We have an exciting monthly series on the Geological Curators' Group blog called News from the Sector. We wanted a title that, in the great sea of social media, would tell someone at a glance what they should expect. Each month, this series will feature the latest geological and palaeontological news, jobs, exhibitions, and conferences that might tickle your fancy, if you are of the geoscience-appreciating-persuasion.
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We have just installed a links database into our Resources section - we hope it will grow to contain references to a huge set of pages which are useful to the geological curation community. You can find the page here, if you have any queries please e-mail them to
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To celebrate, we have also released number 5 of the current Volume of Geological Curator under our two year open access policy. Why not download it, and if you like the content, consider Membership of GCG!
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GCG members and supporters may find the attached letter from the Earth Science Teachers Association useful.
Many of you are aware I am sure, that unlike other science or humanities subjects, Geology has always been one of the smaller uptake subjects, despite the amazing selling points of fieldwork experiences, and the core topic materials which focus on the fundamentals of things around us and the future of the planet, being able to “look backwards to look forwards” when looking at specimens in museums is an amazing thing.