Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2005
Ian Robson, Lars Lindberg Christensen (eds.)
Pages 16-20

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Progress of the Virtual Repository

Abstract:

When talking to other 'communicating astronomy' colleagues one issue always comes up: how can we share our resources more effectively? And ultimately, how do we allow the public better access to images, videos, news and other material? Imagine a kind of "Google Universe". In 2004 a Programme Group called Virtual Repository under the IAU Working Group Communicating Astronomy was set up to stimulate work in this area.

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