Observatory publications comprise the work of local astronomers from observatories around the world and are traditionally exchanged between observatories through libraries. However, large collections of observatory publications seem to be rare; or at the least rarely digitally described or accessible on the Internet. Notable examples to the contrary are the Woodman Astronomical Library at Wisconsin-Madison and the Dudley Observatory in Loudonville, New York both in the US. Due to the irregularities in receiving material, the collections are generally often incomplete both with respect to the observatories included as well as volumes. In order to assess the unique properties of the collections, we summarize and compare observatories present in our own as well as the collections from the Woodman Library and the Dudley Observatory.

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天文台出版物的独特性

天文台出版物包括来自世界各地天文台的本地天文学家的工作，传统上是通过图书馆在天文台之间进行交换。然而，大量的天文台出版物似乎很少见；或至少很少进行数字描述或可以在Internet上访问。相反，著名的例子是美国威斯康星州麦迪逊分校的伍德曼天文图书馆和美国纽约州卢登维尔的达德利天文台。由于接收材料的不规则性，无论是从所收录的天文台还是从体积上来说，这些收藏品通常通常都是不完整的。为了评估这些收藏品的独特性质，我们总结并比较了我们自己以及伍德曼图书馆和达德利天文台收藏品中的收藏家。