Open AccessAGU section‐wide electronic connections: A case history from SPA
Author(s) -
Le Guan,
Russell C. T.,
Luhmann J. G.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/00eo00074
Subject(s) - section (typography) , dissemination , the internet , web site , world wide web , bulletin board , space (punctuation) , executive committee , computer science , political science , library science , internet privacy , business , telecommunications , advertising , management , law , economics , operating system
In the spring of 1994 when the Internet was rapidly expanding and the World Wide Web was still developing,several of us serving in the SPA Section Executive Committee decided to launch an electronic newsletter and section Web site. The purpose of each was multifold. The newsletter would provide a way to rapidly disseminate items of recent interest, allowing widespread, immediate community response when warranted and a venue for advertising events of specific concern to SPA members and others with space physics connections. It would serve as an effective bulletin board for the exchange of useful information; for example, the launch of a spacecraft, the release of a special data set, or notes on honors bestowed upon SPA members.