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The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) is a global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture initiated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and UNESCO. Through local, national and international events, the organization wants to help the citizens of the world connect with the universe through the day and night time sky. In particular, many of the activities are focused on the younger generations. The scientists involved in the project wish to instill in people a personal sense of wonder about the universe. In the spirit of the International Year of Astronomy and in support of this collaborative project, a collective webliography of selected historical and educational materials, especially resources related to the IYA is presented. This webliography covers the following topics: (1) General Astronomy & International Year of Astronomy 2009; (2) History of Astronomy; (3) Astronomy in Other Cultures; (4) Women in Astronomy; and (5) Educational Resources.

The authors performed a citation analysis of 15 source papers that were written in the field of corrosion chemistry. Each of the source papers were written on the specific topic of the corrosion of mild steel. The researchers were from a variety of different countries, including China, Egypt, Germany, India, Lesotho, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, and the United States. The authors found that articles that had one or more researchers from an African country cited works that had versions in the Open Access (OA) domain twice as often (12.2%) when compared to articles that did not have an author from Africa (5.5%). The authors also evaluated the types of Open Access resources that the researchers cited, and the error rates found within their citations., Introduction There are many articles and reports that note the information needs of scholars in Africa. The issues are many-layered and complicated. Some of the issues concern: the institutional cost [...]