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This article describes the International Planetarium Society, presents a brief history of the organization, discusses its structure, elucidates some challenges it faces and changes it may undertake over the next few years, and examines those issues in light of the changing nature of planetariums and the astronomy materials they present to their audiences.
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Petersien, C.C. (2006). The International Planetarium Society: A Community of Planetarians Facing the Challenges of the 21ST Century. In: Heck, A. (eds) Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy Volume 6. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 335. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4056-3_19
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