LISA Conferences Library and Information Services in Astronomy

This site provides links to past and future LISA conference pages and proceedings

LISA Manual: How to Organize "Library and Information Services in Astronomy" Conferences. Compiled by previous LISA organizers.
Chapter on LISA conferences:

Corbin, B.G. & U. Grothkopf (2006): LISA – The Library and Information Services in Astronomy conferences. In: Organizations and strategies in astronomy (OSA), vol. 7, A. Heck (ed.), Springer, Dordrecht, ISBN 1-4020-5300-2, p. 285-306 (http://www.eso.org/libraries/articles/lisaconferences.pdf)
LISA Archives Archival material from the organization of the previous LISA meetings (I, II, III, IV & V) it's stored at the ESO Library in Santiago Chile. If you need more information please contact libchile@eso.org. 
LISA 10: Research Equity and Access in the Age of AI
Location and Date: Hosted by the European Southern Observatory, to be held on-site and online, 3-7 November 2025
Contact: LISA10@eso.org
Program:   https://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2025/LISA10/program.html
Conference Proceedings @Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/communities/lisa10/records
In the media:

Kiefer, L., Grothkopf, U., Meakins, S., Eren, M.; LISA 10 — Library and Information Services in Astronomy. Report on the ESO workshop. The Messenger 196 (March 2026): 45–47. https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5425. Full pdf: HERE

It is also available via arXiv (arXiv:2607.09870) and ADS/SciX (2026Msngr.196…45K).

LISA passes on 2014 Division Award by John K., PAM Bulletin: Newsletter from SLA PAM Community, Jan. 14, 2026
Photo Gallery: https://europeansouthernobservatory.sharepoint.com/teams/LibraryandInformationCentre/SitePages/Photogallery-LISA-10.aspx (access only for conference participants)
LISA IX: Multidimensional Astronomy Librarianship: From Open Science to the Preservation of Astronomical Heritage
Location and Date: Hosted by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), held online, 14-18 June 2021
June 6-9, 2017
Contact: https://lisa9.org/contact
Program overview / detailed program:   https://lisa9.org/programme
Current version of the program
Presentation videos: tba
Posters (@Zenodo): https://zenodo.org/communities/lisa-ix/?page=1&size=20
Electronic Conference Proceedings: Bulletin of the AAS, vol. 54, issue 2 (LISA IX Proceedings)
In the media: Overview article by Kerry Hensley: Perspectives on Data Management, Stewardship, and Preserving Astronomical Artifacts -- AAS Nova, 6 May 2022
Photo Gallery: tba
LISA VIII: Astronomy Librarianship in the Era of Big Data and Open Science
Location and Date: Hosted by the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS), held at the Collège Doctoral Européen on the campus of the University of Strasbourg, France
June 6-9, 2017
Contact: http://cds.unistra.fr/meetings/Lisa8/contact.html
Program overview / detailed program:   http://cds.unistra.fr/meetings/Lisa8/program.html 
http://cds.unistra.fr/meetings/Lisa8/public/media/index.php/Program 
Posters (@Zenodo): https://zenodo.org/communities/lisa8-posters/?page=1&size=20
Electronic Conference Proceedings: EPJ Web Conferences, v. 186 (2018)
Library and Information Services in Astronomy VIII: "Astronomy Librarianship in the era of Big Data and Open Science" (Open Access)
Photo Gallery: http://cds.unistra.fr/meetings/Lisa8/photos.html
LISA VII: Open Science at the Frontiers of Librarianship
Location and Date:

Naples, Italy, June 17-20, 2014, organized by Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte – OAC – National Institute for AstroPhysics – INAF – Library and Historical Archives Service of INAF – SBAS – and in collaboration with University of Naples “Parthenope” and the Department of Science and Technology.
Registration: via Program page or directly at http://eventi.oacn.inaf.it/lisa7/conference/lisa-vii-program/
Poster: http://eventi.oacn.inaf.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lisavii_poster_A3.pdf
Program overview http://eventi.oacn.inaf.it/lisa7/conference/lisa-vii-program/
Conference schedule: http://eventi.oacn.inaf.it/lisa7/conference/conference-schedule/
Print and Electronic Conference Proceedings: Published within the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series, vol. 492, 2015 (Open Access)
Photo Gallery: LISA VII photo album
LISA VI: 21st Century Astronomy Librarianship -- From New Ideas to Action
Location and Date: Pune, Maharashtra, India, February 14-17, 2010, co-hosted by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Library and the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) Library
Conference Archive: http://repository.iucaa.in:8080/jspui/handle/11007/1689
Print and Electronic Conference Proceedings: Published within the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series, vol. 433, 2010
LISA VI videos: https://www.iucaa.in/~archives/LISA-VI/LISA_Web_pages/Home.htm
IUCAA Photo Gallery: http://www.iucaa.in/~archives/LISA-VI/Album/album/index.html
LISA V: Common Challenges, Uncommon Solutions
Location and Date:

Cambridge, MA, USA, June 18-21, 2006, co-hosted by the John G. Wolbach Library & Information Resource Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Libraries of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Call for Papers: http://www.eso.org/libraries/lisa5/papers.html
Print and Electronic Conference Proceedings: Published within the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series, vol. 377, 2007
Photo Gallery: LISA V Photos
LISA IV: Emerging and Preserving - Providing Astronomical Information in the Digital Age
Location and Date: Prague, Czech Republic, July 2-5, 2002, hosted by the Astronomical Institute Charles University Prague and the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences
Print Conference Proceedings: Published by the U.S. Naval Observatory, 2003.
Contact: Brenda Corbin, corbin.brenda@usno.navy.mil).
Electronic Conference Proceedings: Available at http://www.eso.org/sci/libraries/lisa/lisa4/toc.html and via ADS
Photo Gallery: in the proceedings, additional LISA IV Photo Gallery, maintained by Simon Pasquier
LISA III: Managing Change Gracefully
Location and Date: Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, April 21-24, 1998, hosted by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC)
Print Conference Proceedings: Published in the ASP Conference Series, vol. 153
Electronic Conference Proceedings: Available at http://www.eso.org/sci//php/libraries/lisa/lisa3/proceedings/ and http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/lisa3/
Photo Gallery: LISA III Photo Gallery, maintained by Ellen Bouton.

 

LISA II:
Location and Date: Garching, Germany, May 10-12, 1995, hosted by the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Print Conference Proceedings: Published in Vistas in Astronomy, vol. 39, 1995, pt. 2.
Electronic Conference Proceedings: Full texts of papers in Vistas in Astronomy are accessible only for ScienceDirect subscribers. Abstracts as well as some papers are also available via the conference program.
Remarks: IAU Technical Workshop
LISA I:
Location and Date: Washington, DC, USA, July 26 - August 1, 1988, hosted by the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO)
Print Conference Proceedings: Published by the U.S. Naval Observatory: Library and Information Services in Astronomy, Proceedings of the 110th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union held in Washington, DC, USA, 26 July -1 August 1988, George A. Wilkins and Sarah Stevens-Rayburn (eds.), Washington, DC: U.S. Naval Observatory, 1989. xv, 244 p. For spare copies, contact Sally Bosken, USNO
Electronic Conference Proceedings: Contents table (pdf) / full text of articles from ADS
Remarks: IAU Colloquium 110