EDITORIALAt last! After almost a year, the <strong>Geological</strong>Curator returns to its traditional format -'with all your old favourites', as the sayinggoes, like 'Lost and Found', 'Notes and News'(under new management), 'Book Reviews', andCING. I trust that any feelings ofdeprivation resulting from the hijacking ofVo1.4, No.7 by the proceedings of 'TheConservation of <strong>Geological</strong> Material'conference were offset by the invaluablenature of its contents. Nevertheless, oneunavoidable consequence of its publication asa normal issue of the journal is that thosemore topical elements of our regular featureslose impact through their delayedappearance; another is that the lag betweensubmission and publication of an article inthe <strong>Geological</strong> Curator has lengthenedunacceptably. Both consequences are plain tosee <strong>here</strong>in, with 'Notes and News' containingthe odd piece of yesterday's news, notpreviously covered in these pages, and onesubmission date from 1985. Such is life . . . .Members who attended the Srighton GCG Meetinon 'S~ecimen documentation and datastandards', organised by John Cooper (BoothZluseum) in June 1985, heard two particularlythoueht urovokine talks from avid Price(~edgwicir PAuseum, Cambridge) and AndrewRoberts (MDA). Out of the general discussionwhich followed these and othir contributionsgrew a proposal that GCG should seek toestablish a two year research project, basedat MDA. to erect a standardised terminoloevfor the recording of geological specimendata. The funding of such an ambitiousproject is no easymatter and, despite theconsiderable efforts of our precedingChairman, Phi1 Doughty, grant-aid has not yetbeen forthcoming. However, iilick Stanley isas determined as his predecessor to see thiswork go ahead, and he intends to take fulladvantage of the new funding opportunitiesopened up by the <strong>Group</strong>'s recent adoption ofcharitable status. In such circumstances thetwo papers published <strong>here</strong>in remain asrelevant today as they were two years ago.Through an oversight on my part I neglectedto obtain the necessary permission fromHorsham Museum Society to reproduce a shortpiece by Sylvia Standing from their Bulletin(No.36 , September 1985). which appeared inthe Geolodcal Curator, Vo1.4, No. 5, p.300,under the title 'One way to dig a dinosaur'.I apologise to the Society for this breach oftheir copyright. Sylvia Standing has fleshedout the story of her discovery and brought usup to date in her letter which appears onp.503.Two cheers for the Geologists Association!First they have produced a 2nd edition oftheir wondrous little booklet. the G.A.Director". It has been compiled byChristopher Green (Royal Holloway and BedfordNew Coilege) and arose originally~from theneed to respond to fairly numerous and verydiverse enquiries received by the G.A.office.It covers all manner of topics, noneof them in great depth and inevitably in awork of this size with many omissions.Nevertheless it is an excellent startingpoint for answering all manner of commonquestions (W<strong>here</strong> can I buy a clinometer?Who sells second hand geology books?) and -<strong>here</strong>'s the best news - the G.A. are happy tosupply muesums with up to 10 free copies, ona first come first served basis.Secondly, the recently established G.A. Fundis contributing a substantial grant in 1987-1988 to support the work of ARtSSEE'sTravelling Geology Curator, with a promise ofcontinuing financial aid for a further threeg years. The scope and formal objectives ofthe G.A. Fund are set out in the Directory;they include 'To provide support forgeological conservation. Such support shallbe available to organisations undertakingpurchase of geological sites for purposes ofconservation; to organisations undertakingthe clearance. maintenance and recording ~- nfsites; and to museums responsible for thecuration of geological material.' Thecontact address for enquiries is TheSecretary, Geologists' Association,Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V SAGGCG Committee (in the form of a 'gang ofthree' - Chris Collins, David Price and HughTorrens) is in the process of refining itscollective wisdom into a published statementof policy on the care of geological specimens.The document will be publiclylaunched at our Mason Conference on 'Thegeological heritage' at the Annual Meeting ofthe British Association for the Advancementof Science in Belfast this August (see p.485)and copies will be distributed to all memberswith the next issue of the <strong>Geological</strong> -.Finally, a plea for help. The utility of theGeoloPical Curator is hampered by the lack ofan index (except for vol.1, compiled by BrianPage and Hugh Torrens). Anyone interested inhelping to remedy this, please turn to theend of this issue, p.537.Peter R. CrowtherEditor, <strong>Geological</strong> <strong>Curators</strong>' <strong>Group</strong>15 :%Tay 1987
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