Internet Librarian International 2000: A conference with all the right elements

Vol. 8, No. 7 • July/August 2000

Internet Librarian International 2000: A conference with all the right elements
by Doris Small Helfer

Focuses on Internet Librarian International 2000, held at the Olympia 2 conference facility in London. Reports that it was the second in the new conference series from Information Today, Inc. and, with conference attendees from Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Americas, it truly lived up to the ``International'' label. Says that Richard R. Rowe, chairman and CEO of RoweCom, USA, was a keynote speaker and discussed the technologies driving electronic collections and electronic commerce in libraries. Describes several other presentations on subjects ranging from teaching the Web in 50 minutes to the latest trends in online searching. Concludes that the Internet Librarian International conference truly covered the vast expanse and important issues facing librarians using the Internet today and the issues that will confront them in the foreseeable future. Includes three photos.