WebWatch: As the EU's Telematics For Libraries programme comes to an
end, Brian Kelly reviews the Web sites provided by funded projects.
At the Event:
ESSIR'2000: Fabio Crestani gives a
personal report on the Third European Summer School in Information Retrieval (ESSIR'2000)
held in Varenna, Italy, by Lake Como, on 11-15
September 2000.
The Virtual Worlds 2000 Conference : The Virtual Worlds
2000 conference was hosted by the International Institute of Multimedia (Pôle Universitaire
Léonard de Vinci) in Paris, France between 5 - 7 July. Its focus was virtual worlds with a
component of Artificial Life. Joseph Nechvatal reports.
The Citizen's Gateways:
PULMAN: Rob Davies announces the likely
funding of PULMAN, a successor support measure to PubliCA, the Concerted Action for Public
Libraries which ended last year.