Workshop on a National Plan for Preserving Astronomical Photographic Data; Nov.1-3, 2007; PARI, NC

AST-0733796关于保存天文摄影数据的国家计划的奥斯维辛研讨会; Pisgah天文研究所（PARI），北卡罗来纳州西部; 2007年11月1日至3日。天文观测站拥有独特的和不可重复的观测数据，这些数据是以天文学的方式记录的，可以追溯到一百多年前。 观测包括直接成像、物棱镜和狭缝光谱。 在全世界估计的300万张照片中，有一半以上是在北美天文台曝光的。不幸的是，这种不可替代的材料越来越有可能永远消失，这个项目是一个为期三天的密集讲习班，专门制定一项国家计划，保护和未来使用北美天文学的历史摄影观测遗产。 需要考虑的步骤包括评估照片收藏的现状，制定保存协议，指定一个合适的存放处，计划转换为可访问的数字格式，并确定一个执行计划的核心小组。 这些基本决定应该合理地只由一个充分代表有关各方的小组作出。 这次会议将在巴黎天文研究所举行，因为它是长期存放国家天文底片档案的最佳地点，建立一个适当的档案将使全世界天文学界能够利用目前利用不足、基本上无法利用的这种材料。 研讨会的参与者包括感兴趣的天文学家，但也有天文台代表，专门从事摄影材料的档案工作者和科学历史学家。 讲习班上达成的任何决定和建议都可能对今后的保护和无障碍项目至关重要。

AST-0733796OsbornWorkshop on a National Plan for Preserving Astronomical Photographic Data; Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI), western North Carolina; November 1st to 3rd, 2007.Astronomical observatories possess unique and unrepeatable observational data, recorded photographically and extending back more than one hundred years. The observations include direct images and objective-prism and slit spectra. Well over half of the estimated 3 million photographs worldwide were exposed at North American observatories. Unfortunately, this irreplaceable material is in increasing danger of being lost forever.This project is an intensive three-day workshop devoted to developing a national plan for the preservation and future use of North American astronomy's heritage of historic photographic observations. Steps to be considered include assessing the current state of photographic collections, establishing protocols for preservation, designating a suitable repository, planning for conversion to an accessible digital format, and identifying a core team to execute the plan. These fundamental decisions should reasonably only be made by a group that is fully representative of the interested parties. The meeting will be held at PARI because it is a strong candidate to house a long-term national astronomical plate archive.Establishing a suitable archive will make this material, currently underutilized and largely inaccessible, available to the worldwide astronomical community. Participants in the workshop include interested astronomers, but also observatory representatives, archivists specializing in photographic materials, and science historians. Any decisions and recommendations reached at the Workshop are likely to be fundamental for future preservation and accessibility projects.