Past Events

2022 Aug 04

Observatory Book Club: Red Shirts

11:00am to 12:30pm
Location:
Wolbach Library
In August the Observatory Book Club is reading Red Shirts by John Scalzi. Join us for a lively discussion!
2022 Jul 26

PHaEDRA Office Hours - Plate Numbers Complete!

2:00pm to 3:00pm
We will be celebrating the upcoming completion of the plate number phase of Star Notes, and we will have an intern from the Smithsonian's American Women's History Initiative as a guest speaker to talk about their work on the oral histories of the DASCH project. DASCH is a project to digitize the glass plates, which has been active for over 20 years. We are also planning for volunteers to do a “show and tell” during this meeting to highlight any interesting discoveries or...
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2022 Jul 18

Data Science Fellowship Program

Mon Jul 18 (All day) to Fri Jul 22 (All day)
Location:
Wolbach Library Collaboration Space
https://www.lsstcorporation.org/fellowship_program

The Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will reveal our dynamic universe as never seen before. By mapping the night sky every few nights for ten years, the Survey will collect data for billions of stars and galaxies though space and time. Using these data, scientists will explore the structure of the Milky Way, spot potentially hazardous asteroids, determine the properties...
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2022 Jul 05

Library Staff Development Day

10:00am to 4:00pm
The Wolbach Library will pause services on July 5th to allow staff to participate in activities associated with an annual staff development day. Please contact us if you have questions. We appreciate your patience while services are suspended. Read more about Library Staff Development Day
2022 Jun 30

Observatory Book Club - The Sirens of Titan

11:30am to 1:00pm
Location:
Wolbach Library
Please join the Social Recreational Committee and the Wolbach Library on Thursday, June 30th, 2022 for the Observatory Book Club. We will be reading The Sirens of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut. Sign up here to let us know you are coming! For those interested in meeting virtually, we will send out a link to connect via Zoom...
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2022 Jun 28

PHaEDRA Office Hours - Virtual Plate Stacks Tour

2:00pm to 3:00pm
We will be hosting a virtual tour of the Photographic Plate Stacks here at the Wolbach Library, with Sarah Lavallee, Acting Curator of Astronomical Photographs.

Click here to register for the June PHaEDRA Office Hours (Plate Stacks Tour)
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2022 Jun 01

Office Hours with Women's History Curator, Emily Margolis

3:30pm to 4:30pm
Location:
Library Collaboration Space (1st Floor)
Women's history curator Emily Margolis invites you to join her for informal office hours. Please stop by the Library to say hello or to learn more about women's history projects at the Smithsonian.

If you can't make it in-person, Emily is happy to meet virtually. Please email her (MargolisE@si.edu) to schedule a Zoom call.
2022 May 19

Garden Street Trivia Night

5:30pm to 7:30pm
Location:
Wolbach Library
Join the CfA Social Recreational Committee on Thursday, MAY 19th, at 5:30 pm in Wolbach Library for an all-categories Trivia night!

Register for Garden Street Trivia here.
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2022 May 16

Remote Office Ergonomics

11:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Zoom
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2022 May 10

PHaEDRA Book Club - Rise of the Rocket Girls

2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Zoom
At our May Office Hour we will be wrapping up our Spring Book Club with Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt. If you only have time to read one chapter, check out Chapter 9, Planetary Pull, as we will be focusing several of our discussion questions around the events in that chapter.

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