The Bielefeld 2002 Conference on High Quality Information for Everyone and What It Costs, Stadthalle Bielefeld,
5-7 February 2002

After five successful conferences, the Bielefeld 2002 Conference will traditionally take place in the Stadthalle Bielefeld.

The main subject of the Bielefeld 2002 Conference is: High Quality Information for Everyone and What It Costs. Highly qualified experts and representatives from Europe and North America will discuss several aspects of this topic.

The organizers of the conference are the Bielefeld University, the British Council and Tilburg University.

The aim of the conference is to inform the participants about the latest state of the art, to prepare proposals for new developments, and to assess the future needs of the use of electronic services and publications within and via libraries. The conference has a good reputation for bringing together the main players from libraries, electronic publishing and the information industry; experts who are able to transfer experiences and ideas into practice. Around 500 participants are expected, from about 20 different countries.

Furthermore, manufacturers and distributors of information products and services, as well as providers of information and communication technology and numerous other representatives of the information industry will be available for discussions and presentations.

You can find the programme of the conference under the following

URL: http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/2002conf/

There, you also find the online registration form.

The conference fee is EUR 25 or DM 50.

The organisation has obtained special conditions at hotels of different price categories. To book a room, the Order Form for Hotel Rooms can be used.