Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING)
JOHN WHELAN LIBRARY BULLETIN No. 23 18/08/2001
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Also at: http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/library/
John Whelan Library Bulletin is issued at irregular intervals, whenever
there is important news at the library. Suggestions and comments on this
bulletin are welcome.
Note: The INT Library is the library on the first floor of the Isaac Newton
Telescope building and the SLO Library is on the sixth floor of Mayantigo
building, the sea-level base in Santa Cruz de La Palma. The SLO Library is
split into a Book Library and a Periodical Library.
Contents
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1. NEW BORROWING SYSTEM
2. THE CATALOGUE IS ON-LINE!
3. IAU CIRCULARS
4. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PERIODICALS
5. DONATIONS
6. NEW BOOK ACQUISITIONS
7. OTHER NEWS
1. NEW BORROWING SYSTEM
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We have started a new borrowing system at the library which is more
simple than the one being used so far. Below I have summarised the new
rules:
1. NONE of the items at the INT Library or the SLO Periodical Library can be
borrowed.
2. ALL items at the SLO Book Library can be borrowed expect those labeled as
'Not to be taken away' or 'For reference'.
3. NEVER take away a book from the SLO Book Library without filling in a
loan card.
4. To borrow a book, fill in one of the loan cards available at the SLO Book
Library. Please complete all fields legibly.
5. NEVER place a filled loan card on the shelves. Leave it in the 'FILLED
LOAN CARDS' tray at the SLO Book Library instead.
6. Books must be returned within ONE YEAR.
7. When returning a book, DO NOT put it on the shelves (EVEN IF you know the
right place). Leave it in the 'RETURNED BOOKS' tray at the SLO Book Library
instead.
8. If, after having a quick look at a book, you don't know where to put it
back just leave it in 'RETURNED BOOKS' tray at the SLO Book Library.
Your co-operation is essential and I appreciate it.
2. THE CATALOGUE IS ON-LINE!
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The catalogue of books and periodicals is now available on line. Please
follow the link at the library web pages:
http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/library/.
You will find:
- Access to the catalogue of books and periodicals. The catalogue of books
also includes CD-ROMs, dikettes, DVDs and book series.
- In the catlogue of periodicals, direct access to the on-line edition if
available.
- Information on your current loans.
- Information on the pending book orders.
- Etc.
You don't have to logon to the system to make searches but you really need
to if you want to access your personal information. First time you login,
please use your username (at ING, NOT or TNG). If the system replies
that the username already exists please contact me to get the password.
This great software has been developed by Peter Sorensen (ING).
3. IAU CIRCULARS
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The library is subscribed to the IAU circulars so we can receive the latest
circulars as soon as they are delivered. Please let me know if you want to
receive IAU circulars in your email box. If not remember that you can access
the last and previous circulars in the library web pages on the ING
intranet. NOT and TNG users can access them here:
http://www.ing.iac.es/~iaucirc/. I thank Robert Greimel (ING) for having
written the script which fetchs the circulars from email.
4. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PERIODICALS
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- 'Space Science Reviews'. Subscription cancelled.
- 'RB Elektronica & Allesweter'. Old frequency: 10 times a year. New
frequency: 12 times a year.
- 'Resident Abroad'. Ceased publication.
- 'The Universe in the Classroom' went on-line: http://www.astronomy.com.
No print version any more.
- 'Wireless Europe'. New. Displayed at the INT Library.
5. DONATIONS
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- "In the footsteps of Apollo through your telescope", Magda Streicher, 2000.
Donated by the author.
- Several issues of astronomy periodicals were donated by the Swedish Solar
Telescope.
- Peter Sorensen donated the book 'Visual Basic 4 for Windows 95'.
6. NEW BOOK ACQUISITIONS
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The following books have arrived recently and can be found in the SLO Book
Library. If shelf-mark isn't specified, they can be found on the New
Acquisitions shelf in the SLO Periodical Library. All of them can be
borrowed as usual unless they are marked as books not to be taken away.
1. 'The Physics of Galaxy Formation - ASP Conference Series Vol. 222', M.
Umemura and H. Susa (eds), 2001, ASP. Shelf-mark: ASP CONF 222.
2. 'Amateur-Professional Partnership in Astronomy - ASP Conference Series
Vol. 220', John R. Percy and Joseph B. Wilson (eds), ASP, 2001.
Shelf-mark: ASP CONF 220.
3. 'Stars, Gas and Dust in Galaxies: Exploring the Links - ASP Conference
Series Vol. 221', Danielle Alloin, Knut Olsen, and Gaspar Galaz (eds),
ASP, 2001. Shelf-mark: ASP CONF 221.
4. 'Relative Ages of Galactic Globular Clusters: Clues to the Formation and
Evolution of the Milky Way, PhD Thesis', Alfredo R. Rosenberg Gonzalez,
IAC, 1999. Shelf-mark: 523.113 ROS.
5. 'Practical Optical System Layout - Optical & Electro-optical Engineering
Series', Warren J. Smith, McGraw Hill, 1997. Shelf-mark: 535 SMI.
6. 'Digital filters, 3rd edition', R. W. Hamming, Dover Publications, 1989.
Shelf-mark: 621.38 HAM.
7. 'Science with the Large Binocular Telescope - Proceedings of a workshop
held at Ringberg Castle, Bavaria, July 24-29 2000', Tom Herbst, 2001.
Shelf-mark: 522.2 HER.
8. 'Cool stars, stellar systems and the sun - Eleventh Cambridge Workshop -
ASP Conf. Series Vol. 223', Ramón J. García López, Rafael Rebolo, and
María Rosa Zapatero Osorio (eds), ASP, 2001.
9. 'Evolution of binary and multiple star systems - A meeting in celebration
of Peter Eggleton's 60th birthday - ASP Conf. Series Vol. 229', Ph.
Podsiadlowski, S. Rappaport, A. R. King, F. D'Antona and L. Burderi
(eds), ASP, 2001.
10. 'Blazar demographics and physics - ASP Conf. Series Vol. 227',
Paolo Padovani and C. Megan Urry (eds), asp, 2001.
11. 'Solaris 8: the Complete Reference - Covers Solaris 8 operating
environment and SunOS 5 operating system', Paul A. Watters and Sriranga
Veeraraghavan (eds.), McGraw-Hill, 2000.
12. 'Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics II', Jaime Zamorano, Javier Gorgas
and Jesus Gallego (eds.), Kluwer, 2001.
7. OTHER NEWS
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- New site for Astronomy and Astrophysics - A European Journal (now
including A&ASS): http://www.edpsciences.fr/aa/. Issues to 2000 are
available in the old 'Link' site.
Javier Mendez
19/08/2001
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GOLD RULES FOR LIBRARY USERS
1. NONE of the items at the INT Library or the SLO Periodical Library can be
borrowed.
2. ALL items at the SLO Book Library can be borrowed expect those labeled as
'NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY' or 'FOR REFERENCE'.
3. If, after having a quick look at a book, you don't know where to put it back
just leave it in the 'RETURNED BOOKS' tray at the SLO Book Library.
4. NEVER take away a book without filling in a LOAN CARD.
5. NEVER place a filled loan card on the shelves. Leave it in the 'FILLED LOAN
CARDS' tray at the SLO Book Library instead. Books must be returned within one
year.
6. NEVER return a book to the shelves, even if you know the right place.
Leave it in the 'RETURNED BOOKS' tray at the SLO Book Library instead.
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JOHN WHELAN LIBRARY Postal Address:
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) Apartado de correos 321
Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory E-38700 Santa Cruz de La Palma
e-mail: library@ing.iac.es Canary Islands, SPAIN
URL: http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/library/
Current librarian:
Javier Mendez Alvarez Phone: +34-922-425464, 405655
e-mail: jma@ing.iac.es Fax: +34-922-425401
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