Table of contents:

• IAALD Chapter for Central and Eastern Europe President's message

Michal Demeš, ISTIA Nitra
• Genesis of the U.S./Central European Agricultural Library Roundtables

Joseph H. Howard, NAL Beltsville, USA
• Report on the USAIN/IAALD Joint Conference:The Information Frontier: Linking People and Resources in a Changing World

Barbara Hutchinson,University of Arizona, Tucson,USA
• First Visit to the USA and in at the Deep End

Marcela Chreneková, Slovak National AGRIS/CARIS FAO Centre, ISTIA Nitra
• New international initiative

Maria Sliwinska, International Centre for Information Management, Systems and Services (ICIMSS), Torun, Poland
• IFIS - Provider of Specialised Information Services for the Food Sector

John Metcalfe International Food Information Service, UK
• Information Network of Agricultural Libraries in the Republic of Moldova

Ludmila Costin, National Scientific Agricultural Library, Kisinev, Moldova
• Report on my Study Stay in FAO

Juraj Gogora, ISTIA Nitra
• The Study Visit of Information Experts from Moscow at ÚVTIP Nitra

Evgenija Dovator, Evgenij Kramcaninov, Central Scientific Agricultural Library of Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Moscow , Russia
• Some Ideas Concerning a New Strategy of Co-operation, CIS'97 Report, Iasi - ROMANIA

Eleonora Gilda Draganescu, Library and Documentation Centre of Agricultural University, Iasi, Romania