JCMT Newsletter No. 11 (Acknowledgements)
 Serviced Mode Acknowledgements
Now that the JCMT is running a significant number of projects in a
serviced mode the question of how to appropriately acknowledge the
observers has arisen.
In many cases, fallback programs are done entirely by visiting observers,
JCMT staff scientists, or (on occasion and becoming more frequent) by the
TSS on duty. It is often the case that projects with formal allocations
are also completed in serviced mode.
Actually taking the data is a significant part of any observing
application and being able to ensure that the data collected is of
high-quality, taken under appropriate circumstances is a skilled task that
should not go unrecognised.
In addition to the general acknowledgement that should be attached to each
published paper containing JCMT observations, it would seem courteous
for PIs to consider including the names of the 'major' observers of
their program. The decision of how to choose the 'major'
contributors to the data collection is left to the PI.
Modification Author: Graeme Watt (gdw)
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