The Unit is primarily responsible for the compilation and dissemination of information generated by the staff of the Council for Geoscience as well as the acquisition of information from other Geoscience Institutions and published sources for use by researchers within the organisation and the South African geoscience community. Editing Services Editing Services is responsible for the linguistic editing, proofreading, translation, compilation and layout of manuscripts submitted for publication.
Printing is contracted out to commercial publishers.
The Section also provides assistance regarding linguistic problems and geological terminology to staff of the Council. Editing Services also liaises with Cartographic Services to ensure the correctness of legends and text on sheet maps. Several publications authored by Working Groups of this Subcommittee have been published by Editing Services, including 'The Bauxite Deposits of the SADC region' and 'The Heavy Mineral Sand Deposits of the SADC region'. The main product in this series is the geological map of South Africa. This map is frequently revised and the latest edition was published in 1997.