Nearly 30 years ago, when DR was first created, it was easy to categorize the resources available to hazards researchers. Since then a lot has changed. Typewriters have given up the ghost to computers, communication has turned digital, and there are a slew of training and educational offerings that didn’t exist all those years ago.
As these advancements have become more prevalent, it’s been increasingly difficult to fit them under our handy headings of jobs, conferences, and callouts. Now, that’s about to change.
With this issue we introduce you to a new category—Webinars, Training, and Education. Just as the title implies, we plan to provide you each issue with a sample of useful online courses, information about training and certification opportunities, and news about available education programs.
We’re starting off small in this issue, but we’re eager to make this newest offering as valuable to our audience as possible. As always, we welcome your feedback and contributions. Please feel free to send us your thoughts and suggestions as we continue to do all we can to make DR disaster research news you can use.