Common Conference Sessions
Even 250 seats was not enough on May 20th ...
... so we needed to bring 30 more chairs ...
... and there were only 2 seats free in the Astronomical Hall in the end!
Nevertheless, the audience seemed to understand this problem.
Dr. Balik, the director of the Czech National Library and the session chairman on May 20
The intro speech was held by Tim Owen, a journalist and researcher from Britain ...
- ... who informed about his views of the information indutry future.
- The second speech was by Barbara Buckley, The British Library
Sjoerd Vogt of The Dialog Corporation is not defending himself but doing a presentation of the leading company of the industry.
The last presentation on May 20 was that of hosting Albertina icome Praha - Vladimir Karen provided information about his company news this spring.
Specialty Sessions
Petra Jedlickova, the editor-in-chief of the Czech library webzine Ikaros
Mr. Silha, LANius, speaking about union cataloguing using the LANius library software
Reiner Klimesch from SilverPlatter Information presents the latest version of ERL 4 ...
... and one day later he is subject to investigation by Dr. Vejvalka of the 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University
Catherine Sealey, Chadwyck-Healey, speaking about her company full-text literary products
Nick Turner from UMI presenting the award-winning ProQuest Direct online service
Ladislav Svrsek from Albertina icome Bratislava, here doing a presentation on behalf of the Information Access Company
Jitka Hradilova, the session chairwoman of the EU Information specialty session
Barbora Krutakova presenting the EuroData project by the Prague-based CERGE EI Library
Jon Love of Context speaking about the today and future of the Context Justis CD-ROM products
Jarmila Potomkova from Palacky University was chairing the Biomedical session in her kind manner.
.. while Dr. Milan Spala was doing his speech on Libraries in Transition
Tim Owen and Jiri Kadlecek watching the Business and Economics session (May 22)
Another premiere speaker at Infomedia - Professor Jirasek from the Czech Management Centre (MBA school) at the Business and Economics session
Dr. Kimlicka, Comenius University Bratislava, presenting the Pro Scientia project
Ovid Technologies was represented by Linda Empringham in the Planetarium
Dagmar and Jerry Causleyafter their successful presentation of the Libero library automation software
Dr. Eva Bratkova, Institute of Librarianship at Charles University, informed about her experiences with using databases from The H.W.Wilson Company
Mark Furneaux of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts spoke about the CSA experiences with the Internet as an information resource
Corridors
The Foyer of the Planetarium was the place of discussions ...
... and the line for coffee.
There was rush hours in front of the Albertina stand ...
... as well as with the stands of our partners during and after the breaks.
The Backstage
Finishing - Albertina offices on May 19 while conference portfolios are in preparation ...
... and in the Planetarium on May 21st while supplying more stocks of the Albertina catalogue on CD-ROM.
Linda Empringham of Ovid Technologies makes a good use of the quietness when the session started ...
... as well as Sjoerd Vogt and Vera Jirakova by solving business issues.