Article ID: CBB384040311

Astronomical observatory publications: information exchange before the Internet era (2022)

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For decades, perhaps even centuries, the exchange of publications between observatories was the most important source of information on new astronomical results, either in the form of observational data or new scientific theories. In particular, small observatories or institutions used this method. The exchange of physical material between observatories has now been replaced by the exchange of information via the Internet. Yet much of the ancient material has never been digitized and can only be found in the few existing collections of observatory publications. A recent donation of such a collection from the University of Copenhagen to our own library at the University of Southern Denmark has led us to investigate the uniqueness of such collections: Which observatories and publications are represented in the collections that still exist today? We also examine the availability of the material in the collections.

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Authors & Contributors
Plutniak, Sébastien
Connor, J. T. H.
Daling, Dorien
Howard, Nicole Christine
Lambert, Kevin Thomas
Peterson, Paul D.
Journals
Social Studies of Science
Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Archives of Natural History
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Environment and History
Publishers
Franz Steiner Verlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Virginia Press
Springer Nature
Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Concepts
Communication within scientific contexts
Scholarly publishing
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Knowledge circulation
Print culture
Correspondence and corresponding
People
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Sacrobosco, Johannes de
Lowe, Richard Thomas
Time Periods
19th century
21st century
17th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Europe
Netherlands
Ontario (Canada)
Ottoman Empire
Italy
Poland
Institutions
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
American Phytopathological Society
University of Copenhagen
Østervold Observatory
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM)
Rundetaarn (Round Tower) Observatory
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