Geophysicists speak at meeting
of Earth science editors
24 October 2007—Several SEG members and other geophysicists gave invited talks 4–7 September at the annual meeting of the Association of Earth Science Editors, “Global Perspectives,” in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
More than 50 people participated, with 34 talks grouped into 31 categories scheduled in nine sessions:
• Dual Grounding: Working in Two Languages
• Across the Miles: Public Outreach
• Earthy Editing: Producing Guidebooks and Publications for the Earth-Science Enthusiast
• Worldwide Outlook: International Union of Geological Sciences
• Core Samples: Scientists Writing, Reviewing, and Editing Geoscience Publications
• Around the World: Use of Offshore Vendors
• Down to Earth: Cutting Costs in Production and Printing
• Nuances of Nomenclature: Stratigraphic Lexicons
• Charging Ahead: Innovations in Publishing
In the “Across the Miles” session, William D. Underwood gave a talk cowritten with Susan K. Henley of the SEG staff, “The SEG Geoscience Center: Preserving our Past and Ensuring our Future.” Underwood also presented “Geoscience Education at Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics: A Pioneering Program.” Rick Green spoke on “Activities of the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre.” As one of four speakers in a subcategory of the outreach session, “Earth-Science Outreach in Scouting,” Gary Robinson presented “Geology in the Boy Scouts of America Program.”
The “Core Samples” session consisted of two talks. Laurence R. Lines and Rachel T. Newrick presented “A Pedestrian’s Guide to Writing a Geoscience Textbook,” and Satinder Chopra described “My Forays into Technical Writing.”
AESE is the only international editors’ group exclusively for geoscience. For more information, see the forthcoming issue of “Blueline,” the AESE newsletter, and other items at http://www.aese.org.
