Lunar Library v2.0
by Guest Blogger Ken
Well, this round of updating the catalog of the Lunar Library was a little more difficult than in past semi-annual updates, as the guys over at Out of the Cradle had an idea on how to make it more useful. By using the blog post function we could create an ongoing list of things Lunar and when they were produced. While difficult to implement given the volume of materials in the Lunar Library, updating it as I find new titles will be a snap.
This time it's called v2.0 because it represents a major improvement in its utility. The original, back on the Space Frontier Foundation's 'Space Arena Board'/né 'Return to the Moon' BBS, was just the text list that I kept of the titles. The main purpose of the list was in the event of a fire I would have an offsite archive of all the works that would need to be replaced. I also hoped it would be of utility to other people interested in the Moon who might not know what kinds of titles are available to sate their curiosity. The last version there was published the end of 2004.
After the flame-out of the SFF board, Clark Lindsey over at Hobbyspace.com was kind enough to host it online in the interim, and introduced hyper-text links from the top menu.
This time around it has been further subdivided, so that particular areas of interest can be more easily explored. The full index is:
Moonbases
Selenography
Selenology
Cultura Lunaris
Apollo
Moon Fiction
Space Biz
Space Law
Big Rocks From Space Fact/Fiction
High Frontier
-Biologics
-Facilities/Infrastructure
-Navigation
-EML1
-Resources
-Settlements/Habitats
High Frontier Fiction
Youth Apollo
Youth Moon Fact
Youth Moon Fiction
Youth High Frontier Fact
Youth High Frontier Fiction
Fun & Games
Each individual work has gotten upgrades consisting of, where available, an Amazon.com link to check out reviews, the publisher's website to see what they have to say about it, the text on-line, and an Out of the Cradle review link.
There were some definite surprises in the on-line texts that were available, such as the entire issue of Science magazine published on my birthday in 1970 that covered the first round of research on the Apollo samples. Kudos to them for that one. Also the space plants, Apogee Wheat, that I picked up some seeds for during a NASA Academy visit to Cape Canaveral, where they have that sealed plant room NASA uses for hydroponic studies. Lot's of educator appropriate materials and links, like a phenomenal high school level work on how the body functions in space that is now an on-line website (my original hard-copy is spiral bound). Project Gutenberg offers the text of many of the early science fiction works.
There are going to be a few layout changes, to give it a more Moon-ish appearance, and the index function is going to be reworked, but I wanted to give readers of the Selenian Boondocks a special sneak peek at it before the final version is rolled out.
Lunar Library v2.0
Enjoy!
P.S. I'm still mulling over the idea of the creation of a university-level "Lunar Academy" for which this library would provide the core research materials. Ultimately, though, it's destined for the International Space University Lunar campus. Good thing I've finished my part, as now I've got to get an abstract together for the ISU Symposium in February, "Why the Moon?"
Yeah, I'll tell you why the Moon...
K
Well, this round of updating the catalog of the Lunar Library was a little more difficult than in past semi-annual updates, as the guys over at Out of the Cradle had an idea on how to make it more useful. By using the blog post function we could create an ongoing list of things Lunar and when they were produced. While difficult to implement given the volume of materials in the Lunar Library, updating it as I find new titles will be a snap.
This time it's called v2.0 because it represents a major improvement in its utility. The original, back on the Space Frontier Foundation's 'Space Arena Board'/né 'Return to the Moon' BBS, was just the text list that I kept of the titles. The main purpose of the list was in the event of a fire I would have an offsite archive of all the works that would need to be replaced. I also hoped it would be of utility to other people interested in the Moon who might not know what kinds of titles are available to sate their curiosity. The last version there was published the end of 2004.
After the flame-out of the SFF board, Clark Lindsey over at Hobbyspace.com was kind enough to host it online in the interim, and introduced hyper-text links from the top menu.
This time around it has been further subdivided, so that particular areas of interest can be more easily explored. The full index is:
Moonbases
Selenography
Selenology
Cultura Lunaris
Apollo
Moon Fiction
Space Biz
Space Law
Big Rocks From Space Fact/Fiction
High Frontier
-Biologics
-Facilities/Infrastructure
-Navigation
-EML1
-Resources
-Settlements/Habitats
High Frontier Fiction
Youth Apollo
Youth Moon Fact
Youth Moon Fiction
Youth High Frontier Fact
Youth High Frontier Fiction
Fun & Games
Each individual work has gotten upgrades consisting of, where available, an Amazon.com link to check out reviews, the publisher's website to see what they have to say about it, the text on-line, and an Out of the Cradle review link.
There were some definite surprises in the on-line texts that were available, such as the entire issue of Science magazine published on my birthday in 1970 that covered the first round of research on the Apollo samples. Kudos to them for that one. Also the space plants, Apogee Wheat, that I picked up some seeds for during a NASA Academy visit to Cape Canaveral, where they have that sealed plant room NASA uses for hydroponic studies. Lot's of educator appropriate materials and links, like a phenomenal high school level work on how the body functions in space that is now an on-line website (my original hard-copy is spiral bound). Project Gutenberg offers the text of many of the early science fiction works.
There are going to be a few layout changes, to give it a more Moon-ish appearance, and the index function is going to be reworked, but I wanted to give readers of the Selenian Boondocks a special sneak peek at it before the final version is rolled out.
Lunar Library v2.0
Enjoy!
P.S. I'm still mulling over the idea of the creation of a university-level "Lunar Academy" for which this library would provide the core research materials. Ultimately, though, it's destined for the International Space University Lunar campus. Good thing I've finished my part, as now I've got to get an abstract together for the ISU Symposium in February, "Why the Moon?"
Yeah, I'll tell you why the Moon...
K
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