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1. A QUEST FOR OLD ISSUES OF GEOSCIENCES JOURNALS AND BOOKS
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From: "Ivchenko" <ivchenko@astrophys.ups.kiev.ua>

Dear Colleagues!

We would like to turn to you with somewhat unusual request. We know, 
that some institutions have several copies of older issues of the 
journals they receive. Sometimes libraries even get rid of those 
"doubles" for the sake of place. But this literature could be of 
much importance and use for others.

During the times of the Soviet Union such editions as JGR, GRL, 
Planetary and Space Sciences, J. of Atmospheric and Terrestrial 
Physics, J. of Plasma Physics, Phys. Fluids etc. were not received 
in Ukraine much. For example, we do not have access to the J. of 
Atm. and Terr. Phys., other journals are very limited in regularity
and access is quite difficult. JGR and GRL are available only for 
selected months, with multiple gaps. 

Everybody working in science knows how important to have the 
references handy. We here at Kiev Shevchenko University have a team, 
which works actively in the fields of space physics, plasma physics 
and satellite data analysis. We are involved in the Interball 
mission, APEX, carried out optical observations of CRRES experiments 
and work on other problems. We are one of the leading institutions in 
the future Ukrainian "Warning" project to study the 
lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere relations. Our less recent works 
were related to active experiments in space, solar corona theory and 
observations, auroral studies etc. Talented students and 
post-graduates study and work at the Department. Level of scientists 
who studied at the Department is very high, eg. Prof.  E. Ponomarev 
at SibIZMIR Russia, Drs Yu. Taranenko and V. Pas'ko at Stanford, 
acad. N. Steshenko, director of Krimean AO, and many others. 

We would be most grateful to any contributions to our library at the 
Department: older issues of space science journals, monographs, 
preprints etc. Names of the contributing institutions will be 
mentioned in acknowledgements in any publication where the materials 
gifted are used.

Looking forward to your help,
Sincerely
Dr. Vasyl Ivchenko,
Chief of the Department of Astronomy and Space Physics,
Physics Faculty, Kiev Shevchenko University
Kiev, Ukraine

Interested are most welcome to notify us by e-mail

ivchenko@astrophys.ups.kiev.ua