Public Library Astronomy Corners Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/public-library-astronomy-corners/ Astronomy for a better world! Mon, 08 May 2017 13:18:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Public Library Astronomy Corners Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/public-library-astronomy-corners/ 32 32 Article for Universe Awareness https://astro4dev.org/article-for-universe-awareness/ Mon, 08 May 2017 13:18:14 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=16463 Observatory Establishes Astronomy Library Corner in South Africa From 18 to 26 March this year, celebrations commenced for the South African National Library week with the theme ‘My library, your library’. South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) librarians set out to establish an astronomy corner at the Sutherland Library to advance astronomy literacy, in conjunction with [...]

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]]> Updated project plan https://astro4dev.org/updated-project-plan/ Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:12:10 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=16138 The project has a new PI and updated plan, Ms Zuthobeke Mvakade Email address: zm@saao.ac.za South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) library wants to promote astronomy awareness in our communities. Astronomy is part of primary school curriculum and the statistic has shown that communities in previously disadvantaged areas are always left behind with less growth especially [...]

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]]> Overview of the project https://astro4dev.org/overview-of-the-project-57/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:59:18 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=13349 Project leader: Samantha Bennett, samantha@saao.ac.za Project Location: South Africa Project Description: The SAAO (South African Astronomical Observatory) library wants to create astronomy awareness in our communities. The idea is to identify ten public libraries (5 per Province) per annum and create astronomy corners. This will be done in conjunction with the Department of Sports, Arts [...]

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