[Asis-l] New Members Join IEEE Library Advisory Council

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New Members Join IEEE Library Advisory Council

19 May 2005 -- Piscataway, NJ -- The IEEE this week announced the addition
of six new members to the IEEE Library Advisory Council. They include:

      Jagdish Arora, Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Science
      Consortium (INDEST)
      Jay Bhatt, Drexel University
      Kathy L. Nordhaus, Raytheon Company
      Tracy Primich, Ford Motor Company
      Priscilla Ubysz, Pratt & Whitney
      Sarah White, QUALCOMM

They join returning members of the Advisory Council, who include:

      Susan Ardis, The University of Texas at Austin
      Rudi G. Bakker, Eindhoven University of Technology
      Beth Brin, Boise State University
      Cheryl Cohen, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical
      Information (CISTI)
      Mariann Cyr, 3M
      Bradley E. Gernand, The Institute for Defense Analyses

Formed in 1999, the IEEE Library Advisory Council brings together a group
of international corporate, academic, and government librarians who consult
with IEEE to help develop products and policies. Members provide the IEEE
with feedback from a broad range of libraries and information centers
subscribing to IEEE products. Members serve two-year terms, and meet with
IEEE representatives by phone and in person several times a year.

For more information on the IEEE Library Advisory Council, visit:
http://www.ieee.org/products/onlinepubs/info/lac.html


About the IEEE

The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society with more
than 365,000 members in approximately 150 countries. Through its members,
the IEEE is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace, computers
and telecommunications to biomedicine, electric power and consumer
electronics. The IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world's literature in the
electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has
developed more than 900 active industry standards. The organization also
sponsors or cosponsors more than 300 international technical conferences
each year. Additional information is available at www.ieee.org.

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