy pilot project, Springer has extended this eBook service to all academic libraries in the USA and Canada that have purchased Springer eBook Collections.

All registered library patrons can now order a soft cover copy of a Springer eBook for their personal use by simply clicking on a button on springerlink.com.

More than 11,000 books included at $24.95 each

The MyCopy offer is currently valid for more than 11,000 electronic Springer books published since 2005. The new soft cover format is branded as a MyCopy book with a color cover and black and white book content.

All books will be sold at the same price, US$ 24.95. This price includes shipping and handling within the USA and Canada.

Update: the University of Alberta is offering this service as well

MyCopy service from Springer is a post from: EngLib

My system has a WorldCat Local beta installation (and several Ebsco products). Users who have tried the beta have really liked the fact that you can search both books and articles with the same search. Easy access to the full text is a definite plus.

OCLC and EBSCO partner for full text is a post from: EngLib

Particularly interesting, and new, is the “popular passages” search, the subject headings, the ability to clip and paste from public-domain works and the personalization options now offered via “My Library” with a Google account. There’s also the links to Worldcat (which I find myself using more than my own library catalog now.) All in all, without mentioning the copyright issues, Google Book Search does get better and better.

How librarians can use Google Book Search is a post from: EngLib

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.

You can download a copy for free.

I remember when IEEE made this database available. And I remember making the case for it in a previous job. It was pretty much a no-brainer for us. Kudos to IEEE!

2, 000 000th document in IEEE Xplore is a post from: EngLib

• current and future -possibly permanent -budget cuts
• cancellation of ongoing commitments
• bigger preference of electronic over print
• shortening of “long tail” collection development
• changes in pricing models, which affects mostly negatively the bigger institutions.

ARL then makes recommendations to scholarly publishers about pricing, contract terms and renegociation, swith to electronic only, archiving, open access, and consultation with libraries.

ARL Statement to scholarly publishers on the global economic crisis is a post from: EngLib

The new site will offer new features and enhancements, including:

• New graphical user interface: state-of-the art functionality streamlines access to content and reader
• New taxonomy book view: the website is now book-centric with faster title-by-title access to our premiere engineering collection
• Improved Advanced Search: faster search and access to more accurate content that saves time and delivers exact results
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering embedded on all search pages: search and generate results from the world-renowned McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering, which contains more than 18,000 entries containing synonyms, acronyms, abbreviations, and a pronunciation guide are included for each term.

Unfortunately, no FAQ or advance views are available before March 9th.

Big changes for McGraw-Hill Digital Engineering Library is a post from: EngLib

Hey, does it matter where the students get it if they do use scholarly, quality sources? At least, they not Googling everything? Well, there’s the thorny, ginormous issue of copyright. I cannot condone students downloading illegaly but now, I cannot ignore it either.

Going underground for scholarly content is a post from: EngLib

Currently, AuthorMapper.com searches over three million journal articles to deliver a variety of useful information. The current searchable content is from all Springer journals, and metadata from other STM publishers will be included in the near future. The tool can provide a variety of analyses, such as keyword tag clouds and “Top 5″ bar charts for various important metrics, and includes an interactive world map of the results. AuthorMapper.com’s advanced search function also allows complex queries using keyword, discipline, institution, journal and author. The results can identify new and historic scientific trends through timeline graphs and bar charts of top statistics, allowing for identification of trends in the literature, discovery of wider scientific relationships, and locating other experts in a field of study.

AuthorMapper by Springer is a post from: EngLib

New features that will now be possible are: BiBTeX citation downloads, expanded reference linking to include Inspec and MEDLINE, forward citation linking, and new search engine. The links to the journal pages will not change (but the links to the articles will – contact Mary Rose Muccie of SIAM if you haven’t done so already if you don’t use the articles’ DOIs in your link resolver). Institutional IP addresses have been migrated as well.

SIAM journals on Scitation is a post from: EngLib

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Dear Colleagues:

The American Institute of Physics is pleased to announce that our 2007 institutional subscription rates are now available. Please visit

http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIPJrnls2007NonmemberRateFixed.pdf
or
http://librarians.aip.org

to view 2007 prices for the following publications:

AIP Conference Proceedings
Applied Physics Letters
Chaos
Computing in Science & Engineering (co-published with IEEE Computer Society) Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of Chemical Physics Journal of Physical & Chemical Reference Data (co-published with NIST) Journal of Mathematical Physics Low Temperature Physics Physics of Fluids Physics of Plasmas Physics Today Review of Scientific Instruments

Prices are also now available for the following package subscription options:

AIP Archival
AIP Archival Plus
Physics of Fluids/Physics of Plasmas

Please note that all prices are subject to change.

There are also several new offerings and important developments we’d like to alert you to.

Physics Today Offers Online Access to Institutions

Physics Today subscribers will have the option to access an online backfile with their 2007 subscription for an additional US$200 fee. Institutional subscribers who choose this option will have access from 2001 to all but the most recent 12 months of the magazine; current contents remain a benefit to member subscribers. The PT backfile is included in the AIP Archival and AIP Archival Plus combination subscriptions; the backfile is also available as a separate online-only subscription. AIP plans to digitize all issues back to the magazine’s launch in 1948, eventually creating a complete Physics Today digital archive.

AIP to Launch First Open Access Journal by January 2007

AIP introduces Biomicrofluidics, the first title in its new series, AIP Access X-Press. This will be a series of Open Access, online-only journals, featuring rapid publication times.

Two AIP Journals Offer Selected Content in Separate Formats

Beginning in January 2007, JCP: Biochemical Physics will provide, in an online-only format, all articles from the Journal of Chemical Physics (JCP) that focus on biochemical-related topics. Applied Physics Reviews, long a distinct section within Journal of Applied Physics (JAP), will also have separate online-only distribution in 2007. (Subscribers to JCP and JAP will continue to receive all this content with their regular subscriptions.) Applied Physics Reviews includes a backfile of review articles back to 1980.

New Topical Collections Available from AIP Conference Proceedings

Previously available only as print standing orders, the topical subseries within the AIP Conference Proceedings program will now be available as separate online-only subscriptions. Subseries include Accelerators and Beams; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics; Nuclear & High Energy Physics, Mathematical and Statistical Physics; Plasma Physics; and Materials Physics & Applications. Each series includes all published content from 2000 to the present.

AIP Revises Tiered Pricing System

In 2007, AIP will move to a six-tier pricing system, in part to reduce the large price differences between the highest tiers in the current system. Some accounts from Tier 4 will be moved to the new Tier 5, while all accounts previously in Tier 5 will be relabeled as the new Tier 6. Librarians at affected institutions will be notified directly.

Backfile Enhancements

Reference links are being added to the backfiles of AIP archival journals. In 2007, all abstracts back to 1991 will include these links to cited articles.

If you have a question regarding your institution’s AIP tier assignment, or about the prices posted, please contact subs@aip.org or call 1-800-344-6902.

We look forward to serving you in the new subscription year.

Best regards,

Christine Orr
Marketing Manager
American Institute of Physics
2 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 1NO1
Melville NY 11747
Tel: +1 516-576-2484
Email: corr@aip.org
Visit us at http://librarians.aip.org

AIP news is a post from: EngLib

Wilson has also released an archives package for Applied Science & Technology Index, the Applied Science & Technology Index Retrospective:1913-1983.

H.W. Wilson news is a post from: EngLib

To be notified when the service will be back up, enter your email address on the ACM website.

ACM down for maintenance is a post from: EngLib

But there were nonetheless many interesting sessions pertaining to sci-tech information and many exhibitors in the Hall (I even got the impression that they actually outnumbered the business people this year but I have no hard data on that). Since others have already posted interesting news before, let me just link to their excellent posts, instead of trying to start from scratch:

• Paula Hane, of the Information Today blog, talked about Springer’s new e-book collection

. Stephen Leary did the same on the SLA Conference blog.

Dick Kaser, of Information Today, posted about the access to e-books from Wiley Interscience (including pay-per-view). At Knovel, the books will be soon searchable by chemical structure.

• Terri Vogel, on the ACS blog, posted about the sci-tech Poster Session
• Doug Storm, of the same blog, posted about ACS pricing
• Of course, the SLA-PAM blog has good postings on all things of interest to the Division

Finally, and maybe this will have nothing to do with science or engineering, SAGE is announcing a new e-reference collection but would not give me details until ALA in New Orleans has passed. ??!! Why then advertise it on their exhibitor mailcard?

Publisher news from SLA Baltimore is a post from: EngLib

A selection of highly cited papers published in the last seven decades has been made available at http://jap.aip.org/jap/75th/sample_articles.jsp. Influential articles from AIP’s other peer-reviewed journals, and from Physics Today and other AIP magazines, have also been made freely available in conjunction with the AIP 75th anniversary celebration. With each article is a concise introduction to explain its contribution to the fields of physics and related sciences.

75th anniversary of the Journal of Applied Physics is a post from: EngLib

See the extended entry for a listing.

From the release:

TechXtra suite of free services simplifies access to technology information
http://www.techxtra.ac.uk

Finding technology information just became easier!

TechXtra is a suite of ten freely available services which simplify access to a multitude of different types of technology information from a host of different sources.

TechXtra facilitates immediate access to the freely available full-text content of hundreds of thousands of eprints, technical reports, theses, articles, news items, job announcements and more. In cases where the full-text is not freely available, TechXtra provides links to vendors for pay-per-view options. TechXtra searches a combination of digital repositories, journal databases, technical reports servers, web information, news sources and more, all with a focus on technology information.

Anyone looking for information in technology will find TechXtra useful, especially researchers, academics, students and practitioners.

The suite of services includes:
Database Cross-Search
This searches over 4 million items from 25 different databases. Use this to find articles, key websites, theses and dissertations, books, industry news, new job announcements, technical reports, eprints, learning & teaching resources and the latest research in engineering, mathematics and computing.

Sources include: Australian Research Repositories Online to the World, arXive (eprint archive in computer science, maths and related subjects), CiteSeer (research articles in computer science), Directory of Open Access Journals, ePrints UK (selected open archives in the UK), Copac (union catalogue from the Consortium of University Research Libraries), National Engineering Education Delivery System (digital library of learning resources), NASA Technical Reports (12 different NASA technical report series)… plus 18 other databases. Details are available at: http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/index.html?action=collectiondetails More databases will be added in the near future.

The Very Latest Job Announcements
OneStep Jobs brings together the very latest job announcements from more than 35 top sources, and presents them in an easily accessible and searchable format in one place. The content is updated many times each day. Sources include: Jobs.ac.uk, ICErecruit, The Engineer, Redgoldfish, Jobsite, Engineeringjobs.co.uk, 4engineers.co.uk, Matchtech, TipTopJobs and more.

The Very Latest Industry News
OneStep Industry News brings together news feeds from over 80 top sources, and presents them in an easily accessible and searchable format. The content is updated many times each day. Sources include: The Engineer Online, Engineeringtalk, New Scientist, scenta, Moreover, Yenra, Control Engineering News, Design News, EurekAlert, Slashdot, PC Magazine, BBC Tech News and more.

Free Trade Magazine Subscriptions & Technical Document Downloads
Hundreds of trade publications and their advertisers want to give qualifying individuals their publications. It’s worth it to them to give you the magazine free because you need the information and products described, and their advertisers need a vehicle to deliver their message which justifies the cost of giving you subscriptions for free. In addition, this service now includes free Webcasts, live Webinars, informative eBooks, interactive CD-ROMs, and numerous whitepapers.

On-Line Bookstore
TechXtra users save up to 35% on any title from this bookstore from Pearson Education – books on everything from Computer Graphics & Design, to Programming, Software, Careers and Personal Development titles. Postage is free within the UK and Europe.

Offshore Engineering Information Service
This service gives information about publications and meetings dealing with: oil and gas exploration and production; offshore health, safety and environmental protection; resources of the seabed and renewable energy; and marine technology.

Discovery Guides
Free indepth reports on topical engineering, mathematical and technology issues.

Information about Validated Engineering Design Data
This subset of ESDU contains over 1,300 abstracts of data item design guides. Access to the full text is via subscription only.

Recent Advances in Manufacturing
A database of bibliographic information for manufacturing and related areas, covering items in over 500 niche and mainstream journals and magazines, plus details of books, videos and conference proceedings.

Selected links to top sources of technology information
Internet tutorials, newsletters and gateways.

TechXtra more xtra good stuff is a post from: EngLib

Elsevier is assessing its pricing models is a post from: EngLib

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Journals:
Electronics Letters – no change
IEE Proceedings – all 16 titles will continue to be published as IEE Proceedings and not IET Proceedings for the remainder of 2006. Plans to rename these titles for 2007 are currently being finalized and will be announced shortly.

Magazines:
Communications Engineer – no change
Computing and Control Engineering – no change
Electronics Systems and Software – no change
Engineering Management – no change
Information Professional – no change
Manufacturing Engineer – no change
Power Engineer – no change

IEE Review – has now ceased publication, the last issue is Volume 52, Number 3, March 2006. IEE Review has been replaced by a new monthly magazine, Engineering & Technology, details are as follows:

Title: Engineering & Technology
Abbreviated Title: Eng. & Technol.
First Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2006
CODEN: ETNEBJ
Print ISSN: 1750-9637
Online ISSN: 1750-9645

Please note that as Engineering & Technology has replaced IEE Review, all current subscribers who receive/access IEE Review will now receive/access Engineering & Technology at no extra cost. Engineering & Technology will be added to both the IET Digital Library and the IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEEE Xplore).

Conferences Publications/Seminar Digests:
All Conference Publications/Seminar Digests published after March 31, 2006, will be known as IET Conference Publications and IET Seminar Digests.

IET Digital Library URLs:
All IET Digital Library URLs are now prefixed with http://www.ietdl.org. All old links prefixed with http://www.ieedl.org will continue to resolve as we have no plans to remove these.

The new URLs for the IET Digital Library are as follows:
IET Digital Library homepage – http://www.ietdl.org

Journals
Electronics Letters – http://www.ietdl.org/EL
IEE Proceedings Circuits, Devices & Systems – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-CDS
IEE Proceedings Computers & Digital Techniques – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-CDT
IEE Proceedings Communications – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-COM
IEE Proceedings Control Theory & Applications – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-CTA
IEE Proceedings Electric Power Applications – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-EPA
IEE Proceedings Generation, Transmission & Distribution – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-GTD
IEE Proceedings Information Security – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-IFS
IEE Proceedings Intelligent Transport Systems – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-ITS
IEE Proceedings Microwaves Antennas & Propagation – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-MAP
IEE Proceedings Nanobiotechnology – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-NBT
IEE Proceedings Optoelectronics – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-OPT
IEE Proceedings Radar, Sonar & Navigation – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-RSN
IEE Proceedings Science, Measurement & Technology – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-SMT
IEE Proceedings Software – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-SEN
IEE Proceedings Systems Biology – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-SYB
IEE Proceedings Vision, Image & Signal Processing – http://www.ietdl.org/IP-VIS

Magazines
Engineering & Technology – http://www.ietdl.org/ET (URL to be activated)
Communications Engineer – http://www.ietdl.org/CE
Computing and Control Engineering – http://www.ietdl.org/CCE
Electronics Systems and Software – http://www.ietdl.org/ESS
Engineering Management – http://www.ietdl.org/EM
Information Professional – http://www.ietdl.org/INP
Manufacturing Engineer – http://www.ietdl.org/ME
Power Engineer – http://www.ietdl.org/PE

Conferences – http://www.ietdl.org/CP

Seminar Digests – http://www.ietdl.org/SEM

Discontinued magazine titles
IEE Review (1994-2006) – http://www.ietdl.org/IR
Electronics & Communication Engineering Journal (1994-2002) – http://www.ietdl.org/ECEJ
Engineering Science & Education Journal (1994-2002) – http://www.ietdl.org/ESEJ

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Michael McCabe
Marketing Manager – Publishing

The Institution of Engineering and Technology
www.theiet.org

More on the new IET is a post from: EngLib

This change is said to bring no significant change in IEEE Xplore, apart from a few journals and conferences changing their names.

New organization for IEE and IIE is a post from: EngLib

Recently Springer announced that the Encyclopedia of Mathematics, edited by Dr. M. Hazewinkel, would not be available via SpringerLink during our platform migration. We sincerely apologize not only for the disruption in service, but also for the delay in providing a solution and timely communication.

In response to concerns from customers and the library community, we are pleased to announce that this title will be made available for existing customers via a separate server.

All institutions that are entitled to access the 2002 version, ISBN 1-4020-0609-8 will be contacted with the appropriate URL and access instructions. Customers that have requested a CD-ROM will also be contacted and will have the option to access via the server.

We are, at present, developing an entirely new mathematics encyclopedia and once this is accessible via SpringerLink, we will alert customers of its availability for purchase.

We certainly hope that this will remedy our customer’s concerns and allow librarians to serve their patrons. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.

With Regards,
George Scotti
Springer
Global Director Library Relations

Encyclopedia of Mathematics via Springer is a post from: EngLib

RSC gives free access to journal archives to developing countries is a post from: EngLib