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• Automation Network Selection, by Dick Caro
  Industry expert Dick Caro walks you through the various industrial networks (e.g., sensor, fieldbus, control, safety buses, and so on) and then gives you a perspective on the typical applications for industrial automation network technology. The emphasis is on the intended application for each network, rather than on the network protocol that is more typically discussed in most textbooks.
• Bungee Jumping & Cocoons: The Dual Nature of the Industrial Marketplace, by John D. Kenworthy
  This book sheds some light on how to get beyond the crossroads we are seemingly at -- in terms of industrial maturity, economic transition, and societal metamorphosis. Venture into this dual world of extreme fantasy adventures and isolation and be prepared to alter the way you think about the future. But first, you must take the headlong leap into the abyss - the bungee jump.
• ISA Automation and Control Technical Paper Collection
  The quickest, most cost-effective way to access ISA's extensive technical paper collection drawn from ISA's world-renowned technical conferences and symposia. With more than 1,900 papers easily searched and retrieved, the answers to your technical and business questions are available when you need them. An online subscription to content from 15 technology-focused communities gives you unprecedented access to technical innovations and application insights.
• Training Courses & Seminars
  All ISA's Manufacturing Automation training courses are now listed in one convenient place - online at http://www.isa.org/commupdate.cfm?id=3777 You'll find course descriptions, scheduled dates, and information on bringing the course to you. Or call and request a current training catalog from 919-549-8411.
• Best Manufacturing Practices
  The BMP Program is a unique industry and government cooperative technology transfer effort that improves the global competitiveness of the U.S. industrial base.