The vision of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) is to help the citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe through the day- and night time sky, and thereby engage a personal sense of wonder and discovery. All humans should realize the impact of astronomy and basic sciences on our daily lives, and understand better how scientific knowledge can contribute to a more equitable and peaceful society. 
Also, 2009 is the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of a telescope to study the skies, and Kepler’s publication of Astronomia Nova. 2009 is also the anniversary of many other historic events in science, including Huygen’s 1659 publication of Systema Saturnium.
Wow! a lot of things to think about and plan. If you are doing something special for IYA2009, please let me know. Expect a library display!
Check out the United States web site: http://astronomy2009.us/
and
IAU web site: http://www.astronomy2009.org/
I have just run across this new journal form the IAU and am CAPtivated by the hole thing. I know astronomers historically have shared their science, enthusiastically, with an adoring public with a long hsitory of “amateur” publications, but this is the first time I have seen something like this coming out of the International Astronomical Union. AND it is free full text to boot!
Gotta love those astronomers. 
Hurray!
Check it out: http://www.capjournal.org/
An International Recognition of Science and Humanity
A year from now will be Darwin’s 200th Birthday (February 12, 2009); it will also be the 150th Anniversary of the publication of his famous book, On The Origin of Species.
A website coordinating many international events can be found at: http://darwinday.org/NEWlang/home/index.html
Start planning your events in celebration of this remarkable man’s life.
I have collected together the five part video interview of Richard Feynman. They can be found at the following url of the Libraries’ web site. These are collected from several Feynman videos from YouTube.
Check it out:
http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/guides/feynmanvideo.html
