Geoscientist 21.08 September 2011
Michael McKimm writes: Since then, the number of titles and publishers in the Scheme has risen steadily. Fellows now enjoy full-text access to over 80 journals, covering fields from engineering and petroleum geology to palaeontology and volcanology. Library staff are continuing to negotiate with publishers – recently adding the Irish Journal of Earth Sciences and the Journal of Geology. Recent Special Issues are also listed in our Virtual Library, and a selection highlighted in the Society’s fortnightly e-newsletter.
Over 1000 Fellows are currently signed up to receive up-to-date research at the click of a mouse, without having to leave home or office. Fellows from as far afield as Nigeria, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Kyrgyzstan and the Faroe Islands are regularly logging in - as well as large numbers from Europe, North America and Australia. Mark Ruse (Perth, Australia) says: “The e-journal service adds justification to paying the Society fees, when I have such little access to the physical Library”.
- STOP PRESS! Journal of Petrology also added. If you have not already signed up to this major and growing benefit of Society membership, visit www.geolsoc.org.uk/ejournals or contact Eileen Jamieson in the Library.