Museum and Samples Archives

Collections:- 200 rock 80 minerals, 25 posters and other materials. It is the primary repository of geological specimens in Ethiopia.

,Way of Information Dissemination

Objectives of GIC :-Collecting, organizing, archiving, promoting, exchanging, and inseminating of geo-science information to the geoscientific  community.

Documentation and Library
Collection
2603 reports, 1393 published and unpublished maps, 896 company reports, 6398 government publications, 1600 books,1744 periodicals, 271 VHS, aerial photographs, satellite images microfilms and other materials.

Bibliographic Meta Databases and Digital Data
Bibliographic Database
METADATABASE: ENRAMED, is Ethiopian Natural Resource and Environmental Metadata base, as a partner GSE contributes more than 2500 GSE records on Ethiopian, reports, Resource and Environmental sciences. WWW.geoinfo.uneca.org

SIGAfrique Network (GIS Africa) Network Project
Ethiopia, (GSE) through its participation in the GIS Africa (SIGAFRIQUE) project has entered more than 2600 records in the PANGIS database . WWW.sigafrique.net

Geological Survey of Ethiopia Mineral Occurrence Database:-
Mineral occurrence Database developed by the British Geological Survey in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Ethiopia (GSE) as part of Geologcal survey and Investment Promotion Study 2005-2006.

GeoRef CD-ROM Database: - It is the CD-ROM version of the American Geological Survey’s Geosciences Database, containing over 1.9 million records covering North America and other countries including Ethiopia (1933 to 1996).