Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) Datapages Quo Vadis? It’s all about maps, you see?

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG/Datapages Who are we today? Who are we today? digital publishing program of AAPGdigital publishing program of AAPG archive upstream literature databasearchive upstream literature database GIS data are publications, tooGIS data are publications, too ongoing GIS initiativeongoing GIS initiative

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Digital Publishing Indispensible to the petroleum geologist Indispensible to the petroleum geologist applied researchapplied research oil and gas analogsoil and gas analogs new technologynew technology rapid publicationrapid publication

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Digital Publishing AAPG Bulletin online AAPG Bulletin online Combined Publications archive database Combined Publications archive database Search and Discovery Search and Discovery GIS UDRIL & GIS programs GIS UDRIL & GIS programs

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Digital Publishing AAPG Bulletin online monthly AAPG Bulletin online monthly as a members-only productas a members-only product now including GIS files, audio podcasts now including GIS files, audio podcasts AAPG BulletinNet for librariesAAPG BulletinNet for libraries participation in GSWparticipation in GSW Environmental Geosciences Environmental Geosciences eventually all services will be duplicatedeventually all services will be duplicated

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Digital Publishing Combined publications archive Combined publications archive our primary businessour primary business content driven by E&P considerationscontent driven by E&P considerations available 24/7 in all time zonesavailable 24/7 in all time zones connectivity connectivity redundancy redundancy much “gray” literaturemuch “gray” literature local and regional pubs local and regional pubs field trip guides as a source for data field trip guides as a source for data

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Digital Publishing Pay Per View alternative to a full archive database subscription Pay Per View alternative to a full archive database subscription the complete database is herethe complete database is here discounts for bulk pricingdiscounts for bulk pricing

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Digital Publications Search and Discovery.net Search and Discovery.net rapidrapid public access (no fee)public access (no fee) incl. Google, etc incl. Google, etc all AAPG meeting paper abstractsall AAPG meeting paper abstracts conference videos conference videos original papers as well as reprintedoriginal papers as well as reprinted

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Digital Publishing What consitutes a publication? What consitutes a publication? OK, we know about books, journals, articles, and abstracts …OK, we know about books, journals, articles, and abstracts … What about databases?What about databases? data georeferenced to lat/long data georeferenced to lat/long composited from multiple studies (data mining) composited from multiple studies (data mining) What about single maps?What about single maps? a map is a graphic expression of much data a map is a graphic expression of much data

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Quo Vadis? Upstream archives database? Upstream archives database? New collections all the timeNew collections all the time Indonesia Petroleum Association (2006) Indonesia Petroleum Association (2006) Kansas, Tulsa geological societies (2006) Kansas, Tulsa geological societies (2006) Trinidad & Tobago, Pacific basin (2007) Trinidad & Tobago, Pacific basin (2007) Russian o&g translations (2007) Russian o&g translations (2007) Third-party cross-linkingThird-party cross-linking GeoRef, Google Scholar, Petroleum Abstracts GeoRef, Google Scholar, Petroleum Abstracts Third-party sales representationThird-party sales representation

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Quo Vadis? GIS UDRIL and the GIS pipeline GIS UDRIL and the GIS pipeline industry-sponsored projectindustry-sponsored project Upstream Digital Reference Information Library Upstream Digital Reference Information Library a mountain of georeferenced dataa mountain of georeferenced data available in available in non-sponsoring companies non-sponsoring companies university subscriptions university subscriptions single products available under 5-year plan single products available under 5-year plan

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Quo Vadis? AAPG’s GIS Initiative AAPG’s GIS Initiative special Spatial Editor nowspecial Spatial Editor now GIS committee drivenGIS committee driven pilot projects immediately available pilot projects immediately available E&P priorities E&P priorities E&P funded (money AND data) E&P funded (money AND data) mission for technology transfermission for technology transfer small independents need GIS to compete small independents need GIS to compete training and publications training and publications

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) AAPG Quo Vadis? Spatial (graphic) searching launching now Spatial (graphic) searching launching now allows comprehensive search without knowing topicsallows comprehensive search without knowing topics allows simultaneous search of text documents with GIS, other media, etc.allows simultaneous search of text documents with GIS, other media, etc. eventual integration of vendor data (proprietary), and government (public) data in the same searcheventual integration of vendor data (proprietary), and government (public) data in the same search

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) Next Generation?

Electronic Resources Forum October 23, 2006 Philadelphia Marriott (GSA) Q & A?