A 90-minute informational Zoom webinar on the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus (UAT) was held on Tuesday, December 8, at 9:00am EST. We hope to extend UAT adoption in the community, so feel free to reach out to us with your questions and feedback.
Webinar Speakers & Slides
The UAT is an open, interoperable, community-supported thesaurus from the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The webinar will included presentations on UAT implementations from the following speakers:
- An Introduction to the UAT
Katie Frey (kfrey@cfa.harvard.edu), Curator of the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus, Assistant Head Librarian at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian - UAT in the IVOA
Markus Demleitner (msdemlei@ari.uni-heidelberg.de), International Virtual Observatory Alliance - Implementing the UAT in the Proposal Process at STScI
Sarah Weissman (sweissman@stsci.edu), Senior Software Engineer & Jenny Novacescu (jnovacescu@stsci.edu), Chief Librarian, Space Telescope Science Institute - UAT as a Critical Element in AAS Author Submissions
Peter Williams (peter.williams@aas.org), AAS Innovation Scientist - Integrating UAT into the ADS
Alberto Accomazzi (aaccomazzi@cfa.harvard.edu), Principal Investigator for the NASA Astrophysics Data System
Additional Videos & Resources
“Powered by the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus” YouTube series with Frank Timmes
UAT Usage Stats snapshots (zip file)
Thanks to all who participated on December 8!
The UAT Steering Committee
Barbara Kern (Chair)
Director, Science Libraries, University of Chicago
Alberto Accomazzi
Principal Investigator, NASA Astrophysics Data System
Daina Bouquin
Head Librarian, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Sebastien Derriere
Observatoire de Strasbourg, CDS
Graham McCann
Head of Platform and Content Management, IOP Publishing
Jenny Novacescu
Chief Institute Librarian, Space Telescope Science Institute
Julie Steffen
Chief Publishing Officer, American Astronomical Society
Ethan Vishniac
Editor in Chief, American Astronomical Society
Sarah Weissman
Senior Software Engineer, Space Telescope Science Institute
Peter Williams
AAS Innovation Scientist, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Katie Frey
UAT Curator
Assistant Head Librarian, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian