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New Developments in Documentation and Data Services for Astronomers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

G. A. Wilkins
G. A. Wilkins*
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux Castle Hailsham, East Sussex, England BN27 1RP

Abstract

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The meeting provided a forum in which those responsible for documentation and data services in astronomy could interact with users of these services in an endeavour to establish how new techniques for the distribution and retrieval of information may be used to best advantage by astronomers. The report contains summaries of each of the short papers that were presented during the four sessions and brief accounts of the ensuing discussions. The principal topics were: the preparation and publication of papers and reports; bibliographic data services; electronic-mail facilities; archiving of current observational data; the changing role of libraries; and the maintenance of the historical record of astronomical activities.

Type
Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 8: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1988 , 1989 , pp. 69 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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