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In the Spring of 1993, the Smithsonian\/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) was first put on-line for general use; its existence was revealed at the ADASS conference that past November (1993ASPC…52..132K<\/a>). \u00a0It was known then as the ADS Abstract Service, a component of the larger Astrophysics Data System effort which had developed a sophisticated internet based infrastructure predating the then just released Mosaic web browser by a couple of years. \u00a0The change to the web occurred the next year.<\/p>\n

In 2013, the ADS finds itself as the central discovery engine for astronomical information, used nearly every day by nearly every astronomer. \u00a0Moving into its third decade, the ADS continues to serve the research community while remaining at the forefront of the massive technological and sociological changes occurring in the field of scholarly communication.<\/p>\n

Celebration of May 8, 2013<\/h2>\n

To celebrate this important event, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics hosted a colloquium on May 8th 2013 at 4pm EDT. The keynote speaker was \u00a0Prof. Christine Borgman<\/a>, the Presidential Chair and Professor of Information Studies at UCLA, who spoke about the role of information systems in scholarly communications.<\/p>\n

Here is a recording of the talk, starting with an introduction by the CfA director, Prof. Charles Alcock.
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