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New PublicationsCanGeoRefThe American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and the CanadianFederation of Earth Sciences (CFES) have launchedCanGeoRef (www.cangeoref.org), a bibliographic database coveringthe Canadian geoscience literature since the early 1800s.CanGeoRef is the result of a cooperative arrangement betweenCFES and AGI to expand access for smaller companies andindividuals focused on Canadian geoscience to GeoRef, AGI’sglobal bibliographic database for the geosciences. Data havealready been added for Alberta and Manitoba and Ontariois near completion; Newfoundland/Labrador and BritishColumbia will follow shortly.Operational Earthquake Forecasting ReportThe final report of the International Commission onEarthquake Forecasting for Civil Protection, entitled“Operational Earthquake Forecasting: State of Knowledgeand Guidelines for Implementation,” has been published inAnnals of Geophysics (vol. 54, no. 4, 315–391, doi: 10.4401/ag 5350). The complete report can be freely downloaded fromhttp://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/5350.The report has been accepted by the ItalianDepartment of Civil Protection, which commissioned thestudy immediately following the L’Aquila earthquake of 6April 2009. Although written in response to this request, theCommission intends for the report will be useful to othercountries developing operational forecasting procedures andprotocols.Rapid Observation of Vulnerability and Estimationof RiskThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hasreleased Rapid Observation of Vulnerability and Estimationof Risk (ROVER), free, mobile software for pre- and postearthquakebuilding safety screening. ROVER is availableon CD-ROM (FEMA P-154 ROVER CD) from the FEMAPublications Warehouse or via online download. ROVERautomates two de facto international standard paper-based seismicsafety screening procedures: FEMA P-154, Rapid VisualScreening (RVS) of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards, andATC-20, Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings. Thepre-earthquake module is used by field inspectors to quicklycompile an electronic inventory of buildings, record importantseismic features of a building, and generate an automaticestimate of the need for detailed seismic evaluation. The postearthquakemodule is used to quickly perform and manage thesafety tagging (red, yellow, and green tags) almost universallyapplied to buildings after earthquakes. To order FEMA P-154ROVER on CD from Publications Warehouse, phone 800-480-2520 or fax 240-699-0525; to download the free software,visit www.atc-rover.org.doi: 10.1785/gssrl.82.6.965Seismological Research Letters Volume 82, Number 6 November/December 2011 965

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