About AESE
The Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE) is an organization of editors, journal managers, and others concerned with publication in the earth sciences. Members include the editors of most of the North American earth-science journals, editing and publishing personnel with state and federal geological surveys and with commercial firms, editors of reports prepared for geological consultants, and others interested in earth-science publishing.
The goals of AESE are the promotion of the interchange of ideas and the solution of problems involving selecting, editing, and publishing books and articles in the earth sciences.
The Association has more than 250 members. Most reside in the United States and Canada, but about 10 percent live in other countries. AESE maintains liaison with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and the Council of Science Editors (CSE). AESE is a member society of the American Geological Institute (AGI) and an associated society of the Geological Society of America (GSA).
Proceedings of the association and topics of timely interest are covered in a quarterly newsletter, Blueline. An up-to-date membership directory is distributed annually.
Regular membership in AESE is open to individuals who are interested in the goals of AESE. Regular members vote and are eligible to hold office in AESE. Subscription membership is open to any organization interested in AESE goals. An organization holding subscription membership receives the Blueline and may designate a nonvoting representative to AESE.
About this blog
This blog is the work of AESE president Nicole Barlow and AESE past president Tom Overton.
About the header image
This is a shot Tom took of Lewis Creek just south of Yosemite National Park. It was taken looking upstream from Red Rock Falls.
Hello,
Good to see the AESE starting a new blog!
This new blog might be a good spot to set up a “Geoeditors Forum”. Many members dropped out of the AESE listserver because of the problems of being inundated with unwanted emails at their office. It would be good to have an online spot where members can post queries on editing matters and request information, and other members can reply.
Best wishes,
Eileen McSaveney
Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Hi Eileen,
The AESE board has indeed talked about an editor’s forum, and it was part of the discussion at the meeting last month. The problem is that you have to get a “critical mass” of particpants before a forum like that takes off. Our hope with this blog is that we can build such an online presence and hopefully lead to bigger things.
In the meantime, I invite everyone to comment on anything and everything on this blog. The “geoscience editor’s bookshelf” page, which Nicole set up, would be an excellent place to post general queries.
Tom