Press releases
Celebrating 40 years of Inspec database
03 December 2008
This year marked a major milestone in the history of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Inspec Database with the publication of the ten millionth record. And, the celebrations will continue in 2009 as Inspec’s 40th anniversary is celebrated.
Inspec, a bibliographic database of abstracts to journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports and other literature, was launched in 1969, although the online archives date right back to 1898.
Inspec provides comprehensive coverage of traditional and cutting-edge publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering.
In addition, there is significant coverage of areas such as operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics.
Simon Thomson, publishing director and general manager of Inspec, said, “Over the last four decades, the Inspec scientific editorial team has consistently added an invaluable layer of indexing and classification to the leading physics and engineering literature from around the world.
“We now add content faster than ever before and we will add almost 700,000 records to the database in 2009. We are extremely proud to reach this historic landmark and look forward to celebrating our ruby anniversary in 2009 and to many more innovative years to come.”
Media enquiries to:
Robert Beahan
Press officer
T: +44 (0)1438 767336
M: +44 (0)7595 400912
E: rbeahan@theiet.org
Tracey Dawkins
Junior press officer
T: +44 (0)1438 767226
E: tdawkins@theiet.org
Notes to editors:
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a world leading professional organisation, sharing and advancing knowledge to promote science, engineering and technology across the world. For more information, visit www.theiet.org.
- The IET dates from 1871 and has 150,000 members in 127 countries with offices in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.
- The IET licenses EngTech, IEng and CEng; is supporting the Engineering Diploma and developing the new ICTTech and accredits around 1,000 undergraduate and graduate courses.
- The IET operates IET.tv, a web TV service which covers a wide range of engineering and technology events and content. For more information, visit www.iet.tv.
- The IET celebrates 100 years at its London home, Savoy Place, in June 2009 and will be staging a programme of centenary celebrations.
- The IET publishes a range of publications, including E&T, Flipside, Electronics Education, Student and Young Professional, a range of journals and the Inspec Database.