Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy

Offers a collection of chapters dealing with socio-dynamical aspects of the astronomy (and related space sciences) community: characteristics of organizations, society activities, strategies for development, operational techniques, observing practicalities, environmental constraints, educational policies, public outreach, and more.

• Editorial.- • The ESA Experience.- • The Astronomer''s Pocket Guide to Astrobiology.- • Light Pollution Control:World-Wide Effects of and Efforts to Reduce Light Pollution.- • Strategies for Protecting Radio Astronomy.- • A Brief History of the Controversy Surrounding the Mount Graham International Observatory.- • Outreach at Kitt Peak Visitor Center:Techniques for Engaging the Public at a Major Observatory.- • Practical Popular Communication of Astronomy.- • The Société Astronomique de France in the Astronomical Landscape: Evolution and Prospects.- • Use and Misuse of Web Downloads - A Personal View.- • The GAVRT Partnership: Bringing the Universe to K-12 Classrooms.- • Activities in Astronomy Education of the International Astronomical Union.- • The Institute for Scientific Information and the Science Citation Index.- • The Observatory Magazine: Linking Three Centuries.- • Organizing and Managing American Astronomical Society Meetings - From Preparation and Plans to Science Presentations.- • Organization and Goals of the European Astronomical Society.- • The Selection of Tenured Astronomers in France.- • The Changing Landscape of Italian Astronomy.- • A Canadian Vision of International Astronomy and Astrophysics.- • Updated Bibliography of Socio-Astronomy.