REQUEST FOR INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS TO FRIENDS OF LISA V

Cross-posted to Astrolib, PAMnet, and PAM-APF

Dear Colleagues,

The Fifth Library and Information Services in Astronomy conference (LISA
V) will be held at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, in June 2006, co-sponsored by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries. Very successful and
productive LISA conferences have been held previously in 1988, 1995,
1998, and 2002.

The Friends of LISA (FOL) Committee hopes to assist astronomy librarians
in resource-poor countries to attend this conference by collecting
sufficient funds to cover their housing, a small per diem, and, in some
cases, travel expenses.  We are receiving generous donations from
vendors and institutions for FOL V, and are now requesting individual
donations.  By helping our colleagues to keep pace with the latest
trends, we will enable them to return as leaders and experts to their
institutions and to their local and national library communities.
Donations will benefit both the librarians who would not otherwise be
able to attend without this financial assistance and the other attendees
who will reap the rewards of a richer and more diverse conference.

FOL was able to raise funds from many vendors, institutions and
individuals for previous meetings, to the joy of grateful librarians
from all over the world.  Funds raised by FOL for LISA IV, for example,
allowed 29 librarians from 13 countries to attend the meeting.  Their
attendance enriched the meeting itself as well as the individuals and
instititutions thus assisted.

Thank you in advance for your contribution.  Your name will appear in
conference materials and on the LISA V Web page as an individual donor.
If you have questions, please email a member of the FOL Committee (see
below).

Please make checks payable to Friends of LISA and mail to Ellen N.
Bouton, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Rd.,
Charlottesville VA 22903-2475 USA.

                        Sincerely,

                        Ellen Bouton
                        for the Friends of LISA V Committee

Ellen Bouton
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
ebouton@nrao.edu

Elizabeth Bryson
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp
bryson@cfht.hawaii.edu

Brenda Corbin
United States Naval Observatory, Retired
corbin.brenda@usno.navy.mil

Jessica Moy
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
moy@noao.edu