The International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL) is a voluntary international organization which provides a forum for the exchange of ideas relevant to librarianship in technological universities throughout the world. It also provides library directors and senior managers an opportunity to develop a collaborative approach to solving common problems.
The 20th Annual IATUL Conference was held on May 17th – May 21st, 1999 in Crete, Greece. The 20th Annual IATUL Conference’s theme was “The Future of Libraries in Human Communication”.
Papers and presentations may be found in the links below, organized first by the day they were presented and then alphabetically by the title of the presentation. Presentations that were given may be found under the additional files field. Papers and presentations for which no files were provided, or for which permission to make openly available was not granted, have been omitted from this collection.
Adaptable network cooperate catalog for complex information objects Azriel Morag, Ex Libris Ltd |
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Ahead of the game: developing academic library staff for the 21st century Alisdair Paterson, University of Exeter |
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Beyond re-engineering: developing sustainable success Annette McNicol, Griffith University |
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Breaking through with thin-client technology: a cost effective approach for academic libraries Sohair W. Elbaz, Illinois Institute of Technology |
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Building the Fast Response Library (FRL) AS Apostolou, Technical University of Crete (T.U.C) |
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Challenging Technolust: the educational responsibility of librarians Alan Bundy, University of South Australia |
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Ann J. Wolpert, Massachussetts Institute of Technology Library |
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Differential pricing and exchange rate profits Dana L. Roth, Millikan Library, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA |
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Educational needs of Finnish polytechnic librarians Marja-riitta Viiri, North Karelia Polytechnic, University of Joensuu |
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Facing future users - the challenge of transforming a traditional online database into a Web service Eva Tolonen, Helsinki University of Technology Library |
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Greek engineers and libraries in the coming years: a (human) communication model Katerina Toraki, Technical Chamber of Greece |
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IEEE and the libraries: joining forces to serve a growing community Barabara Lange, Senior Product Manager, IEEE |
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Improving opportunities for research Irma Pasanen-Tuomainen, Helsinki University of Technology |
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Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
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Nancy Fjällbrant, Univerity of Technology |
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Attilio Collagrossi, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri - DSTN |
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Innovation and Change in Professional Practice: Meaning to Change and Changing the Meaning Vicki Williamson, Curtin University of Technology |
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Intelligent access to document archives Luciana Bordoni, ENEA-Studi |
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Yakov Shraiberg, Russian National Public Library, for Science and Technology |
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Is the customer always right? End-user services in a networked age Terry Morrow, BIDS |
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Leading life-long learning: the library's role Janine Schmid, University of Queensland Library |
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Library digitisation project management Michael Middleton, School of Information Systems |
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Management of electronic information Michael Breaks, Heriot-Watt University |
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Managing the learning agenda in a converged services environment Richard Biddiscombe, University of Birmingham |
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New reference: diversifying service delivery Imogen Garner, University Western Australia |
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Opening Address President of IATUL Nancy Fjällbrant, President of IATUL |
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Lars Bjørnshauge, Technical Knowledge Centre & Library of Denmark |
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Sharing metadata: enabling online information provision Jenny Darzentas, Kyros Institute |
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The changing role of the library: missions and ethics David Russon, The British Library |
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The changing trends in national data purchasing Mike Johnson, CHEST & NISS |
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The future of libraries and changing user needs: general concepts and concrete developments M Van Bentum, University of Twente |
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The future of the academic library and librarian: a DELPHI study Blazej Feret, Technical University of Lodz & Cracow University of Technology |
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The innovation of everyday life in libraries Anthi Katsirikou, Technical University of Crete (T.U.C) |
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Egbert D. Gerryts, University of Pretoria |
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Cathy Kunneke, UNISA |
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The role of libraries in a changing academic environment CH Skiadas, Technical University of Crete (T.U.C) |
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User education in higher education: helping academics join the learning environment Gwyneth Price, University of London UK |
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User studies, libraries response: providing improved instructional services Lynne Rudasill, University of Illinois-Urbana |
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User-focused strategic services for technological university libraries Charles Townley, New Mexico State University Library |