The document discusses the modernization efforts of the Entomological Society of Washington (ESW), including launching a new website in 2008, creating an online membership database, and making its journal Proceedings of the ESW available online from volume 1 through BioOne. It also announces the establishment of an ESW Student Award to encourage submissions to the journal and provides information on registering for the ESW-sponsored HYM Course in August 2014.

1. Eugenio H. Nearns, Ph.D.
USDA Postdoctoral Researcher
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
M.W. Gates
M.L. Buffington
K. Schulz

2. 
Outline
 Intro ESW, PESW
 Modernization efforts
 Student award
 HYM Course
ESW seal

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Entomological Society of
Washington (ESW)
 Founded 1884
▪ C.V. Riley, L.O. Howard, E.A. Schwarz
 Foster study of insects, bring
together those interested
 Spilman 1984 history of first 100
years
ESW seal

4. 
Entomological Society of
Washington (ESW)
 Annual dues only $25
 Monthly meetings
▪ October - June
▪ NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
▪ Recent speakers: John Wenzel,
David Grimaldi, Marc Branham,
Sonny Ramaswamy
November speaker Alma Solis (SEL/USDA)

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Proceedings of the ESW
 March 1886
 Published quarterly
PESW Vol. 1 (1886-1889)

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Proceedings of the ESW
 March 1886
 Published quarterly
 Vols. 1-109 on BHL
 Vols. 110-present: BioOne
PESW Vol. 113(20) 2011

7. 
Proceedings of the ESW
 March 1886
 Published quarterly
 Vols. 1-109 on BHL
 Vols. 110-present: BioOne
 Subject matter
▪ systematics, taxonomy, biology,
behavior, ecology, morphology,
genetics, etc.
 Page charges: $40 members
PESW Vol. 113(20) 2011

8. 
Modernization efforts
 New website launched 2008
▪ entsocwash.org
entsocwash.org

9. 
Modernization efforts
 New website launched 2008
▪ entsocwash.org
 Online membership database
▪ Membership directory
▪ Secure login area for members
entsocwash.org

18. 
Modernization efforts
 New website launched 2008
▪ entsocwash.org
 Online membership database
▪ Membership directory
▪ Secure login area for members
 PayPal to pay dues, page
charges
entsocwash.org

19. 
Modernization efforts
 Online access
▪ Vols. 1-109 via BHL
▪ 2008 to present via BioOne
▪ Indexed by LOCKSS, Portico

20. 
Modernization efforts
 Online access
▪ Vols. 1-109 via BHL
▪ 2008 to present via BioOne
▪ Indexed by LOCKSS, Portico
 Aries Editorial Manager
▪ Secure interface for online
submissions and reviews

21. 
Modernization efforts
 Automate the dissemination
of new taxonomic treatments
published in PESW to
ZooBank and EOL
 Adoption of Plazi workflow
 XML markup of manuscripts
▪ GoldenGATE XML markup editor
▪ TaxonX XML schema
GoldenGATE editor

22. 
ESW Student Award
 Established to encourage
students to submit manuscripts
to PESW
 Call for papers on April 2013
 Open to all HS, undergrad,
graduate students
 Must publish in PESW by Vol.
116(2)

23. 
Student Award
 Finalists invited to ESW
symposium at ESA 2014
 $3,000 cash award for winner
 Encourage students to submit
manuscripts

24. 
ESW sponsors HYM Course
 Learn to ID parasitic and
predatory wasps
 Also covers sawflies, wood
wasps, bees, and ants
HYMCourse.org

25. 
ESW sponsors HYM Course
 Learn to ID parasitic and
predatory wasps
 Also covers sawflies, wood
wasps, bees, and ants

HYM Course 2014
 Eagle Hill Institute
▪ Steuben, Maine
 Aug 17-23, 2014
 Applications due Mar 21
HYMCourse.org

26. 
HYM Course 2015
 Tucuman, Argentina
HYMCourse.org

27. 
ESW officers
 David Adamski, president (2013)
 Floyd Shockley, president (2014)
 Matt Buffington, Program Chair

Publications committee
 Mike Gates, co-editor
 Steve Lingafelter, c0-editor
 Thomas Henry
 Wayne Mathis
 Norm Woodley
entsocwash.org

28. 
Summary
 Modernization of PESW
 Student Award
 HYM Course 2014 registration
entsocwash.org