On
the occasion of the FAO AGROINFOS ´96 workshop and on the initiative
of the president of IAALD, Mr. Jan van der Burg and the director of ISTIA,
Mr. Michal Demes, the Founding Meeting of the Central and Eastern European
IAALD Chapter was held on 29th November 1996 at ISTIA Nitra in Slovak
Republic, with the participation of representatives from 12 countries:
Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, the
Slovak Republic, Ukraine, Croatia and France:
Poland
Jerzy Rasinski
Danuta Pielak
Central Agricultural Library
Krakowskie Przedmieście 66
Warsaw
Lithuania
Daiva Stankeviciene
Lithuanian Agricultural Library
Gedimino pr.,19
2025 Vilnius
Latvia
Ilona Dobelniece
Latvian University of Agriculture
Fundamental Library
2 Liela Street
Jelgava, LV 3001
Ukraine
Deribon Tatiana
Ukrainian Institute of Scientific, Technical and Economical Information,
Gorky St., 180
252 171 Kiev
Russia
Vjacheslav Pozdnyakov
Nina Abbakumova
Central Scientific Agricultural Library
107 804, GSP, Orlykov bystreet, 3,
korp.B- 139Moscow
Belarus
Vladimir Golubev
Belarus Agricultural Library
88 Kazinets St.
Minsk
Moldova
Ludmila Costin
The State Agricultural University of Moldova
Calia Eshilor 51/3,ap.135
Kishinev
Croatia
Nikola Kezic
Sand Bakija Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Svetošimunska cesta 25,
10 000 Zagreb
Romania
Gilda Draganescu
Emilia Chichirau University of Agriculture, Iasi
Aleea M. Sadovean nr. 3
6600 Iasi
Albania
Heroina Deliu
Scientific Library of Agricultural University, Tirana
Prenci Shquipe - Centre of Information and Training for Agriculture,
Tirana
Bulgaria
Ivanka Demireva
Thracian University
Student´s Town „ Malka Vereia“
6000 Stara Zagora
France
Therese Babilliot
National Institute for Agricultural Research, INRA,
UCD Route de Saint-Cyr,
F- 78026 Versailles
The Slovak Republic
Michal Demes
Tanya Kobidova
Juraj Gogora
Institute of Scientific and Technical Information for Agriculture
Samova 9,
950 10 Nitra
The meeting was chaired by V j a c h e s l a v P o z d n y a k o v, the Board Member of the IAALD Executive Committee 1995-2000 and the Director of the Central Scientific Agricultural Library in Moscow in Russia The main goals were:
INSTITUTIONS: Belarus Agricultural Library, Golubev Vladimir Central
Agricultural Library,
Agriculture Faculty of the University of Zagreb, Keziæ Nikola
INDIVIDUALS:
Russia (Central Scientific Agricultural Library, Moscow)
Slovakia (10 research institutes)
Czech Republic (Institute of Agriculture and Food Information,
Prague)
Hungary (University of Horticulture and Food Industry)
Members of IAALD in 1997
Institute of Scientific and Technical Information for Agriculture, Nitra
Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Bratislava
Research Institute of Viticulture and Wine Making, Bratislava
LikoSpol Ltd., Bratislava
Grassland and Mountain Agriculture Institute, Banska Bystrica
Research Institute of Animal Production, Nitra
SELEKT, Research and Plant Breeding Institute, Bucany
Research Institute of Agricultural Ecology, Michalovce
Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Kosice
Research Institute of Irrigation, Bratislava
Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra
GOODWILL Ltd., Kiev
IP Kiev, Ltd., Kiev
In September 1997 in Nitra the international workshop „Developing Practical Skills in Internet and CD-ROM Technology“ will be held for agricultural information specialists - members of IAALD. This is a joint project of IAALD and FAO UN in cooperation with the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information for Agriculture in Nitra. More information will be found in the next issues of IAALD News: Central and Eastern Europe.