We have a new product that we’re testing.

It is something called a Membership.  The working title is “Archive Access” Membership.

It will be available as a yearly, and perhaps also a quarterly subscription.  The price is yet to be determined.

It will be available sometime at the end of 2026 or the beginning of 2027.

General Description:

Your membership subscription will allow you to read ALL OF THE back issues, future issues (and their accompanying supplements) of the Mineralogical Record as you would the paper magazine, on your desktop, laptop, or mobile device.  The versions of these issues will only be available as on-line (you must be logged into your account to read them), READ-ONLY (meaning they cannot be saved, printed or downloaded), PDF Flipbook documents.  There will be a “search for” feature and each individual document will also be searchable.

Once you purchase your Membership subscription, your back issue Flipbooks will be immediately available to you through the website.  You will have to log into your website account to be able to see these issues.  They will not be publicly available anywhere else on the website, so you will have to purchase and be actively paying for an Archive Access Membership Subscription to be able to read them.

ALL BACK ISSUES, FUTURE ISSUES AND SUPPLEMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEW.  Every time there is a new issue/supplement, it/they will be added.

This Membership is being designed for the avid Mineralogical Record reader, mineral collector, mineral educator, mineral dealer and mineral researcher in mind.

You will be able to search for topics, articles, and issues, similar to our current “SEARCH THIS SITE” feature.  Each individual Flipbook will also be searchable.  To view Flipbook samples, see our “Magazine Issues Sample” page.  (specifically the column on the left via the drop-downs)

And as in our digital issues, you will be able to enlarge both photos and font for better viewing and video links will also be available on some of the photos in the “What’s New” sections.

There may also be other features not yet listed here.

These on-line, Flipbook magazines cannot be “owned”.  They cannot be downloaded into a computer.  If you want to download digitized PDFs you either need to purchase them HERE, or get a Digital Subscription HERE.  Or click on one of the links below for more options.

For more information contact the Circulation office at 520-529-7281 or email us at gemgypsy@bellsouth.net or tom.gressman@minrec.org   We welcome your comments and suggestions.