LISA Conferences
Library and Information Services in Astronomy

This site provides links to past and future LISA conference pages and proceedings

LISA Manual:

How to Organize "Library and Information Services in Astronomy" Conferences. Compiled by previous LISA organizers.

Chapter on LISA conferences:

Corbin, B.G. & U. Grothkopf: LISA – The Library and Information Services in Astronomy conferences. In: Organizations and strategies in astronomy (OSA), vol. 7, A. Heck (ed.), Springer, Dordrecht, ISBN 1-4020-5300-2, in press (http://www.eso.org/libraries/lisaconferences.pdf)

LISA V: Common Challenges, Uncommon Solutions
Location and Date:	Cambridge, MA, USA, June 18-21, 2006, co-hosted by the John G. Wolbach Library & Information Resource Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Libraries of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Call for Papers:	http://www.eso.org/libraries/lisa5/papers.html
Print and Electronic Conference Proceedings:	to be published within the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series, eds.: Sandra Ricketts, Eva Isaksson & Christina Birdie
Photo Gallery:	LISA V Photos

LISA IV: Emerging and Preserving - Providing Astronomical Information in the Digital Age
Location and Date:	Prague, Czech Republic, July 2-5, 2002, hosted by the Astronomical Institute Charles University Prague and the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences
Print Conference Proceedings:	Published by the U.S. Naval Observatory, 2003. Contact: Brenda Corbin, corbin.brenda@usno.navy.mil).
Electronic Conference Proceedings:	Available at http://www.eso.org/libraries/lisa4/ and via ADS
Photo Gallery:	in the proceedings, additional LISA IV Photo Gallery, maintained by Simon Pasquier

LISA III: Managing Change Gracefully
Location and Date:	Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, April 21-24, 1998, hosted by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC)
Print Conference Proceedings:	Published in the ASP Conference Series, vol. 153
Electronic Conference Proceedings:	Available at http://www.eso.org/libraries/lisa3/ and http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/lisa3/
Photo Gallery:	LISA III Photo Gallery, maintained by Ellen Bouton.

LISA II:

Location and Date: Garching, Germany, May 10-12, 1995, hosted by the European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Print Conference Proceedings: Published in Vistas in Astronomy, vol. 39, 1995, pt. 2.

Electronic Conference Proceedings: Full texts of papers in Vistas in Astronomy are accessible only for ScienceDirect subscribers. Abstracts as well as some papers are also available via the conference program.

Remarks: IAU Technical Workshop

LISA I:
Location and Date:	Washington, DC, USA, July 26 - August 1, 1988, hosted by the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO)
Print Conference Proceedings:	Published by the U.S. Naval Observatory: Library and Information Services in Astronomy, Proceedings of the 110th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union held in Washington, DC, USA, 26 July -1 August 1988, George A. Wilkins and Sarah Stevens-Rayburn (eds.), Washington, DC: U.S. Naval Observatory, 1989. xv, 244 p. For spare copies, contact Brenda Corbin, USNO
Electronic Conference Proceedings:	Contents table (pdf) / full text of articles from ADS
Remarks:	IAU Colloquium 110

LISA Conferences Library and Information Services in Astronomy

LISA Conferences
Library and Information Services in Astronomy