Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute (AGI) announces the appointment of Dr. Linda R. Rowan as the new Director of the Government Affairs Program. Previously a senior editor with Science magazine, Dr. Rowan will continue to build AGI’s dedication and leadership in representing the geoscience community in Washington, and to serve as an information source for federal policymakers. Dr. Rowan, who earned her graduate degrees from the California Institute of Technology in geology, has also been a Resident Research Associate with the NASA-Johnson Space Center where her work focused on the origin of meteorites. [Read More]

Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute (AGI) has released the tenth edition of the GeoRef Thesaurus. The reference includes 21,700 index terms, of which approximately 1,250 are new. Scientists and researchers can consistently rely on the GeoRef Thesaurus to obtain the most useful and accurate literature searches of the GeoRef database. It is a guide to the index terms used by GeoRef, which contains over 2.6 million bibliographic citations and abstracts covering all of the geoscience disciplines and allied environmental sciences. [Read More]

Alexandria, VA - Through a cooperative agreement between the American Geological Institute (AGI) and Geoscience Australia, AusGeoRef, an online database of geoscience references is now available. The bibliographic database is drawn from the existing GeoRef database, established in 1966, which provides access to over 2.6 million references to journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. AusGeoRef differs in that it only includes references to Australian geology or work done by Australian scientists. [Read More]

Alexandria, VA - In light of the recent tsunami disaster in Indonesia and other parts of Asia, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the American Geological Institute (AGI), is providing copies of the Global GIS DVD-ROM to U.S. Department of State-led teams traveling to Humanitarian Information Centers in affected areas. The Global GIS, a large digital map database, provides datasets of historical seismicity, topography, geology, population density, roads, political boundaries, airfields and utility lines among others. [Read More]