A Meeting-related Information Exchange Facility

Report prepared in response to a request from an Ad Hoc Meeting on Conference Information Systems held on the initiative of the Committee for Information on Science and Technology (CIDST) of the Commission of the European Communities. (Luxembourg, September 1977). Version française

Work on this report was initiated in response to a request from an d Hoc Meeting on Conference Information Systems (Luxembourg, September 1977) held on the initiative of the Committee for Information and documentation on Science and Technology (CIDST) of the Commission of the European Communities. The purpose of the report is to outline the context within which conference information could be maintained and made accessible on-line via the European On-line Information Network (euronet), and to consider: (a) the organizational questions of ensuring appropriate collaboration amongst existing suppliers of such information, (b) the problems of transition to the new system and (c) the nature of a suitable pilot project. The whole question of conference information services had been reviewed at an earlier meeting (York, June 1576) sponsored by the Commission (K.P. Barr (Ed) Report of the Workshop on Information on Conferences. (York, British Library Lending Division, 1976).). On the basis of the 1976 and 1977 meetings, a report has also been prepared on the conference information system itself (L.J. Anthony. Main parameters of a system for handling conference information. (London, Aslib, 1977).), so that this question will not be considered in detail here.