The End of Print?

You’ve no doubt heard that old Chinese curse that translates to “May you live in interesting times.” Certainly the past few weeks have been interesting enough to last us all quite a while. Geoscience publishing has been going through a lot of transitions over the last several years, much of this driven by narrowing budgets [...]

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AESE 2008 Award Winners

At the Flagstaff meeting last month, the AESE Awards Committee announced the recipients of the annual AESE publication and editorial awards. Herewith are the 2008 winners.
AESE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLICATION
PRINT: Protecting Your Family from Earthquakes — The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety, 2007, General Information Product 41 (English and Spanish) and General Information Product 42 [...]

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The cyclic nature of geoscience

In my work as a freelancer (as well as my work with the BC Geological Survey), I have noticed that the field of geoscience is cyclic.  The yearly rotation is predictable: In January to April, geoscientists decide on and plan for their field season.  From May to August, geoscientists are in the field.  And from [...]

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Our new photo gallery

I’ve just posted a new page to our blog site – the new AESE photo gallery! After the Grand Canyon trip at the last meeting, I’m sure everyone has some spectacular pictures they would like to share. I’ve posted two of my own shots and two of Tom’s, but we would definitely like [...]

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Blueline contributions needed

The deadline for the Winter Blueline is November 1, and we’d love to hear more about you. Have you attended a conference lately? Won an award? Read an interesting book you’d like to share with other AESE members? Why not draft a short report for the Blueline about it?
Questions about Blueline submissions should be directed [...]

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Off to a great start

Yesterday, we got over 100 hits, which is almost half of the AESE member e-mail list. That tells me what I had suspected, that AESE members are looking for new ways of connecting.
We also got a couple of good comments, one of which addressed the possibility of an AESE discussion forum. This was a topic [...]

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Welcome 2

To all of you clicking through from this morning’s e-mail, welcome! Nicole and I have already gotten some content up here, and more is on the way. If there’s something you’d like to see, or see discussed, please post a comment.

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Looking back, looking ahead

A few more thoughts about Flagstaff:
The “green” movement is touching just about every area of publishing, which was why I was very glad to get Melanie Dolchek of Allen Press to come speak about the many ways of “greening” your publication. Recycled paper, as anyone remotely familiar with this issue knows, is so ten years [...]

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AESE’s 2009 Meeting!

Just moments after the conclusion of our annual meeting in Flagstaff, we began to plan next year’s annual meeting, which will be in Houston.  As the new Vice President, it’s my job to coordinate the two days of technical talks, including finding speakers, organizing sessions, signing up session chairs, etc.  If you have suggestions for [...]

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Flagstaff 2008

A full report is coming in the next Blueline, but if you missed this year’s annual meeting, you missed something special (and I’m not just saying that just because I was the one who put together the technical program). We had a very interesting line-up of speakers, covering topics as diverse as greening your publication [...]

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