From: Alois Kempf, SL IUFRO S6.03, Information Systems and
Terminology, c/o WSL/FNP, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switz.
e-mail: kempf@wsl.ethz.ch (or: wslirs@czheth5a.bitnet)
To: Cross-postings to the following mailing lists:
FOREST@nic.funet.fi, AGRIS-L and NatRes-L
Date: 30 November 1993
Subject: Meeting on forestry information resources in Europe
On behalf of the local organizers, I would like to announce the
following meeting. Please excuse the cross-postings if you are
subscribers of several lists involved. - Alois Kempf
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Nancy / Champenoux, November 1993
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EUFORIS '94: Meeting of the IUFRO Subject Group S6.03 Information
Systems and Terminology from 14 to 18 March 1994 in Nancy, France
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A committee in the Nancy region will organize a European meeting for
information specialists in the forestry field and related sectors.
This meeting on the theme
Retrieval and exchange of scientific forestry information in Europe
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will take place from 14 to 18 March 1994 in the city of Nancy and
its surroundings, hosted by ENGREF in Nancy and INRA in Champenoux.
The meeting aims
- to contribute to a better understanding of the forestry
information resources which are available in Europe from
specialized libraries and documentation centres, as well as by
means of telecommunication
- to stimulate the use of research computer networks and the
training of forestry information specialists
- to support activities in the field of multilingual terminology
to the benefit of end users
- to ease the direct exchange of knowledge and the face-to-face
communication between information specialists and interested
groups
The following sessions are planned:
Session 1: The situation of the forestry information process in
Europe
Session 2: Forestry information for a multilingual Europe
Session 3: The electronic document and its dissemination
(including a visit to INIST, the Institut national
de l'information scientifique et technique)
Session 4: Telecommunication networks, electronic mail and
network information tools
Session 5: Information resources and services in relation to
the forest
Session 6: Visit to the Research Centre in Champenoux (INRA-
Nancy)
An additional half-day tutorial will focus on database searching
(on-line, CD-ROM) and network tools on the Internet.
Conference languages are French and English. No simultaneous
translation will be provided.
For more information and registration please contact:
Ms. M.-J. Lionnet
ENGREF
Bibliotheque
14, rue Girardet
F-54042 Nancy Cedex / France
Tel. +33-83 39 68 15
Fax. +33-83 32 40 19
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