Table of contents:

• IAALD welcomes its new chapter for Central and Eastern Europe

Jan van der Burg, President IAALD
• Challenge to cooperation

Michal Demes, ISTIA, Nitra
• The Establishment of Central and Eastern European IAALD Chapter

Tanya Kobidova, ISTIA, Nitra
• USAIN/IAALD Conference in Arizona

Eleanor Mathews, Iowa State University
• A New Direction for FAO 's Information Services - the World Agricultural Information Centre - WAICENT

Anton Mangstl, GIL, FAO UN, Rome
• Opening of FAO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest

Zbigniew S. Karnicki, Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, FAO UN
• Report from AGROINFOS '96

Ildiko Pongoova, National FAO Depository Library, Nitra
• AgroWebClub Nitra

Juraj Gogora, ISTIA, Nitra
• AGLINET, its aims and perspective

Jane Wu, D.L.M. Library, FAO UN Rome
• EFITA its vision and mision

Iver Thysen, Vicepresident of EFITA
• Reportage from the Visit of the Slovak President, Mr. Michal Kovac, to David Lubin Memorial Library in Rome during the Summit

Blanka Bajankova, FAO UN, Rome