The impact of new media on 20th century astronomy

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Jul 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002an....323..542h&link_type=abstract

Astronomische Nachrichten, vol. 323, no. 6, p. 542-547

Computer Science

Databases

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History, Information Handling, Catalogues, Databases, Publishing, Methodologies

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This paper offers a few comments on the impact and changing sociology of astronomy information handling over the past century (especially its last third), drifting from individual measurements or records to catalogues and data centres, and moving recently from information hubs to distributed digital research facilities including the current projects of so-called `virtual observatories'. After an introductory part and some notes on personal experience, the paper discusses data centres, methodologies, electronic publishing, as well problems and challenges inherited from the new media: fragility, security and ethics, not to forget the most important one, quality.

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