Information Handling in Astronomy

Foreword - The information flow in astronomy; A. Heck. Information in astronomy: The role of the IAU; J. Andersen. Astronomy and the news media; S.P. Maran, et al. Public outreach in astronomy: The ESO experience; C. Madsen, R.M. West. New frontiers in NASA data management; C. Cheung, D. Leisawitz. The FITS experience: Lessons learned; D.C. Wells. The use of the IRAF system at NOAO; G.H. Jacoby, D. Tody. Starlink: Astronomical computing in the United Kingdom; P.T. Wallace, R.F. Warren-Smith. Computer-assisted context analysis of databases containing scientific literature; R. Albrecht. Computational astronomy: Current directions and future perspectives; F. Murtagh. Information handling for the Hubble Space Telescope; R.J. Hanisch. To be editor in chief of a primary scientific journal: From manual work to electronic publication; J. Lequeux. Astronomy libraries 2000: Context, coordination, cooperation; U. Grothkopf. Astronomy education: Description, organization, and information; J.R. Percy. Astronomy teaching at the Open University; A.J. Norton, et al. The role of the planetarium; C.C. Petersen, M.C. Petersen. Data handling in the AAVSO: An example from a large organization of amateur astronomers; J.A. Mattei, E.O. Waagen. From data files to information hubs: Beyond technologies and methodologies; A. heck.