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	BSSA Online Becomes the Official Journal of Record

 
The SSA Board of Directors voted to change the official "journal of record" from the print edition to the HTML electronic edition. This decision was based on a recommendation from BSSA Editor Andy Michael that was endorsed by the Publications Committee. The decision continues the implementation of our commitment to electronic publishing. Steps have been taken to ensure that the online edition is truly archival. The static print edition will generally reflect the electronic edition (minus electronic supplements). If there are other differences between the two editions then the electronic edition will be the archival standard. Early in 2010, authors will be given the option of displaying their figures in color in the online edition and printing the same figure in black and white in the print edition.

For the present, articles will still be posted to the BSSA Online edition in groups as a discrete issue, not as individual papers. The print and pdf versions will still display page numbers as well as Digital Object Identifiers (DOI's). (Beginning with Vol. 99: No.4, the August 2009 issue, online pdf files have all of the links between references, figures, and tables—where they are mentioned—and links to external Web sites and the electronic supplements.)

	Bill Iwan to be Awarded First Bolt Medal

 
Wilfred (Bill) D. Iwan, Emeritus Professor of Applied Mechanics at the California Institute of Technology, has been chosen as the first recipient of the Bruce Bolt Medal, which is awarded jointly by SSA, the Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS), and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).

Iwan is honored for his many accomplishments in advancing earthquake strong-motion monitoring networks and instrumentation in the United States and internationally, his research accomplishments in earthquake engineering and engineering seismology, and his effective leadership roles in professional organizations to further the acquisition and application of strong-motion data. Notable among . . . [Full Text of this Article]