Practical Aid to Libraries in Developing Countries

Hingley, P D

doi:10.1017/s0251107x00001085

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What Can Astronomers In Developed Countries Do?1

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“…Similarly, I know that the UN/ESA International Workshops have often been the means of introducing a number of computers into countries that otherwise would not have had them so soon. There are likewise several programmes for transferring books and journals to poorer countries (Hingley 2001). One problem about these programmes is that they usually rely Astronomy for Developing Countries 9 on gifts of personal libraries made by retiring astronomers at the ends of their careers.…”

Section: What Can Astronomers In Developed Countries Do?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Astronomy for Developing Countries

Batten¹

2001

Trans. Int. Astron. Union

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Developing countries have many claims on their limited resources and astronomy can expect only a small share of a small “pie”. A useful rule of thumb is that a country’s expenditure on astronomy is likely to be of the same order of magnitude as its per capita Gross National Product multiplied by the number of professional astronomers in the country. In the light of this, we consider how governments of developing countries can help their astronomers, how we can help them and how they can help themselves.

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Section: What Can Astronomers In Developed Countries Do?mentioning

confidence: 99%