2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 5
Sunday, 2 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Geoscience Information/Communication: Challenges in Geoscience Publishing: Perspectives of Communicating Geoscience to Scientists and to the General Public

 

Monica Gaiswinkler Easton and A.J. Van Loon, Chairs
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
ETHICAL ISSUES IN GEOSCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
EASTON, Monica Gaiswinkler, Ontario Geological Survey, Ministry of Northern Development & Mines, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5, monica.easton@ndm.gov.on.ca, monica.easton@ndm.gov.on.ca
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8:15 AM
GOOD PEER REVIEWS: THE ULTIMATE EDITORIAL CHALLENGE
ASHLEY, Gail M., Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu
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8:30 AM
PEER REVIEW FOR MATERIALS USED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OR, DON’T LET LAWYERS NEAR YOUR LIGHTNING ROD
O'RIORDAN, Catherine A., American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009, coriordan@agu.org, coriordan@agu.org
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8:45 AM
ELECTRONIC VS PRINT PUBLICATION: STRADDLING THE GREAT DIVIDE
HOLOVIAK, Judy C., American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009, jholoviak@agu.org, jholoviak@agu.org
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9:00 AM
COPYRIGHT ISSUES IN ELECTRONIC BACK ISSUE REPUBLICATION
OVERTON, Thomas W., Gems & Gemology, Gemological Institute of America, 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, tom.overton@gia.edu, tom.overton@gia.edu
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9:15 AM
NEW CHALLENGES FOR INDEPENDENT SCIENCE JOURNALS
OEHRING, Connie, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Univ of Colorado, 450 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0450 and WILLIAMS, Mark W., Geography, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Rsch, Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder, INSTAAR Campus Box 450, 1560 30th St, Boulder, CO 80309, oehring@colorado.edu, oehring@colorado.edu
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9:30 AM
CITING GEOSCIENCE - THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE ON CITATION OF GEOSCIENCE DATA
MUSSER, Linda R., Fletcher L. Byrom Earth & Mineral Sciences Library, Pennsylvania State Univ, 105 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, Lrm4@psu.edu, Lrm4@psu.edu
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9:45 AM
ARE WE CITING OUR SOURCES ADEQUATELY?: USE AND NONUSE OF PAGE CITATIONS IN THE GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
HANNIBAL, Joseph T., Cleveland Museum of Nat History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767, hannibal@cmnh.org, hannibal@cmnh.org
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
Withdrawn
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10:30 AM
SECRETS OF DIAMOND HUNTING--AND STORYTELLING
KRAJICK, Kevin, 245 West 104 St., 14B, New York, NY 10025, krk4@columbia.edu, krk4@columbia.edu
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10:45 AM
BLAZING TRAILS, REDEFINING THE GAME: NEW RULES FOR MYSTERY FICTION WITH A GEOSCIENTIFIC TWIST
MILLER, Susan Cummins, 8201 E. Crestwood Drive, Tucson, AZ 85750, stmiller46@aol.com, stmiller46@aol.com
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11:00 AM
THE EUROPEAN GEOPARKS NETWORK
MC KEEVER, Patrick James, Vice-Coordinator, European Geoparks Network, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, 20 College Gardens, Belfast, BT9 6BS, Ireland, pmck@bgs.ac.uk, pmck@bgs.ac.uk
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11:15 AM
HAVE WE GOT THE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION MODEL WRONG?
LEWIS, Alun David, Geology, Royal Holloway Univ of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, a.lewis@gl.rhul.ac.uk, a.lewis@gl.rhul.ac.uk
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11:30 AM
TOWARDS A PUBLIC-FRIENDLY PUBLISHING ATTITUDE IN THE EARTH SCIENCES
VAN LOON, A.J., Geocom, Valle del Portet 17, Benitachell, 03726, Spain, tom_van_loon@eresmas.com, tom_van_loon@eresmas.com
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks