% README.yourvol -- Specific procedures to follow for Bioastronomy ' 99: A New Era in the Search for Life in the Universe"". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Proceedings Editors: Guillermo Lemarchand lemar@cea.uba.ar Karen Meech meech@ifa.hawaii.edu confproc@ifa.hawaii.edu Page limitations: 8 for invited talks, 6 for contributed talks and 4 for contributed posters Deadline for electronic paper copies: October 15, 1999 Deadline for posted paper copies: October 15, 1999 Guillermo A. Lemarchand Center for Advanced Studies University of Buenos Aires C.C. 8 - Cucursal 25 1425 Buenos Aires Argentina __ Get the LaTeX template and style files from the Institute for Astronomy. ftp> hubble.ifa.hawaii.edu (128.171.2.5) ftp> [log in as anonymous] ftp> [use your email address as the password] ftp> cd INCOMING/bioast ftp> mget * ftp> [exit] __ Prepare your paper following the instructions in the README and papsman.tex files. __ The page limit is <100> pages for invited talks and <64> pages for all others. Page limits will be strictly enforced and papers exceeding this limit will be returned to the authors for resubmission. __ Check your paper carefully. __ Include at least <6> keywords in your LaTeX file that are appropriate for your manuscript. __ Include a glossary of vocabulary terms which would be unfamiliar to those outside your field (this is not included in the page limit) __ Prepare any figures or illustrations at production size, if they will not be provided in EPS format. We can handle submission of figures in any of the following digital formats: tiff, jpeg, gif, eps __ Check to be sure you have included an abstract. Papers without abstracts will be returned to the authors for one. __ Mail the LaTeX copy of your manuscript along with any computer graphics in EPS format to confproc@nihoa.ifa.hawaii.edu Identify the LaTeX copy by using the last name plus the first name initial of the first author, e.g., hanischr.tex. Any EPS files should be identified in a similar way, e.g., hanischr1.eps, hanischr2.eps. Authors with multiple papers will need to indicate this as well, e.g., crabtreed1.tex, crabtreed1_1.eps. (Alternatively, files can be sent by email to ) __ Mail 1 copy of your manuscript and any illustrations at production size to Guillermo Lemarchand. Manuscripts must be received no later than in order to be assured publication in the Proceedings.