[LIS-Forum] Astronomy: PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT - LISA VI

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Thu Apr 3 15:32:44 IST 2008


Dear Moderator:
Kindly announce the following in LIS Forum.
Y.M.Patil,
RRI,Bangalore.

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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT:  LISA VI

Conferences on Library and Information Services in Astronomy  (LISA)
have been held periodically with the aim of providing a platform to
discuss the state-of-the-art in astronomy librarianship in respect of
information management, storage, retrieval, delivery and preservation
and to discern the new directions in which our profession is evolving.

Over the last two decades, five conferences were held covering a wide
range of subjects including acquisition, organization and maintenance
of books, journals, preprints and other specialized materials both in
print and electronic formats, use of information resources,
astronomical information seeking on the internet/world wide web,
bibliographic and full text astronomy databases, online astronomical
catalogues, changes  in libraries and librarians' tasks, Astronomical
Data Centres, conservation and archiving, preservation and history of
astronomy, electronic publishing trends,bibliometrics, astronomy user
expectations, astronomy libraries in developing countries,
astronomical information network, beyond ADS and GOOGLE, cutting edge
technologies and Virtual Observatory.

Between 1988 to 2006, there were five international seminars, viz.

LISA I:    July 1988, Washington, D.C.,USA
LISA II:   May 1995, Munich, Germany;
LISA III:  May 1998, Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain
LISA IV:   July 2002, Prague, Czech Republic
LISA V:    June 2006, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
                      Cambridge, USA

We are pleased to announce that the LISA VI conference will be held
in India, hosted by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and
Astrophysics (IUCAA), at Pune, in the State of Maharashtra. This
conference will be organized under the auspices of FORSA (Forum for
Resource Sharing in Astronomy and Astrophysics), a group of astronomy
and physics related Institutes in India, during 14-17 February 2010
as per the tradition of organizing LISA once in every four years and
also to enjoy the favorable weather conditions at Pune, India.

The generally accepted theme of the conference will be:

"21st Century Astronomy Librarianship: from new ideas to action"

We are seeking expression of interest from potential  participants
for this conference and any other suggestions at this stage. We
request you to kindly indicate your interest in  participating in
this conference in India to Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar at IUCAA, Pune,
before 30th April 2008.
Kindly send your responses to:

Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar,
Scientific Officer "D",
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA),
Post Bag No.4,Ganeshkhind,
PUNE  - 411 007,  India.
e-mail:nub at iucaa.ernet.in
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Dr.Y.M.Patil
Librarian & FORSA Coordinator,
Raman Research Institute,
Sadashivanagar,
Bangalore 560 080.
ympatil at rri.res.in

Dr.Christina Birdie,
Librarian,
Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
Koramangala,
Bangalore 560 034
chris at iiap.res.in

Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar,
Scientific Officer "D",
Library,
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Post Bag No.4, Ganeshkhind,
Pune 411 007.
nub at iucaa.ernt.in

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