Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING)
JOHN WHELAN LIBRARY BULLETIN No. 26 - 11/03/2002
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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 located on the sixth floor of
Mayantigo building, the observatory's sea-level base in Santa Cruz de La Palma.
The SLO Library is split into a Book Library and a Periodical Library both
located on the same floor.
Contents
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1. DONATIONS
2. NEW BOOK ACQUISITIONS
1. DONATIONS
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- Ian Ridpath donated the book "Space - A photographic guide to the universe".
- Almudena Zurita Munoz donated a copy of her PhD thesis.
2. NEW BOOK ACQUISITIONS
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The following books have arrived recently. If location 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. 'Sun Certified Solaris 8 System Administrator', Paul Watters, McGraw-Hill,
2002.
2. 'The properties of the ionized interstellar medium in spiral galaxies',
Almudena Zurita Munoz, 2001.
3. 'Small-telescope astronomy on global scales - IAU Colloquium 183 - ASP
Conf. Series Vol. 246", Wen-Ping Chen, Claudia Lemme, and Bohdan
Paczynski (editors), ASP, 2001. Location: SLO Book Library.
4. 'The central kiloparsec of starbursts and AGN: the La Palma connection -
ASP Conf. Series Vol. 249', J. H. Knapen, J. E. Beckman, I. Shlosman, and
T. J. Mahoney (editors), ASP, 2001. Location: SLO Book Library.
5. 'Magnetic fields across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram - ASP Conf.
Series Vol. 248', G. Mathys, S. K. Solanki, and D. T. Wickramasinghe
(editors), ASP, 2001. Location: SLO Book Library.
6. 'Dynamics of star clusters and the Milky Way - ASP Conf. Series Vol.
228', S. Deiters, B. Fuchs, A. Just, R. Spurzem, and R. Wielen (editors),
ASP, 2001. Location: SLO Book Library.
7. 'Gas and galaxy evolution: A conference in honor of the 20th anniversary
of the VLA - ASP Conf. Series Vol. 240', J. E. Hibbard, M. P. Rupen, and
J. H. van Gorkom (editors), ASP, 2001. Location: SLO Book Library.
8. 'Space - A photographic guide to the universe', Ian Ridpath, The Times,
Times Books, 2002.
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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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