We are updating the way you
read the AAPG Explorer so it works better
for how our members and subscribers
learn, work and stay connected today. As
part of our digital-first strategy, the new
AAPG.org is optimized for faster access,
better search, and a clean experience on
any device. The Explorer is also moving
into this digital-first direction so members
everywhere can read, listen and search past
and current issues in one place.
What This Means for You as an
AAPG Member or Explorer Subscriber
Starting in January, you will have access
to an upgraded digital Explorer experience
that brings all past and future issues
together in one place.
Your digital Explorer includes several
upgrades that members have asked for:
- Listen on the go. A built-in “read to
me” option so you can take the Explorer
with you in the car, on a hike, or while
working in the field
- Search everything. Quickly find
articles by topic, region, people or discipline
across 55 years of content.
- Instant access. Read the latest issue
the moment it is published.
- A better browsing experience. Clean
layouts, mobile-friendly reading, and an
archive that goes far beyond a PDF library.
You will continue to receive the printed
Explorer through the end of our fiscal year
in June. Beginning next fiscal year, in July,
print will still be available as an optional
add-on for a small fee.
We would love your help in moving
to digital only earlier if you are ready.
Choosing digital helps us reduce paper use
and also lowers printing and postage costs
for AAPG as a nonprofit.
Do You Want to Be Part of AAPG History?
We are currently still in the process of
immortalizing the Explorer by digitizing
each issue of our 47-years-and-counting
run.
Unfortunately, our archeological
excavation of AAPG headquarters has
revealed some gaps in our records, which
we’re hoping our devoted readers can help
to fill.
The earliest issue we could find in our
archives is November 1979.
Accounts vary with regard to what
constituted the very first issue of the
Explorer, since it emerged gradually from
earlier forms before taking shape into a
full-fledged magazine, so the extent of our
gap prior to November 1979 isn’t entirely
understood.
We are also missing:
- All of 1980, with the exception of November
- For 1981, we are missing January, February, March, April, June and August.
- For 1982, we are missing January.
- For 1983, we are missing March, April, August and December.
- We are missing January 1984.
- We are missing all of 1985, with the exceptions of February, May and September.
- We are missing all of 1986, with the exceptions of June, September and October.
- We are missing January 1987.
- We are missing June 1988.
- We are missing February and June of 1989.
The good news is, we are only missing three issues from the remaining and most recent 36 years of publication:
- May 1990
- August 1997
- January 2000
If you have copies of any of these issues
and would be willing to part with them,
it would be immensely helpful to the
Association.
The scanning-and-digitization process
entails the physical destruction of the
magazine, so we would not be able to
return the issue to you. However, you
would have the satisfaction of knowing it
is your particular issue that has become
immortalized online, and that AAPG’s
historical record has been made complete
due to your contribution.
If you have copies of any of these issues
in your possession, please contact Explorer
Managing Editor Brian Ervin to make
arrangements to ship them: [email protected].