Function: To help those interested in the use of portable
planetariums and to provide a support system to assist portable
planetarium users.
The
committee maintains resources including a data base of users and
specialists, curriculum and lesson materials, current mobile
planetarium manufacturers, and low-cost special effects. In 1995
the committee co-sponsored the first European Meeting of Itinerant
and Small Planetaria in Lumezzane, Italy, and is currently
cataloging its resource materials, preparing a proposal for a
publication of educational materials suitable for use in portable
planetariums, and seeking contact people in each regional
affiliate.
Susan Reynolds Button, Committee Chair, (MAPS)
