From: Uta Grothkopf <esolib@eso.org>

Date: 31 March 2008 15:01:51 GMT+02:00

To: PAMNET@LISTSERV.ND.EDU

Subject: Astronomy: PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT - LISA VI

Reply-To: "Mrs.Nirupama Bawdekar" <nub@iucaa.ernet.in>

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@iucaa.ernet.in

Thanks and Regards,

Y.M.Patil

FORSA Coordinator