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Planetarian Index Planetarian Cumulative Index 1972 – 2008 Vol. 1, #1 through Vol. 37, #3 John Mosley [email protected] The PLANETARIAN (ISSN 0090-3213) is published quarterly by the International Planetarium Society under the auspices of the Publications Committee. ©International Planetarium Society, Inc. From the Compiler I compiled the first edition of this index 25 years ago after a frustrating search to find an article that I knew existed and that I really needed. It was a long search without even annual indices to help. By the time I found it, I had run across a dozen other articles that I’d forgotten about but was glad to see again. It was clear that there are a lot of good articles buried in back issues, but that without some sort of index they’d stay lost. I had recently bought an Apple II computer and was receptive to projects that would let me become more familiar with its word processing program. A cumulative index seemed a reasonable project that would be instructive while not consuming too much time. Hah! I did learn some useful solutions to word-processing problems I hadn’t previously known exist, but it certainly did consume more time than I’d imagined by a factor of a dozen or so. You too have probably reached the point where you’ve invested so much time in a project that it’s psychologically easier to finish it than admit defeat. That’s how the first index came to be, and that’s why I’ve kept it up to date. At Sharon Shanks' request, I'm continuing to update it. The index is divided into three main sections: Author, Subject, and Title. The volume and number are indicated (e.g. 24-1), but not the page numbers as issues are so short. Titles appear in all capital letters to set them apart. Some articles are indexed under more than one subject. I index all authors if there are no more than three; otherwise just the first followed by et. al. I take full responsibility for errors, typos, omissions, misspellings, etc. The subjects are divided arbitrarily, and I might do it differently if I were starting over today. I’ve skipped most quarterly columns while including a few that seem to have archival value; basically, I’ve indexed those that deal with a single topic and that look likely to be useful in the future. Columns that contain only current gossip are left out, as are notices and some letters to the editor that were treated as articles (some early issues were starved for material to print). Despite that disclaimer, I would like to know about errors and omissions so I can correct them for the future. Planetarian Author Index page 1 Volume / Year Volume Year Volume Year 1 1972 23 1994 2 1973 24 1995 3 1974 25 1996 4 1975 26 1997 5 1976 27 1998 6 1977 28 1999 7 1978 29 2000 8 1979 30 2001 9 1980 31 2002 10 1981 32 2003 11 1982 33 2004 12 1983 34 2005 13 1984 35 2006 14 1985 36 2007 15 1986 37 2008 16 1987 17 1988 18 1989 19 1990 20 1991 21 1992 22 1993 Planetarian Author Index page 1 AUTHOR INDEX Abbatantuono, Brent, ARMAND SPITZ – SELLER OF STARS, 24-1 Abell, George, AND NOW, MAY I WISH YOU ALL A VERY GOOD MORNING, 1-2 Acker, Agnes, and Boffin, Henri MJ, QUEST FOR OUR COSMIC ORIGINS: A PLANETARIUM SHOW, 37-3 Aguilar, David, BLACK HOLE, 10-2 Aguilar, David, COSMIC PATTERNS, 10-1 Aguilar, David, PLANETARIUM APTITUDE TEST, 8-1 Aguilar, David, UTILITY SLIDE PROJECTOR, 9-4 Aguilar, David, VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR CONTROL, 10-4 Aguilar, David, X-Y SLEWING UNIT, 10-3 Ahrendt, Myrl, SERVICES OF NASA TO ASTRONOMY EDUCATION, 2-3 Albin, Edward F., DEVELOPING A PLANETARY IMAGE LIBRARY, 20-3 Albin, Edward F., CLASSIFICATION OF PROJECTION APPARATUS, 23-1 Alexander, David, PUBLIC OBSERVATORY FOR WICHITA, KANSAS AREA, 8-4 Allen, Robert, COPYING PORTIONS OF 16MM FILMS TO 8MM, 6-3 Allen, Robert, SELECTED LIST OF SPACE NEWS PUBLICATIONS, 17-3 Allen, Wade E., 5-5-2000 [conjunction], 23-3 Amend, John & Schuler, John, MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT, 11-4 Andrews, Frank and Orchiston, Wayne, OVERNIGHT EXTRAVAGANZAS AT CARTER OBSERVATORY, 24-4 Andrews, Frank, Richard Hall, and Wayne Orchiston, WIDE-ANGLE SLIDE PROJECTION, 27-1 Annett, Clarence, & Boss, Michael, PUT SOME EXCITEMENT IN YOUR PLANETARIUM – WITH ASTRONOMY, 8-2 anon., ARMAND SPITZ MEMORIAL FUND, 1-2 anon., BYLAWS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PLANETARIUM EDUCATORS, 2-4 anon., GRADUATE TRAINING IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1-3 anon., PLANETARIUM’S ON PARADE: MCDONNELL PLANETARIUM, 5-1 anon., PLANETARIUM’S ON PARADE: NUNDEHUI, 5-2 anon., TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE FISKE PLANETARIUM, 5-1 anon., WHERE ARE OUR SPACESHIPS? NASA ACTIVITY, 5-2 Anwar, Bilal, FRAMTIDSMUSEET VISITOR'S QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY, 36-2 Appeldoorn, John, MYTH OF GALILEO, 19-4 Appeldoorn, John, TIDES: MIRROR OF MOTIONS OF EARTH AND MOON, 21-4 Apprise Magazine, B. GENTRY LEE: AN INTERVIEW, 16-3 Ary, Max, THIRD STAGE OF PLANETARIUM EVOLUTION, 3-1/2 Asimov, Isaac, SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION, 1-1 Audeon, Daniel, and Ruiz, Lionel, TWO GUYS–AND A REALLY BIG MISSION (DISTRIBUTION OF PLANETARIUMS), 36-4 Ayers, Kimberly and Isshi Tabe, PLANETARIUMS IN JAPAN, 24-2 Baber, Barbara, BUILDING A SPECTROMETER, 27-2 Baker, Lonny, FORUM: TECHNICAL STANDARDS, 17-3 Baker, Lonny, VOLUNTEERS, 17-4 Bailey, Janelle M., Bruning, David, and Brissenden, Gina, FROM THE AER: SABER CUTS TO THE HEART OF RESEARCH, 36-2 Baldoni, John, VISION TRANSLATED INTO WORDS, 20-2 Barbely, Charles, SPACEARIUM, A PLANETARIUM FOR THE SMITHSONIAN, 3-3/4 Barnett, Alex, INVITATION TO OAKLAND: IPS 2008, 34-2 Barnett, Susan J., & Mallon, Gerald, FOR RENT-THE UNIVERSE, 16-1 Bartha, Ervin & Coleen Rowe, UNCONVENTIONAL ALL-SKIES, 22-4 Barton, Arthur, OF STAR SHOWS AND SPACE THEATERS: AN ASSESSMENT, 16-2 Batch, D., ON BUYING A MICROCOMPUTER, 10-4 Beckstrom, Garry, WHAT DO PLANETARIUM VISITORS EXPECT?, 35-2 Beetle, Dorothy, ARE MORE BABIES BORN UNDER A FULL MOON?, 12-1 Beetle, Dorothy, REPORT ON IAU COMMISSION 46: TEACHING OF ASTRONOMY, 3-3/4 Beetle, Dorothy, SNAILS AMONG THE STARS, 10-4 Beetle, Dorothy, SUGGESTIONS FOR PARTICIPATORY ORIENTED PROGRAMS, 7-2 Beetle, Dorothy, TOTAL ECLIPSE IN CANADA, 7-1 Planetarian Author Index page 2 Bell, Jon, ASTRONOMY DAY, 20-3 Bell, Jon, BEAR TALES [SCRIPT], 30-1 Bell, Jon, BEST/WORST SKYWATCHING EXPERIENCES, 22-4 Bell, Jon, GIANT PORTABLE LIVING SUNDIAL, 21-1 Bell, Jon, HOST A RADIO ASTRONOMY SHOW, 23-3 Bell, Jon, LIVE VS. VIDEO, 22-3 Bell, Jon, LIVING SUNDIAL, 18-3 Bell, Jon, OBLIGATIONS OF PLANETARIUMS TO RUN ACTIVE OBSERVING PROGRAMS, 13-3 Bell, Jon, OBSERVATORY AT FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, 21-2 Bell, Jon, SKY PROMOTER’S TEN COMMANDMENTS, 23-2 Bell, Jon, WHALE'S TALE [SCRIPT], 33-4 Belov, Vadim, REPORT ON PLANETARIUMS IN RUSSIA, 29-2 Betts, Doris, PERCEPTIONS AND THE MODEST GIANT, 16-3 Biddy, Fran, INVOLVING THE PUBLIC (GASP!) IN SHOW DEVELOPMENT, 15-4 Biddy, Francis, PRESCHOOL PROGRAM EVALUATION, 25-3 Biddy, Francis, “THAT” STAR AGAIN, 17-4 Biddy, Francis, SCRIPTWRITING WORKSHOP, 15-2 Bidelman, William P., BIMILLENARY OF CHRIST’S BIRTH, 20-3 Bisard, Walter, DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN A PLANETARIUM, 9-1 Bisard, Walter, EVALUATION: WHERE DOES IT FIT INTO YOUR PLANETARIUM, 7-3 Bisard, Walter, EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE RELATIVE EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS OF FOUR INTRODUCTORY FORMATS TO A PUBLIC PLANETARIUM PROGRAM, 8-4 Bishop, Jeanne, ACADIA PARK ASTRONOMY SESSION, 6-1 Bishop, Jeanne, BIRD ORIENTATION FROM CELESTIAL CLUES: SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR A PLANETARIUM PROGRAM, 7-2 Bishop, Jeanne, CHILDREN’S IDEAS OF SPACE, 9-1 Bishop, Jeanne, DIALOGUE: PLANETARIUM DIRECTOR & INSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR, 6-1 Bishop, Jeanne, DISCIPLINE IN THE PLANETARIUM, 9-4 Bishop, Jeanne, DYNAMIC HUMAN (ASTRONOMICAL) MODELS, 17-4 Bishop, Jeanne, EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE PLANETARIUM, 8-1 Bishop, Jeanne, FORMAT FOR A MINI-RESEARCH INVESTIGATION, 4-1/2 Bishop, Jeanne, GERMAN PLANETARIUM EDUCATION, 10-2 Bishop, Jeanne, HEMISPHERIC FUNCTIONS AND A RIGHT-BRAIN EXPERIENCE, 10-3 Bishop, Jeanne, HOWASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS ARE NAMED, 33-3 Bishop, Jeanne, NASA’S SPECTRUM OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, 8-4 Bishop, Jeanne, NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN ARCHAEOASTRONOMY, 23-1 Bishop, Jeanne, ONE OF THE FIRST PLANETARIANS: DAN SNOW, 5-4 Bishop, Jeanne, PERCEPTION AND PLANETARIUM PROGRAMMING, 10-4 Bishop, Jeanne, PLANETARIUM AND THE DISK, 7-4 Bishop, Jeanne, PLANETARIUM METHODS BASED ON THE RESEARCH OF JEAN PIAGET, 5-3 Bishop, Jeanne, REVIEW OF ASTROLOGY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, 20-2 Bishop, Jeanne, RICHARD H. EMMONS: SMALL PLANETARIUM INNOVATOR, 35-1 Bishop, Jeanne, SERVING THE SCHOOL IN WHICH THE PLANETARIUM IS LOCATED, 8-3 Bishop, Jeanne, STARS IN THEIR EYES; POETRY IN THEIR HEARTS, 18-2 Bishop, Jeanne, U.S. MAINSTREAMING LAW AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANETARIUMS, 7-1 Bishop, Jeanne, WE’RE REGARDED AS EXPERTS, LETS BE RESPONSIBLY ACCURATE, 18-1 Biswas, Avijit, and Piyush Pandey, SPECIAL EFFECT CONTROL USING PC PRINTER PORT, 30-4 Boffin, Henri MJ and Acker, Agnes, QUEST FOR OUR COSMIC ORIGINS: A PLANETARIUM SHOW, 37-3 Bok, Bart, MILKY WAY: SOME NEW FINDINGS, 9-4 Bok, Bart, STATE OF ASTRONOMY, 2-1 Bonadurer, Robert, FAMILY SHOWS: A FOURTH ALTERNATIVE, 21-1 Bonadurer, Robert, HONEY, I SHRUNK THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 35-3 Bondurant, R. Lynn, PRINCIPLES OF PLANETARIUM OPERATION, 4-1/2 Bonneau, Lee, CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAM, 4-1/2 Bordeleau, André G., NATONAL FLAGS OF THE NIGHT SKY, 37-3 Borden, Jack, & Wishnow, Jerry, FOR SPACIOUS SKIES: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MOVEMENT TO INCREASE SKY AWARENESS, 11-2 Boss, Michael, & Annett, Clarence, PUT SOME EXCITEMENT IN YOUR PLANETARIUM – WITH ASTRONOMY, 8-2 Planetarian Author Index page 3 Bossé, Michael, and others, PLAYING WITH THE HISTORY OF CELESTIAL MECHANICS: A PLAY FOR THE PLANETARIUM, 34-1 Bourke, P.
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