IEEE EAB Society Outreach Committee SOOC Report November 2006

1
IEEE EAB Society Outreach Committee (SOOC)
ReportNovember 2006

• Tamer Basar, Chair SOOC

2
Expert Now IEEE Editorial Board Status Report

• On the meeting held
• 17 November 2006

3
Expert Now IEEE Editorial Board

• Current Roster
• Tamer Basar
• Maja Bystrom
• Edwin Chong
• Kapil Dandekar
• Philip Laplante
• Moshe Kam (as ex-officio)

4
Expert Now IEEE Editorial Board Definition and
Scope

• The Editorial Board reports to, and is a Standing
  Committee of, the EAB
• The Editorial Board shall develop strategies for
  the future of the IEEE Expert Now library
• and prepare plans to maintain and expand the
  coverage, quality, reach, and relevance of the
  library

5
Expert Now IEEE Editorial Board Functions

• Recommend to EAB policies and actions that will
  support the mission and vision of the library.
• Maintain the quality, content diversity,
  timeliness, and relevance of the Expert Now IEEE
  library.
• Monitor and direct the process of topic
  selection, coverage, and development for the
  library.
• Suggest and lead the development of module
  clusters and specific themes within the library.

6
Expert Now IEEE Editorial Board Functions
(continued)

• Assist the Staff of EAD in all areas pertinent to
  editorial activities.
• Maintain communication and dialog with CPEC, EAB,
  and other organizational units of IEEE which are
  engaged in module development, procurement,
  funding and distributions.
• Maintain communication and dialog with
  subscribers, users and contributors to the
  library.

7
Expert Now IEEE Editorial Board Composition

• Four to seven members
• The normal (renewable) period of service will be
  three years. Members will normally not serve for
  more than two consecutive 3-year terms.
• VP-EA serves as an additional ex-officio
  non-voting member
• The Editorial Board will elect its own Chair
• from its membership, for a renewable two-year term

8
Expert Now IEEE Editorial Board Guiding
Principles (1)

• Modules should be of high quality
• Technically up-to-date and correct
• Aesthetically pleasing
• Consistent, well organized and understandable
• Old modules should be archived or updated
• (cyclical review, e.g. every 2 years)

9
Expert Now IEEE Editorial Board Guiding
Principles (2)

• Modules should be timely
• Attractive topics
• Usable technology
• Clusters of modules should be encouraged
• E.g., the 802.11 cluster (under development)