Information for Authors

The LISA V conference proceedings will be published in print in the Astronomical Society of Pacific Conference Series. It will also be published online by ASP. Estimated publication date is October/November 2007. Conference participants will receive a copy of the printed proceedings.

The publication data of the volume is as follows:

Library and Information Services in Astronomy V: Common Challenges,
        Uncommon Solutions
Proceedings of a Conference Co-hosted by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center
        for Astrophysics & Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
June 18--21, 2006
Edited by Sandra Ricketts, Christina Birdie, Eva Isaksson
ASP Conference Series Vol. 377
San Francisco: ASP, 2007
ISBN 978-1-58381-316-4

Deadline for manuscripts was September 30, 2006.

Detailed instructions

The manuscripts must be submitted as latex files. You will find the basic asp2006.sty style file, the article template and more specific instructions and templates at the ASP author's information site.

Please download all the necessary files - and do not forget to study the detailed aspauthor2006.pdf instructions file. We have also prepared a a simple latex example for those who wish for an easier start.

Images must be either encapsulated PostScript (.eps) or PostScript (.ps) format. If authors submit images in color, they will be in color on the website but converted to grayscale for the printed book. Please submit a grayscale version if your paper has color images.

Naming convention for your paper should be as follows: Authorsurname1.tex for one paper, Authorsurname2.tex for your second paper if you are writing more than one paper. For figures, Authorsurname1a.ps, Authorsurname1b.ps etc. for one paper, Authorsurname2a.ps etc. for the second paper.

The maximum number of pages for your paper is 8 pages for talks and 4 pages for posters.

Please send all parts of your finished paper, ie. the .tex files and figures, as well as a final version in .pdf format as mail attachments to the following address: lisa5-proc@astro.helsinki.fi. You can also use this address to contact the editors if you have any comments and questions.

If you cannot attach a pdf of the final version of your paper for some reason, you can fax a copy to the editors at +49-89-32006-9280. Address the fax to LISA V editors.

How to contact the editors

By using the address lisa5-proc@astro.helsinki.fi you will reach the whole editorial team. If you need to contact a particular editor, their contact information can be found below.

Christina Birdie
chris@iiap.res.in
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560034, India
Phone: +91-80-553-0672 Ext. 303

Sandra Ricketts
lib@aao.gov.au
Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW, 1710, Australia
Phone: +61-2-372-4814

Eva Isaksson
eisaksso@cc.helsinki.fi
Observatory, P.O. Box 14, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Fax: +358-9-19122952

Content from previous LISA conferences can be found here.

Last modified Oct 10, 2007