Wed, 1 Mar 2023 14:00:00 GMT.
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has today announced that all journals published by the Society will be Open Access (OA) from January 2024. This move will enable everyone in the global community to have free, immediate, and unrestricted access to the high-quality research published in the portfolio of RAS journals. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (MNRASL), and Geophysical Journal International (GJI) will join RAS Techniques and Instruments (RASTI), a new journal launched by the Society in 2021, in being fully OA. The RAS journals portfolio will continue to publish alongside Astronomy & Geophysics, the RAS s magazine for its Fellows, which will see no change. More.

Mon, 4 Apr 2022 14:00:00 GMT.
From 4th of April 2022, newly accepted A&A articles will publish under a CC-BY 4.0 license allowing authors to retain the copyright and others to share and adapt the content. A Creative Commons license also enables authors to be fully compliant with the open access requirements of their institution or funding organisation(s). With the release of other articles under embargo, all content will be freely available for everyone to access and read. More.

Wed, 1 Sep 2021 14:00:00 GMT.
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced the switch of its prestigious journals to fully open access (OA) as of 1 January 2022. Under this change, all articles in the AAS journal portfolio will be immediately open for anyone to freely read. The transition will affect the Astronomical Journal (AJ), the Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJL), and the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ApJS); the Planetary Science Journal, the AAS's newest journal published in partnership with its Division for Planetary Sciences, is already fully open access. More.

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:00:00 GMT.
From 2017, the journals of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) will now be included in IOPscience extra. In prior years, the journals of the AAS were only available as stand-alone subscriptions. This includes The Astronomical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal.

Sat, 09 Jul 2016 14:00:00 GMT.
Nature Astronomy will start publication in 2017, more information here: http://www.nature.com/natastron/

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT.
The library online access to MNRAS is not longer based on IP recognition, but on login. Please contact the librarian to get an username and password.

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:00:00 GMT.
Michael J. Way et al., 2012, "Advances in machine learning and data mining for astronomy".

J. Binney and M. Merrifield, 1998, "Galactic Astronomy".

J. Binney and S. Tremaine, 2008, "Galactic Dynamics", 2nd edition.

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:00:00 GMT.
Mikkel Thomas Boje Nielsen, 2013, "X-Ray Emissions from Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae", PhD thesis.

David Barrie, 2014, "Sextant : A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans", Williams Collins.

Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Dietrich Lemke (eds), 2008, "Advanced Optical and Mechanical Technologies in Telescopes and Instrumentation - Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7018", Spie Proc. Vol. 7018.

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:00:00 GMT.
Kars Verbeek, 2013, "Evolved stars in Galactic Plane surveys", PhD thesis.

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT.
Association for Project Management, 2012, "The APM Body of Knowledge 6th edition".
Sharon De Mascia, 2012, "Project Psychology : using psychological models and techniques to create a successful project".

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT.
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, World Scientific editors.

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:00:00 GMT.
Eric D. Feigelson and G. Jogesh Babu, 2012, "Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy : with R applications".
Steve Jenner, 2012, "A senior managers guide to managing benefits: optimizing the return from investments".

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT.
Astrobiology journal online access has been activated: http://www.liebertpub.com/Products/Product.aspx?pid=99.

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMT.
Elektor magazine is now accesible online: http://www.elektor-magazine.es. Check the library entry in the catalog which contains links to both the online access and the ING digital archive (http://www.ing.iac.es/mayantigo/cdarchive.html), including back issues and more.

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:00:00 GMT.
J. B. Breckinridge, 2012, "Basic Optics for the Astronomical Sciences".

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:00:00 GMT.
Universitat de Valencia, 2012, "A la Luna de Valencia : 10 Biografias de Astronomo a Astronomo".

Wed, 06 Jul 2012 19:00:00 GMT.
Robert J. Tuttle, 2012, "The Fourth Source : Effects of Natural Nuclear Reactors".

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:00:00 GMT.
J.V. Wall, C.R. Jenkins, "Practical statistics for astronomers".

Les Kirkup, "Data analysis for physical scientists : Featuring Excel".

Michael Perryman, "The Exoplanet Handbook".

Luca Amendola and Shinji Tsujikawa, "Dark Energy : Theory and Observations".

Pilar Ruiz Lapuente, "Dark Energy : Observational and Theoretical Approaches".

Robert H. Sanders, "The Dark Matter problem : A historical perspective".

Anil K. Pradhan and Sultana N. Nahar, "Atomic Astrophysics and Spectroscopy".

Philip J. Armitage, "Astrophysics of planet formation".

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:00:00 GMT.
Derek Ward-Thompson, Anthony P. Whitworth, "An introduction to star formation".

H.J. Trussell and M.J. Vrhel, "Fundamentals of digital imaging".

Duran Leblebici, Yusuf Leblebici, "Fundamentals of high-frequency CMOS analog integrated circuits".

Edmund C. Sutton, "Observational astronomy : techniques and instrumentation".

Carole A. Haswell, "Transiting Exoplanets".

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT.
Edmund C. Sutton, "Observational astronomy : techniques and instrumentation".

J.V. Wall, C.R. Jenkins, "Practical statistics for astronomers".

R. A. Jansen, "Astronomy with Charged Coupled Devices".

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT.
Simon Tulloch, "Scientific Imaging in the Visible and Near Infra-red".

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMT.
Michelle Fayet, Jean-Denis Commeignes, 2006, "Redacte Informes Profesionales : sepa como utilizarlos en la toma de decisiones para que le permitan alcanzar el exito en sus negocios".

Stanley Bing y Steven L Katz, 2009, "Nuevas Tecnicas para Lideres y Directivos : Los Secretos de los domadores y su aplicacion en el mundo de la empresa".

Stanley Bing y Steven L Katz, 2011, "El Jefe : Manual de Uso"

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT.
"Advanced astrophysics", Neb Duric.
"Discover the Moon", Jean Lacroux and Christian Legrand.
"Dynamics of galaxies", Giuseppe Bertin.
"An introduction to astrobiology", Rothery, David A.
"Radio-frequency electronics", Jon B. Hagen.
"High-speed electronics and optoelectronics", Sheila Prasad, Hermann Schumacher, Anand Gopinath.
"Scientific computation", Gaston H. Gonnet, Ralf Scholl.
"An analog electronics companion", Scott Hamilton.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT.
Annemieke Janssen, 2012, "Three instrumental problems in ACAM : characterisation of the flter set, elimination of scattered light, and design of a new grism", Master thesis.

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:00:00 GMT.
"Adventures in Cosmology", D. Goodstein (editor).
"Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007". Proceedings of a conference held in Athens, Greece 8-11 October 2007.

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:00:00 GMT.
New subscription. Available at the SLO Periodical Library (first displayed at the WHT kitchen).

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:00:00 GMT.
New book acquisition. Available at the New Acquisition Shelf in the SLO Display (6th floor).

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:00:00 GMT.
Moved from print to only online subscription starting 1 Jan 2012.

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:00:00 GMT.
Moved from print to only online subscription starting 1 Jan 2012.

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:00:00 GMT.
The following books have arrived recently and they can be borrowed as usual from the New Acquistion Shelf at the SLO Display on the 6th floor of Mayantigo Building:

- "Incoming! or, Why we should stop worrying and learn to love the meteorite" (T. Nield, 2011)
- "Integrated modeling of telescopes" (T. Andersen and A. Enmark, 2011)
- "Astronomical spectroscopy : an introduction to the atomic and molecular physics of astronomical spectra" (J. Tennyson, 2011)

More information: recent book acquistions.

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT.
Received from the editors of the IBVS: "Starting with issue 6001, IBVS will be published only electronically. The new editors are: L. Szabados, Zs. Bognar and A. Sodor. IBVS will remain a refereed express journal. We will publish short papers in the field of variable star research. For speeding up the publication cycle, we ask authors to submit concise, short papers, but there will be no formal 4-page limit. The Editors. Andras Holl, Konkoly Observatory, H1525 Budapest, P.O.Box 67, Hungary." URL: http://www.konkoly.hu/IBVS/.

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT.
It will cease print publication next 31st December, 2011. It's available online and open access at http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/rmaa.html.

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT.
Subscription to Acta Astronomica will stop next 31st December, 2011. It's available online and open access at http://acta.astrouw.edu.pl/.

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT.
Advances in Astronomy provides a rapid forum for the dissemination of original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of astronomy and astrophysics. Advances in Astronomy is published using an open access publication model, meaning that all interested readers are able to freely access the journal online without the need for a subscription.

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT.
Linux Journal ceased print publication after 31 August 2011 Issue 208.

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT.
We have started the library's eBook collection:

eBook Collection

Books can be either ordered with formats print and/or online from now on. Please let the librarian knows the desired book format when ordering.

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT.
The journal "Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica", including the conference series, has ceased print publication. It is now only online and accesible at http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/rmaa.html.

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT.
Ceased publication after 19 April 2011.

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT.
Ceased after 31 December 2010, vol. 42 no. 4.

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT.
New frequency: annual after 31st December 2010, vol.18 issue 4.