Introduction- Preface
- Conference Overview
- Dedication
- Organizing Committees
- Friends of LISA IV Committees
- Conference Sponsors
- List of Participants
- Welcome Address to LISA IV
J. Plásek - Conference Photograph
- Photos published in the Proceedings
- Additional Conference Photographs designed at Observatoire Bordeaux
- Obtaining a Print Copy of the Proceedings
- A Note from the Editor of the Electronic Proceedings
I. Changes
in Libraries and Librarians' Tasks- CFHT's Hawaiian Starlight: Astronomical
CCD Wide-Field Imaging for Public Outreach
J.-C. Cuillandre - The Librarian as Teacher: Instructing
the Next Generation of Information-Literate Scientists at
Case Western Reserve University
W. P. Claspy - Information Dissemination: Exploring
the Librarian's Role in Public Relations
V. Smith
- Physical vs. Virtual Astronomy
Libraries - Overview
M. Cummins - What's the Difference between a
"Reading Room" and a "Library"?
J. Holmquist - Astronomy Library - An Endangered
Species in a Small Country?
E. Isaksson - The Existence and Development of the
Astronomical Library in the Digital Age
K. Zhang - Proposal for a Centralized
Astronomy and Astrophysics Facility for the
Universities: an Endeavour by IUCAA, Pune, India
N. Bawdekar - Physical vs Virtual Astronomy
Libraries - Discussion
M. Cummins
II. The Astronomy
Information Network- Virtual Observatories: the Future of
Astronomical Information
P. J. Quinn - Networking of Bibliographical
Information: Lessons Learned for the Virtual Observatory
F. Genova and D. Egret - The Russian Virtual
Observatory
O. B. Dluzhnevskaya, O. Yu. Malkov, A. A. Kilpio, E. Yu. Kilpio, D. A. Kovaleva, and L. A. Sat - Virtual Observatory - India: Information
Support for Remote Users
V. Alladi, C. Birdie, N. Bawdekar, A. Kembhavi, and G. Sheshadri
III. Electronic Publications: Trends, Collaborations and
Models- Electronic Journal Publishing Seven Years
On: Is the Revolution Over or Just Beginning?
E. Owens - IoPP in 2002: Publishing Developments
for the Physics Community
T. O'Rourke - Mergers, Acquisitions and Access:
STM Publishing Today
K. Robertson - PASA - An Electronic-only Model for
a Professional Society-owned Astronomy Journal
M. C. Storey
- Observatory Publications -- Quo Vadis?
A. Holl and M. Vargha
IV. Preservation
and History of Astronomy- The Past in the Present: Some Thoughts
on the Preservation of Historical Material in Active
Observatories
P. D. Hingley - Digital History: Problem of Creation of
Resources
Z. Uhlír - Preserving Observatory Publications:
Microfilming, Scanning... What's Next?
D. J. Coletti - Current and Future Holdings of the
Historical Literature in the ADS
G. Eichhorn, A. Accomazzi, C. S. Grant, M. J. Kurtz, and S. S. Murray - YODA: The Yerkes Observatory Digital
Archive
J. A. Bausch - Maria Mitchell's Legacy to
Vassar College: Then and Now
F. Grabowska
V. Panel: Developing
Nations- The Future of Consortia among Indian
Libraries - FORSA Consortium as Forerunner?
C. Birdie and V. Alladi - Access to the Astronomical
Literature through the NASA Astrophysics Data System from
Developing Countries
G. Eichhorn, A. Accomazzi, C. S. Grant, M. J. Kurtz, and S. S. Murray - Offering More Information to
Astronomers
H. Guo - Astronomical Information Services:
What Can We Do When Problems become Big Problems?
J. M. Sainz Ballesteros
VI. New Tools
and Perspectives
- How to Succeed in Astronomy
without Having to Use a Telescope, or a Librarian's Guide to
High Impact Papers
S. Stevens-Rayburn and E. N. Bouton - Towards an Automated Retrieval
of Publications based on Telescope Observations
U. Grothkopf and A. Treumann - Observatory Publications and
Citations
D. R. Crabtree and E. P. Bryson - Bibliometric Investigations
at the Special Astrophysical Observatory RAS
E. Filippova - A Bibliometric Study to Manage a
Journal Collection in an Astronomical Library: Some Results
M. Gomez - The NASA Astrophysics Data System:
Obsolescence of Reads and Cites
M. J. Kurtz, G. Eichhorn, A. Accomazzi, C. S. Grant, D. M. Thompson, E. H. Bohlen, and S. S. Murray
- Exploring Bibliographic Collections using
Concept Hierarchies
J. Mothe, D. Egret, C. Chrisment, and K. Englmeier - Identifying the Important Papers for
One Astronomical Object
S. Lesteven and P. Dubois - Vocabulary Mapping in the NASA ADS:
Prospects for Practical Subject Access
J. Lee and D. Dubin
- Navigating from Publications
to Astronomical Databases
F. Ochsenbein, C. Bertout, J. Lequeux, and F. Genova
VII. Astronomy Users - The International Astronomical Union
Working Group on Publishing
M. C. Storey - Photometry and Spectroscopy of
Variable Stars using the NASA ADS and the SIMBAD Database
M. Wolf - Exponential Growth of
Scientific Information and Orientation in World Wide Web
T. Dorokhova - Bibliographical Search: Keep a
Critical Eye on Your Result
P. Dubois - Concluding Remarks: LISA
Meetings, Past and Present
B. G. Corbin
VIII. Posters
- Mining the Web: How Useful is the
Global Public Library?
R. Albrecht and P. B. Boyce - Professional Astronomy without
a Librarian
H. Andernach - The Information Resources in
Arcetri Astrophysics Observatory: Between
Metadata and Semantic Web
R. Baglioni and A. Gasperini - Analysis of the Publication Pattern of
Radio Astronomers from india during 1990-2001
S. Barve and Gopal Krishna - Lowell Observatory Archives Image
Database
A. Beiser, P. Houlahan, E. Nettell, and A. Stone - The Cost and the Use of Serials in
Italian Astronomical Libraries
F. Brunetti, M. Marra, E. Olostro Cirella, and L. Schiavone - Document Delivery and Interlibrary
Loan in INAF Libraries: A Proposal
F. Brunetti and F. Martines - The Ancient Book Collection of
the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory:
Iconography Online
I. S. Cecere, E. Olostro Cirella, and E. Stendardo - Communicating and Networking by
Astronomy Librarians
M. Cummins and U. Grothkopf - T-REX is not Lord but Mate in
Information Land
T. Dorokhova and N. Dorokhov - The Historical Archive of the
Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory: Antonio and Giorgio Abetti
Archive
A. Gasperini and R. Baglioni - Annual Reports of
Observatories
U. Grothkopf and E. Bryson - Astronomy Library in a Small
Country - A Rare Species
E. Isaksson - The Pulkovo Observatory Library
Develops Electronic Services
N. Markova - Investigation of Metadata
Applications at Palermo Astronomical Observatory
F. Martines and F. Morale - A Comparative Study of the
Distribution of Authors of the "Revista Mexicana de Astronomía
y Astrofísica" with the Application of the Lotka Law
V. Mata-Acosta and M. E. Jiménez-Fragozo - The Argentinian Astronomers and
their Resistance to Change
E. F. Nievas - An Astronomical Library at
Large
E. Olostro Cirella, P. Paura, M. Gargano, and M. T. Fulco - The Capodimonte Astronomical
Observatory Historical Archive: A Multipurpose Tool
E. Olostro Cirella - The Set of Brochures on Comets
in the Pulkovo Observatory Library
E. Potter - Free Online Resources on
Rare and Antique Books in Astronomy
D. Randazzo - Evolution of the AAO
Library
S. Ricketts - Astrophysics Production in
INSU until 2000: What Image is Conveyed by the Los Alamos
and ADS Databases?
N. Robert - The Information Professional
at Crossroads
K. C. Satpathy - The Library of Odessa
Astronomical Observatory
T. V. Shevchuk - Educational Resources on
Supernovae for Children
J. T. Struck - Gothard Astrophotographic
Plate Library: Digitization and Archiving of the Original Plates
taken by Eugen von Gothard at the End of the XIXth Century
I. J. Vincze, I. Jankovics, and J. Kovács
Author Index