Observations of Very Metal-Poor Stars in the Galaxy
  I report on recent results from observations of stars with metallicities [Fe/H] <= -2.0. These include a substantial new sample of objects with high-resolution observations obtained as part of a follow-up of the HK Survey, The Hamburg/ESO Survey, and the ongoing survey SEGUE: Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration. Perspectives on the next directions are also provided. 
Timothy C. Beers (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, and JINA: Joint   Instititue for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State Univ...