Final Programme

Remark: this programme provides hyperlinks to presentations provided in English. Links to presentations in Czech are available from the Czech version of Inforum homepage.

May 18th
10:00 - 11:00 Registration
11:00 - 13:00 Common Session - Part I Vojtech Balik, Czech National Library, Prague
Festive Opening Albertina icome Praha s.r.o.
Knowledge Management and its relevance to information professionals Charles Oppenheim, Loughborough University, Dept of Information Science, Great Britain
The information specialist, the user and the learning organization Maria Dologova, Slovnaft a.s., Slovak Republic
14:30 - 18:00 Common Session - Part II Vojtech Balik, Czech National Library, Prague
Contemporary Information Environment. Information Explosion And Some of the Criteria For Information Acquisition Jan Vymetal, Deza a.s., Czech Republic
Consortia Purchasing: the Way into the 21st Century for Czech and Slovak Libraries Vladimir Karen, Albertina icome Praha s.r.o., Prague
MEDLIN project and the consortia licence for access to databases hosted at MEDICON Libor Stejskal, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague
Emptynets - Here we Come! Sjoerd Vogt, The Dialog Corporation, Great Britain
16:00 - 16:30 Cofee Break
What's New at Albertina icome Praha? Stanislav Psohlavec - Jan Mottl, Albertina icome Praha s.r.o., Beroun
Discussion Forum: Entering the Information Society: Information for the Mankind or against it? moderator: Michal Ruzicka, Tyden (weekly)
participants:
Jan Jirak, Faculty of Social Science, Charles University, Prague
Milan Mares, Institute of Information Theory, Academy of Sciences, Prague
Miroslava Matousova, Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic
Jiri Peterka, independent journalist and consultant, Prague
Martin Svoboda, State Technical Library, Prague
Jan Trunecek, University of Economics, Prague
20:00 - 22:00
Infomejdan 99 - Reception at the Czech National Library
organized in collaboration with the Czech National Library
Inforum 99 Awards & Inforum 99 Student Competition Inforum 99 Committee
May 19th - Morning Sessions
8:30 - 12:30 Trends & Technologies Jiri Kadlecek, Dr. Kadlecek Online, Prague
Hall A Libraries of the Next Millenium Martin Svoboda, State Technical Library, Prague
Information Ecology Jiri Peterka, independent consultant and journalist, Prague
Striving for "Control without Committees" Sjoerd Vogt, The Dialog Corporation, Great Britain
10:10 - 10:40 Cofee Break
Customizing Access to Information - ProQuest SiteBuilder from UMI Nick Turner, UMI, Great Britain
Value-Added Full Text: Using Wilson Indexing and Abstracting to Select Your Full Text Andrea Cernichiari, The H.W.Wilson Company, USA
WEB-based information technology - Ultra*Net(tm) 2000 Oliver Tragauer, R+R Messtechnik, Austria
Information Management in th Internet Era Vlastimil Vesely, Information Management Forum, Technical University, Brno, Czech Republic
8:30 - 12:00 Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Information Jarmila Potomkova, Medical Faculty, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Hall B The Role of the National Medical Library in medical information: status quo and outlook Helena Bouzkova, National Medical Library, Prague
Research Services in the Prague National Medical Library - Bibliographic and Full-Text Resources, Library Holdings Jana Hercova, National Medical Library, Prague
"Evidence-Based Medicine" and contemporary information technologies in medical reality Peter Krcho, Faculty Hospital, Kosice, Slovak Republic
Telemedicine: Summary of Experience Abroad Jan Vejvalka, 2nd Medical Faculty, Chrales University, Prague
9:40 - 10:10 Cofee Break
Clinical Information Products from Ovid Technologies Linda Empringham, Ovid Technologies, The Netherlands
The Internet and Infomation in Pharmacology Rostislav Kudlacek, State Institute for Drug Control, Prague
The SilverPlatter Medical and Pharmaceutical Collection John Thompson, SilverPlatter Information, Germany
Information Technologies in Nursing
Alena Drdulova, Institute for Further Education of Medical Specialists, Brno
Lenka Spirudova, Medical Faculty, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
European Collaboration System of Medical and Helth-Care Libraries Eva Lesenkova, Institute of Medical Post-Graduate Studies, Prague
May 19th - Afternoon Sessions
13:30 - 17:00 Information on the European Union Jitka Hradilova, European Documentation Centre, Charles University, Prague
Hall A European Union and the Internet Lindsay Armstrong, Evropean Commission, Directorate General for Information, Communication, Culture and Audio-Visual Media
Guide to the EUROPA Server Milena Mazacova, European Documentation Centre, Charles Universty, Prague
European Law on the Internet Grace Hudson, European Documentation Centre, University of Bradford, Great Britain
Internet Research Service in the European Union Vera Misarova, European Documentation Centre, Charles Universty, Prague
15:30 - 16:00 Cofee Break
Information System for Law Approximation Jiri Palivec, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Department for EU Legislation Compatibility, Prague
Information Centre of the European Union in Prague Katerina Cadilova, Information Centre of the European Union, Prague
Linking European Union Legislation & Case Law Nicki Lane, Context Ltd., Great Britain
13:00 - 17:00 Science & Technology Svatopluk Rieger, Palacky University Olomouc Information Centre - Information Centre of Faculty of Science, Czech Republic
Hall B Spatial Data Availability for Modelling in Geosciences Vit Vozenilek, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic
SilverPlatter's Unique Portfolio of Science & Technology Databases Reiner Klimesch, SilverPlatter Information, Germany
Searching Science and Technology Periodical Literature using WilsonWeb - Beyond the Table of Contents Andrea Cernichiari, The H.W.Wilson Company, USA
14:30 - 15:00 Cofee Break
Consortium of Czech Universities For General Access to Complex Database of Chemical Structural and Factographic Information Jaroslav Silhanek, University of Chemical Technology, Prague
Access to Sci-Tech Databases Under Ovid Linda Empringham, Ovid Technologies, The Netherlands
FullText & Image Resources in the STM Field - ProQuest Direct from UMI Elisabeth Saunders, UMI, Great Britain
May 20th - Morning Sessions
8:30 - 12:30 Library Information Systems and Library Automation Beata Sedlackova, Silesian University Opava, Czech Republic
Hall A New Paradigms in Librarianship Rudolf Vlasak, Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, Charles University, Prague
Project Management - the way to a successfull library automation Stefan Kimlicka, Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Authorities Database on the Czech National Bibliography CD-ROM Zdenek Bartl, Czech National Library, Prague
Q-Series - Library Information System for the 3rd Millenium Heather Crosbie, EOSi, Great Briatin
Rapid Library - Gateway to the World of Information Nadezda Andrejcikova, Comostron Systems s.r.o., Czech Republic
Clavius - Library System for the Next Millenium Jiri Silha, LANius s.r.o., Tabor, Czech Republic
10:25 - 10:55 Cofee Break
Cataloguing using Kp-systém and the Czech National Bibliography Petr Stefan - Vaclav Trunec, Kp-sys s.r.o., Sezemice, Czech Republic
Electronic Guarding of Library Holdings DIALOC-LIBRARY Ladislav Antl, AC Systems s.r.o., Prague
RELIEF - knowledge collection system Pavel Kocourek, INCAD s.r.o., Praha
Access to the Silesian University Central Library Catalogue in the framework of the CASLIN Union Catalogue Eva Marvanova, Central Library of the Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
8:30 - 12:00 Information Resources for Business and Entrepreneurship Jaroslav Jirasek, Czech Management Centre, Celakovice, Czech Republic
Hall B The role of the Internet in the Strategic Marketing Richard Papik, Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, Charles University, Prague
Electronic Information Resources for Economics Studies Libor Valek, University of Economics, Prague
Turning Data into Information into Knowledge Sjoerd Vogt, The Dialog Corporation, Great Britain
10:00 - 10:30 Cofee Break
Information needs of Companies and Institutions Premysl Cenkl, CTK, Praha
FullText & Image Resources for Business and Management Information - ProQuest Direct from UMI Elisabeth Saunders, UMI, Great Britain
May 20th - Afternoon Sessions
13:30 - 17:00 Copyright And Electronic Information Jarmila Burgetova, Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic, Prague
Hall A Copyright Legislation Development in Europe Tuula Haavisto, Central & Eastern European Copyright User Platform, Finland
Some Aspects of Copyright in the Field of Scientific Information Jaroslav Silhanek, University of Chemical Technology, Prague
15:00 - 15:30 Cofee Break
Contemporary Questions of the Electronic Copyright in Relation to Libraries Martin Bohacek, University of Economics, Prague
Discussion to the new draft of the Czech Copyright Law Martin Bohacek, University of Economics, Prague
Jiri Kordac, Ministry of culture, Prague
Zbyněk Loebl, Central European Advisory Group, Prague
13:00 - 17:00 Exploitation of Information Sources Jiri Ivanek, University of Economics, Prague
Hall B Exploiting Information Resources for Financial Analysis of Corporates and Industries Tomas Kubalek - Jitka Srpova, University of Economics, Prague
Practical Information Gathering From Complex Databases Jan Rauch, University of Economics, Faculty of Information and Statistics, Prague
14:30 - 15:00 Cofee Break
Enterprise Miner - Solution for Data Mining in a Real-life Corporate Environment Jaroslav Pulpan, SAS Institute, Prague
Transforming Information Into Knowledge - Excalibur Retrieval Ware Pavel Kocourek, INCAD s.r.o., Praha
Information Rafinery TOVEK Tomas Vejlupek, TOVEK, s.r.o., Prague
PC DOCS/Fulcrum solution for integrated knowledge management Martin Binder, Exprit s.r.o., Praha
Intelligent Internet Searching - VSEVED system Petr Berka, University of Economics, Prague

Accompanying Events

May 18 - 20
MINIEXHIBITION INFORUM 1999
Information Resources and Library Automation
exhibition in the foyer of the New Auditorium - Free Entrance for Library Professionals Open during conference hours.
May 19 & 20
GUIDED TOUR to the Library of the University of Economics
Tour will start on May 19th and 20th at 8am and 1pm in the foyer of the library (Old Building - 2nd floor)
May 21st
9:00 - 13:00 Workshop: Copyright And Electronic Information Tuula Haavisto, Central & Eastern European Copyright User Platform, Finland
Intended for people involved in the library and copyright legislation and its effects on the daily life in the information institutions. Workshop is being organized in collaboration with the Eastern European Copyright User Platform (CECUP) and the Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic (SKIP) and will be lead by Mrs. Tuula Haavisto, a leading expert in this field.
Workshop will take place in the Assembly Hall of the Rector, University of Economics

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