DATE: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:48:53 +1100
SUBJECT: Astro book drive for Rwanda


Astro book drive for Rwanda

Are your shelves groaning with astronomy books? Are there some you  
don't use any more?

Donna Burton, the Australian representative for the international  
group Astronomers Without Borders, is collecting astronomy books to  
send to Rwanda.

The book drive is one of several being organised around the world for  
the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, coordinated by Mr Thilina  
Heenatigala, General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Astronomical  
Association.

Popular astronomy books and introductory-level textbooks, in usable  
condition, would be the most welcome. Books should also be up-to-date  
enough to be useful and not misleading.

The IYA site for Rwanda, http://sites.google.com/site/rwandaiya2009/ ,  
sets out that country’s aspirations for developing astronomy.

Books can be left with or sent to Donna Burton at Siding Spring  
Observatory or Helen Sim at the CSIRO Australia Telescope National  
Facility in Sydney. Students attending the Stromlo Student Christmas  
Seminar (27 November, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra) can also  
bring books to that for Donna to collect.

The book drive will finish on 15 December 2009.

Enquiries: Donna Burton, donna@mso.anu.edu.au , (02) 6842 6255  
(office), and 042-828-8244 (mob.)

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Helen Sim
Public Relations and Media Liaison
CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility (email: Helen.Sim@csiro.au)
and
Anglo-Australian Observatory (email: hsim@aao.gov.au)

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) in Australia for the 2009 International  
Year of Astronomy

Tel: +61-2-9372-4251
Mob: +61-419-635-905