Library display for Making Light of Gravity Conference (July 2008)

This years IoA Conference 'Putting Gravity to Work' is in honour of Prof. Andy Fabian. In the Library we have on display the 'Top Ten' most cited papers of Prof. Fabian as well as a special display of books on x ray astronomy.

IoA Library Bulletin 35: now online (April 2008)

The IoA Library Bulletin is now available online, not just stuck in Institute pigeon holes. This latest issue has lots about the Newall telescope and lots of hypertext links. Check it out at: Bulletin 35

IoA Open Afternoon (Saturday 15 March 2008)

The IoA Library contribution to the Open Afternoon was a display about the history of the Newall Telescope (1870). This 25-inch refractor by Thomas Cooke of York was for a short time the largest telescope in the world. It was based in Cambridge from 1890-1955. The Library display was entitled 'A Monster Telescope' and featured original photographs, manuscripts and other items connected with this great telescope. There were over 270 visitors to the display. Recent archeology has revealed the foundations of the Newall Dome on the site of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology. The display will remain open from 2.00-5.00pm until the 20th of March.

Book of the Month (March 2008)

The IoA Library 'Book of the Month' for March is: 'Dark Side of the Universe: dark matter, dark energy, and the fate of the cosmos' by Iain Nicolson, Baltimore, The John Hopkins University Press, 2007. For a 'dark' subject this is an exceptionally well-illustrated book!

IoA Library Bulletin: now online (January 2008)

The IoA Library Bulletin is now available online, not just stuck in Institute pigeon holes. This latest issue has all about the new online access to Cambridge University Press journals and includes direct links. Check it out at: Bulletin 34

Webb Society AGM (Nov 2007)

The Library mounted a small display featuring books and journals showing the 1892 discovery of Comet Holmes. Many remarked how similar the Comet has appeared in this years observations.

IoA Library Bulletin: now online (September 2007)

The IoA Library Bulletin is now available online, not just stuck in Institute pigeon holes or posted to the select few! Issue 1 came out back in January 1999 and it has come out normally once a term ever since. It contains a mixture of library news and new books. Check it out at: Bulletin 33

Dewhirst Classification available online (July 2007)

The numbers used to classify books in the IoA Library and arrange them on the shelf are part of a system invented by former IoA librarian Dr David W. Dewhirst in 1966. The system provides a simple numbering system for subjects within astronomy, for example telescopes is 16, relativity is 45, Mars is 95, cosmology is 136 etc. In order to help users of the library, we have mounted the scheme on our website, making an electronic copy available to all users for the first time. Link : Dewhirst Classification

SHA conference and AGM 2008 (July 2007)

The Society for the History of Astronomy (SHA) has chosen the IoA for the location of its 2008 AGM and conference on Saturday the 17th of May 2008, for more details see IoA Librarian, Mark Hurn.