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This is the power of the
web at work for our members-and a lot of the credit must also go to that first
editorial team that opened
up all of IEEE's peerreviewed content to the
then-new world of electronic distribution.
Second, a key fear when
IEEE Xplore was originally
launched was that it would
cut severely into the number of print subscriptions;
in fact, IEEE Xplore had FIgURE 14. The PoE Meeting in all its majesty.
the opposite effect and only
served to broaden and differentiate the
market for IEEE publications. And yes,
there was some initial hit to print publications, but the new growth markets for
electronic distribution created by IEEE
Xplore were more than enough to lead
to exponential growth and offset many
time over any small declines in print
publication numbers.
The experience with IEEE Xplore,
which was a very brave experiment
back in 2000, now acts as an encouragement for IEEE to take further bold steps
when moving forwards with new ideas
FIgURE 15. Another view form the main A/V production desk; it takes a lot of editors
and technologies to meet the challenges
to drive the IEEE publishing machine.
of IEEE 2030. Back, as the saying goes,
to the future of IEEE Publications and
re-envisioning IEEE for 2030!
handle plagarism; updates on publicabelieve I was the only attendee from
tion
bibliometrics
and
alternative
meathe CE Society, but it was definitely
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
sures
of
publication
impact,
altimetrics;
worth the time and effort away from
To be honest, we've just scratched the
updates on open-access publications,
my schedule to get there. Every time
surface of what goes on at the IEEE
market status and the costs versus traI attend, I learn a bit more about the
PoE meeting. There are many other
ditional subscription models; introduccomplex machinery that supports and
IEEE Publications-related activities,
tions to new publishing technologies
drives publishing activity across the
break-out sessions, and special interest
and hybrid business models; presentaIEEE. We may only be 2.5% of that
groups working on all sorts of different
tions on publishing models to support
US$30-billion market segment, but
activities (Figures 13-15).
archival of source code, digital system
you'll be happy to know that 19 of
I've tried to capture some of the
models and databases supporting more
the top 20 journals in the EEE sector
main topics that were addressed this
"reproducible research," and the list
are from IEEE, so we do punch above
year and of which are also of interest to
goes on.
our weight!
our general membership. There are
I hope you've enjoyed this insight
many more specialized topics that
into the 2015 PoE, and if there are
aren't really relevant unless you are
specific topics that you are interested
engaged as a volunteer editor. Sessions
CONCLUDINg THOUgHTS
in, please let me know and we may
on intellectual property issues covering
ON PoE 2015
be able to develop future features
what is and isn't permissible with
If you are a volunteer editor at IEEE,
around them.
respect to reuse of graphics, charts,
it is definitely worthwhile to make
images, and other forms of content;
the time to attend PoE at least once
-Peter Corcoran
new tools and approaches to detect and
every couple of years. This year, I

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