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By Caroline Milner - January 2001
Europe’s leading conference and exhibition for the Internet librarian and information professional is to be held between 26 and 28 March 2001 at Olympia 2, London. Caroline Milner of Rubicon Communications reflects on last year's successful conference and previews what's to come.
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Internet Librarian International 2001 [1] is Europe’s only Forum for information professionals who are using, developing, and embracing internet, intranet, and web-based strategies in their roles as information navigators, webmasters and portal managers, content evaluators, product developers, and searchers, among others.
The conference is now in its third year. Last year’s conference attracted 500 delegates from 40 countries [2]. The visitors to the conference came mainly from academic, public, research or business library backgrounds, though there were even delegates from government and medical sectors. See figure 1.
| Library Type | % | |
| College/Universities | 25 | |
| Business (corporate/law) | 23 | |
| Public | 11 | |
| Research | 9 | |
| Government | 8 | |
| Medical/pharmaceutical | 5 | |
| School | 4 |
Figure 1: Visitors to Internet Librarian International 2000 by library type
The conference has been very popular in the past. Its true success can be seen through the comments of attendees:
"Internet Librarian International is a very focused
conference with a nice blend of representatives from the industry
and the library profession itself. The adjoining exhibition
offers a glimpse of the major suppliers new products. I am
definitely coming back."
Anders Renman, Information Specialist
Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden
"Internet Librarian International was certainly international
in flavour - I had the opportunity to visit with colleagues from
all over the globe, as well as learn that library technology
issues really are global in nature. I was most impressed with the
high quality and interesting sessions."
Debbie Fyfe
Collections / Reference Librarian
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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| Figure 2: Socialising at the Conference |
This year's “Nothing but ‘Net” conference theme provides comprehensive coverage of issues for today’s internet information manager and user. The conference coverage includes: intranets, tools and systems, e-resources, portals, web design, content management, knowledge management, internet navigation, search engines and e-roles and e-learning.
As in previous years, Internet Librarian International also features a series of pre- and post-conference workshops covering: Emerging Technologies, Electronic Publishing, Content Management, Designing Web Sites, Web Searching, XML, Intranet Taxonomies & Metadata, Business Information Online, Technology for Building Client Relationships, Digital/Video Media Streaming, Negotiating Global Contracts, and Publishing Web magazines.
The Internet Librarian International exhibition features an extensive range of products and services covering aspects of internet, intranet and library technology including search engines, software, document delivery and Web delivery systems, online services, content providers, and more. At the exhibition it will be possible to meet:
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| Figure 3: Visitors to the Exhibition |
The exhibition is free to those who apply online [3].
Internet Librarian International 2001 is again working with the organisers of London Book Fair to add value to your visit. The unique alliance with London Book Fair means that visitors Wearing Internet Librarian International 2001 badges are entitled to free access to London Book Fair throughout the shared open days.
Internet Librarian International 2001 is an Information Today Event managed in the UK by Rubicon Communications Ltd
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Australia Austria Bahrain Belgium Bermuda Bosnia Canada Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland |
France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malaysia Netherland |
New Zealand Nigeria Norway Poland Portugal Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovenia South Africa |
Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Uganda UK United Arab Emirates USA Zimbabwe |
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Caroline Milner
Rubicon Communications Ltd
Oxford Centre for Innovation
Mill Street
Oxford
OX2 0JX, UK
c.milner@rubicon-communications.com
Phone: +44 (0)1865 811145
Caroline Milner is Marketing Manager for Rubicon Communications Ltd., an Oxford-based event organiser. Rubicon Communications develop and manage events for both the B2B and B2C sectors specialising in the fields of the information sciences.
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For citation purposes:
Milner, C. "Internet Librarian International 2001 Preview", Cultivate Interactive, issue
3, 29 January 2001
URL: <http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue3/ili/>
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