[vsnet-chat 1733] Re: Variable Star Designations in 'The Astronomer'

[bas@lowell.Lowell.Edu (Brian Skiff)]

     I do indeed have Mike's lists, and of course Takamizawa's list is also
posted at the VSNET site.  But I am taking the viewpoint of the "typical"
professional astronomer who is not familiar with the amateur activity, and

     On a more pragmatic level, if you want to argue the case with the SIMBAD
folks that the amateur journals should be indexed, you'll have to show that
these publications are being used by the GCVS group (at least), and perhaps
elsewhere in the professional community.  If you can show that 'The Astronomer'
or the VSOLJ journal (or RASNZ, etc.) has been cited in mainstream journals,
that would be a big incentive for them to index it.  The 'bibliothequers' who
actually do the indexing are completely swamped by the journals they already do
cover:  recall that the "Monthly Notices" now comes out thrice monthly!  I do
not know who actually decides about adding new journals to their list, but a
good place to start is with Suzanne Laloe (suzanne.laloe@obspm.fr), who is the
honcho on the SIMBAD bibliography.  You might write to ask her reactions on the
subject.  My guess is she'll be reluctant.  It may help if you can supply them
(Obs. de Paris - Meudon) with a set of back issues if they do not already get
it by subscription.  If you're to make any headway, it will almost certainly
there will be object-wise indexes unless someone does them.
     Perhaps the interested parties can continue this discussion privately
rather than wasting bandwidth on the mailing-lists.

\Brian

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