JCM Library - Informatics Stock Move

Much of the current lending stock and all of the journals have now been moved to the Main Library, and the Catalogue entries have been changed to reflect the new location. Unfortunately, there is a current problem with some of the items which have been updated to state they are in the Main Library, when in fact they are still in the JCM Library. We are not quite sure why this is, but it does appear to be affecting short loans the most.

We are currently looking into this issue and hope to have it resolved as soon as possible. If you are having difficulty locating an item, please double check the Catalogue location. If it says Main Library, and the item cannot be found in the Main Library, then please get in touch with staff at the JCM Library Service Desk in the first instance (or alternatively speak to staff at the Main Library Helpdesk and they will contact JCML on your behalf).

Many thanks and apologies for this temporary inconvenience.

Sarah Kelly
Liaison Librarian for Informatics and Medicine

JCM Library - Informatics Stock Move

Further to the message on June 28th , pleased be advised of the following moves:

Thursday 05 July 2007

• All current and pre-current (un-bound) issues will be moved to the 1st floor of the Main Library.
• All bound journals will be moved to the 3rd floor of the Main Library.

Friday 06 July 2006

• All books (LC collection) will move to a temporary location on the 4th floor, then to their permanent location in the 4th floor LC sequence.

For further information contact Sarah Kelly, Liaison Librarian.

Journal Impact Factors for 2006 available on Web of Knowledge

The year 2006 data for Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available to Univeristy members via ISI Web of Knowledge.

Note - It may be necessary to clear your browser cache/history to access the 2006 year data if it is not visible.

Impact Factors from JCR Worksheet | more information about Impact Factors

INFORMATICS COLLECTION - MOVE FROM JCM LIBRARY TO MAIN LIBRARY

Informatics Collections Move to the Main Library - July 2007

• In line with the re-location of the School of Informatics to the Central Area, much of the Informatics Collection will move out of the JCM Library to the Main Library this summer.
• The outline below explains which material is being moved and where it will be located after the move
• There will be some material which will stay in the JCM Library (generally items currently in store)
• During the move items should be unavailable for a maximum of 1 day
• On completion of the move, all Catalogue entries will reflect the new item location

The JCM Library currently holds the Collections for the Schools of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, however, only material paid for with the Library’s Informatics allocation will be moved.

• Books on open shelves and Reserve
  Informatics purchased books currently on the open shelves will be move to the Main Library. Staff have been consulted about items currently in Reserve and whether they should remain in Reserve next Semester. Maths and Physics Reserve items will remain in the JCM Library, Informatics Reserve items will be placed in Main Library Reserve. See ‘Finding Books’ and ‘Informatics Reserve’ Guides for further information.
  
• Current journal subscriptions
  Journal titles currently being purchased from the Library’s Informatics allocation will move to the Main Library (both current un-bound and bound Volumes). (Please note, many of the current subscriptions are available electronically). See ‘Finding Journals’ Guide for further information.
  
• LNCS
  Springer is still working to make all Volumes available online. Therefore, the complete run of LNCS and LNBI (currently at the Darwin) will be integrated with the LNAI volumes available on open access shelving at the Main Library at shelmarks QA75.5 Lec. Open access may be reviewed at a later date.
  
• Theses
  All Informatics theses are currently being digitised as part of an ongoing project, therefore, the working copies will remain in the JCM Library store. Until digitisation is complete, readers can consult the working copies in the JCM Library or the archive copy in Special Collections at the Main Library. For both Libraries, readers should contact Library staff in advance as the thesis will have to be retrieved from a store.
  
• Lesser Used Material
  Items currently held in store (including non-current journal titles previously purchased from Informatics funds) are not heavily used and will remain in store, either at the JCM Library or at the Library Research Annexe.

The Guides referred to can be found at: http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resbysub/info/presentationsandhandouts.shtml

WHAT IF THE MATERIAL I WANT TO CONSULT IS NO LONGER HELD IN MY ‘LOCAL’ LIBRARY?

If you find that material you wish to consult is now permanently located in a Library which is not within walking distance, please contact your Library Representative/Liaison Librarian, to discuss the purchase of additional copies.

If additional copies are not necessary, or it is during the period of time when some members of the School of Informatics are based at KB, but their Collection is at the Main Library, you may wish to apply for a FREE Intra-Library-Loan (see below).

FREE INTRA-LIBRARY LOANS

Staff and Postgraduates from all schools are entitled to free Intra-Library-Loans (transfer of material from one University Library site to another, where they are not within walking distance). In addition, Informatics undergraduates may apply for free Intra-Library-Loan at KB libraries from September to December 2007 (this applies to Main Library material only).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rowena Stewart (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)
Sarah Kelly (Informatics and all other enquiries)

A PDF information sheet of the above information is also available.

Citations to IEEE Journals Continue to Climb

Each year, the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Thomson ISI examine the impact of academic journals by determining how often journals' articles are cited by later research. The JCR is available to University members via out WoK subscription (login with your EASE username and password, either on or off campus).

The 2005 study, released in June 2006, shows that IEEE journals maintain a healthy and growing lead in their field. The JCR ranks journals by their impact factor, defined as the average number of times articles published in a specific journal in the previous two years were cited in a particular year.

According to the JCR, IEEE publishes:

• 18 of the top 20 journals in the field of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• 9 of the top 10 journals in Telecommunications (up from 7 in 2004)
• 7 of top 10 journals in Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
• 8 of top 20 journals in Computer Science, Information Systems
• 8 of top 20 journals in Computer Science, Software Engineering
• and high-ranking journals in several additional fields of technology

According to Thomson ISI, the JCR "presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to evaluate the world's leading journals and their impact and influence in the global research community." See http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/journmag/journalcitations.html for the full article.

IEEE publications are availble via our IEL subscription (a subscription to the IEEE/IET Electronic Library includes full-text access to all IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines; IEEE conference proceedings; IET journals and conference proceedings; and all current IEEE standards) and can be access via the IEEXplore platform (login with your EASE username and password, either on or off campus).

Sarah Kelly
Liaison Librarian

IEEE - New Publications for 2007

In 2006, IEEE approved six new technical journals for publication in 2007, covering such topics as biomedical circuits and systems, nanotechnology, signal processing, industrial electronics, and network and service management. These titles will be available this year via the University's IEL subscription, which can be accessed via IEEEXplore (click here and enter your EASE username and password).

The new titles are:

• IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
  Focusing on microelectronic issues in a wide range of applications found in life sciences, physical sciences and engineering
• IEEE Systems Journal
  Dealing with many aspects and attributes of systems: namely applications, education, engineering, human factors, management and operations, science, and modeling, simulation and analysis
• IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
  Discussing topics such as the theory and application of filtering, coding, transmitting, estimating, detecting, analyzing, recognizing, synthesizing, recording, and reproducing signals by digital or analog devices or techniques
• IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine
  Addressing aspects of nanotechnology including theory, analysis, design, implementation; industry, research, education and policy news; opinion pieces; book reviews; introductions to new tools and techniques; patent summaries; and commercialization
• IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine
  Focusing on the theory and applications of electronics, controls, communications, instrumentation and computational intelligence to industrial and manufacturing systems and processes
• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  An online-only publication publishing peer-reviewed archival quality papers that advance the state-of-the-art and practical applications of network and service management

Sarah Kelly
Liaison Librarian

ONLINE SEMINARS OFFER TIPS ON SEARCHING IEEE DIGITAL LIBRARY

Users of IEEE online technical information who are looking to improve their research skills may benefit from attending an online “Searching with IEEE Xplore” seminar. IEEE hosts regularly scheduled online seminars and training events, which are free to all. Event dates are as follows:

• 10 April – 11 am EST – Searching with IEEE Xplore
• 8 May – 10 am EST – Searching with IEEE Xplore
• 26 June – 10 am EST – Searching with IEEE Xplore
• 30 July – 10 am EST – Searching with IEEE Xplore

Advanced registration is required, and space is limited to 25 per session. Additional sessions may be added based on demand. To sign up, visit: http://www.ieee.org/products/onlinepubs/form/free_training_form.html

Sarah Kelly
Liaison Librarian

IET Journal Title Update

IET has released two new journals now available through the IEEE Xplore Digital Library titled:

• IET Synthetic Biology, and
• IET Renewable Power Generation

IEE Proceedings Vision and Image and Signal Processing have been split into:

• IET Computer Vision
• IET Image Processing
• IET Signal Processing

To access these journals, visit: http://ezproxy.lib.ed.ac.uk:2048/login?url=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ and enter your EASE username and password (both on an off-campus).

Sarah Kelly
Liaison Librarian

UPDATE: ScienceDirect

Keep up to date with ScienceDirect.

SD Connect, May/June 2006 Vol 6 Issue 3

NEW CONTENT: IEEE Xplore

Updated every two weeks, IEEE Xplore (full-text publications from IEEE and IEE) posted new content in 189 publications in the latest update on 26 June 2006.

Select a date, from the last four updates, to check for recently added content.

NEWS: Top 100 IEEEXplore titles

Top 100 Documents Accessed in May 2006

NEW CONTENT: IEEE Xplore

Updated every two weeks, IEEE Xplore (full-text publications from IEEE and IEE) posted new content in 112 publications in the latest update on 19 June 2006.

Select a date, from the last four updates, to check for recently added content.

FEATURE: Eurographics Digital Library

The Eurographics Digital Library may be of interest to those whose research interests lie in the area of graphics. The University does not currently subscribe to the EG Digital Library, however, we do have access to some of its various component parts.

We have access to the Eurographics journal - Computer Graphics Forum (0167-7055) via:

• Business Source Premier from 01/03/1998 to 1 year ago (with a 1 year moving wall) AND
• the full-text of latest issue via Blackwell Synergy

You may have come across this title via a variety of other routes, e.g.:

• Eurographics Digital Library [http://www.eg.org/EG/DL]
  
• IngentaConnect [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/cgf]
  
• Blackwell Synergy [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/cgf]

However, please be advised that Edinburgh University access to this title is ONLY AVAILABLE via Business Source Premier and Blackwell Synergy (for latest issue only).

The Digital Library provides access not just to the above journal, but also to various conference proceedings. Again, we have access to a variety of these via existing subscriptions:

Our subscription to the ACM Digital Library provides access to:

• Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH/EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics Hardware (ISSN 1727-3471) from 1997 - present
  
• Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (1727-5288) from 2002 - present
• Proceedings of the 13th and 14th Eurographics workshop on Rendering (ISSN 1727-3463)
• Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing (ISSN 1727-8384)
• Eurographics/IEEE TVCG Workshop on Volume Graphics (various years)
• Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualization (various years)

Our subscription to IEEXplore provides access to:

• Eurographics/IEEE VGTC Symposium Proceedings (ISSN 1811-7813)
• Proceedings of the 2003 Eurographics/IEEE TVCG Workshop on Volume graphics VG '03 (ISSN 1727-8376)

The dissertations and white papers available via the Digital Library are freely available for all.

If you think a subscription to the Digital Library, or to Computer Graphics Forum would be beneficial for the School, please get in contact with your Liaison Librarain or your School Library Representative.

NEWS: Top 100 IEEEXplore titles

Top 100 Documents Accessed: Apr 2006

NEW CONTENT: IEEE Xplore

IEEE Xplore (full-text publications from IEEE and IEE) posted new content in 45 publications in the latest update on 15 May 2006. Select a date to check for recently added content.

NEW CONTENT: IEEE Xplore

IEEE Xplore (full-text publications from IEEE and IEE) posted new content in 50 publications in the latest update on 08 May 2006.

Select a date to check for recently added Journals and Magazines, Conference procedings and Standards

NEWS: University access to top cited journals

For the third year in a row, the IEEE publishes 18 of the top 20 journals in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, according to the 2004 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) recently published by Thomson ISI. The report also reveals that 13 (including the top six) of the top 20 journals in Telecommunications are published by IEEE.

University memebers have full text access to all IEEE (and IEE) publications via the Library subscription to IEEXplore. Click here for further information about access to the full-text.

University members also have access to the 2 non IEEE titles in the t0p 20 journals in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering:

• Progress in Quantum Electronics, via the Library subscription to ScienceDirect from 1995 (Volume 19, Issue 1) onwards
• Journal of cryptology, via the Library subscription to SpringerLink from 1988 (Volume 1, issue 1) onwards

AND

University members also have access to the 6 other titles in the top 20 journals in the filed of Telecommunciations.

The JCR ranks journals by their impact factor, defined as the average number of times articles published in a specific journal in the previous two years were cited in a particular year. University members can see the full JCR lists via the Library subscription to Web of Knowledge.

NEW CONTENT: IEEE Xplore

IEEE Xplore (full-text publications from IEEE and IEE) posted new content in 34 publications in the latest update on 18 April 2006.

Select a date to check for recently added Journals and Magazines, Conference procedings and Standards

NEW CONTENT: IEEE Xplore

IEEE Xplore (full-text publications from IEEE and IEE) posted new content in 53 publications in the latest update on 03 April 2006.

Select a date to check for recently added Journals and Magazines, Conference procedings and Standards.

NEW CONTENT: IEEE Xplore

IEEE Xplore (full-text publications from IEEE and IEE) posted new content in 50 publications in the latest update on 20 March 2006.

Select a date to check for recently added Journals and Magazines, Conference procedings and Standards.