Letter from the Editor

Welcome to the Summer 2005 Edition of Ei Update. My name is Susan Lo, and I am the new Editor of the Ei Update and have recently joined the Ei team in the role of Marketing Manager. I am pleased to have met some of Ei Update’s readers at the ASEE conference this past June in Portland, Oregon and I hope to get to know many more of you going forward. I am truly excited to be on the Ei team.

This edition of Ei Update highlights the enhancements made to Engineering Village 2 in our July 18th product release. We are proud that our new features will provide more powerful searching, enhance results and make Engineering Village 2 even more intuitive and user friendly.

In What's New, we discuss the expansion of Faceted Searching, the introduction of RSS Alerts, Blog This, and the latest updates and news about Referex Engineering.

The News & Events area highlights the accomplishments of Ms. Joan Dubis, the SLA Librarian of the Year and recaps Ei’s participation in the ASEE conference. Of special interest in this section is an update on the research study, "The Role of Information in Innovation". We have been busy sharing the results of the study and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. To round out this section, find out how to enroll in on-line training sessions featuring our latest updates.

In Librarian’s Corner we have an eclectic selection of short articles. Ei’s Training Manager, Gali Halevi, discusses the development of faceted searching and how this functionality enhances information retrieval system design vs. the users’ ability to conduct effective searches. We provide tips on using the Autostem feature on Engineering Village 2 Expert search fields and finally, Ei takes a look at how century old research is influencing wireless communications and home networking.

Ei is excited to offer RSS feeds for Ei Update! Just click on the orange RSS button and copy the URL into your favorite aggregator and receive Ei Updates directly into your RSS reader. Link now to find out about how to receive a free gift!

We would like to hear from you!
Ei Update would like to feature our librarians and provide a forum for sharing ideas about using Engineering Village 2. We are looking for ideas on searching techniques, success stories using EV2 tools, or perhaps you would like to write about an area of your own expertise. Please send your comments or story ideas to me at s.lo@elsevier.com. I hope you enjoy this edition of Ei Updates and I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincere regards,
Susan Lo
Marketing Manager
One Castle Point Terrace
Hoboken, NJ 07030
s.lo@elsevier.com

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