The Geological Society

The Geological Society offers grades of membership for every stage of your career, from student to retirement. Find out about the benefits of membership, and how we can help you achieve and maintain Chartered status.

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PUBLICATIONS

Information about the Geological Society’s internationally acclaimed books and journals for authors, editors, librarians and readers. Order publications, find out about the Lyell Collection and read guidelines for preparing a paper or submitting a book proposal.

Bookshop
Lyell Collection
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Catalogues

Geofacets-GSL Millennium Edition
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Books

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Open Access Publishing
Instructions for authors
- Top tips
Guidelines for reviewers
Supplementary Publications
Publishing policies

LIBRARY

Discover and access geoscience information resources via one of the world’s premier Earth science libraries. Search our collection of printed books, maps and journals, e-resources, bibliographic databases and archives.

Library Catalogue
Virtual Library

Visiting the Library
Library Services

The Map Room
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Support our collections
Picture Library
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Library Events
Burlington House Bookshop
Library Strategy 2017 - 2026
2020 Library review
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EVENTS

Search the events calendar for forthcoming conferences and events, and view past meeting resources. Enquire about room hire and conference facilities at Burlington House.

Coronavirus information
Events calendar
Society events
Public Lectures 2020

2020 Year of Life
Past meeting resources
Venue hire
- Virtual tour
- Enquiry form

Meeting proposals

EDUCATION & CAREERS

Information and resources for teachers and students from primary education onwards; for those making careers choices after A-levels including undergraduate and further degrees at university; and for those seeking professional geosciences training or exploring lifelong learning opportunities.

Schools
Geology STEM Ambassadors: school visits

Schools Geology Challenge
Teaching resources

Microsite: The Rock Cycle
Microsite: Plate Tectonics
Universities
University Geoscience UK

Grants and awards
- GSL-ZEISS Scholarship
Early Career Geologist award
Careers information
- Careers leaflets
- Careers days
Microsite: Geology Career Pathways
I'm an Earth Scientist
Lifelong learning
Endorsed training courses

OUTREACH & POLICY

Updates on outreach activities, information about how the geosciences interact with society, details of policy related meetings, consultation responses, and policy briefing notes.

Outreach
- 100 Great Geosites
- Plate Tectonic Stories
100 Years of Female Fellows
Earth Science Week 2019

Policy
- Expertise database
Geoscience and the EU Referendum
Geology for Society
Consultations
Policy Briefing Notes and Statements

GEOSCIENTIST

Geoscientist is the Fellowship magazine of the Geological Society: with news about science, people, the Society, features, reviews, opinion, letters and forthcoming events. All this, and more, can be found sooner here, in our online version.

March 2020
About Geoscientist
- Advertisement and subscription rates
- Information for authors

Previous issues
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Letters

Books and arts

GROUPS & NETWORKS

Information on our Specialist and Regional groups, Joint Associations and Networks. Keep up to date with activities, news and events and find out how Fellows can get involved.

Commissions
- Joint Committee for Palaeontology
- Stratigraphy Commission
Higher Education Network
Environment Network
Early Career Network
International Groups

Specialist Groups

Specialist Groups Cont.

Regional Groups

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ABOUT US

The Geological Society of London is the UK national society for geoscience, providing support to over 12,000 members in the UK and overseas. Founded in 1807, we are the oldest geological society in the world.

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Annual Report 2018

The Annual Review summarises Society activities over the past year.

It is distributed to all members with the May issue of the Fellowship magazine Geoscientist.

This allows Fellows a month to read it before our Annual General Meeting, which will be held on 6 June 2019.

Contents:

Read the 2018 Annual Review

See the 2018 Annual Report and Financial Statements

Download the Annual Report

See the archive of past reports

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