Linking information systems

An international seminar on "Linking information systems" will take place in Rome, Italy, on 2 April 1997. The seminar, which is being organized within the framework of the "Libraries" sector of the Community Telematics Applications programme, will discuss themes relevant to knowledge and technology and present the preliminary findings of the EC-funded SESAM (System for Electronic Support of Academic Material) project.

The main focus of the seminar will be on the interlinking of information systems in the European Union. The research activities to be reported on will include:

- Client server applications for information systems outlining the findings of a survey conducted on behalf of the European Commission;
- Advances in visual interface, with an outline paper on relevant aspects in pictorial interfaces and indexing and retrieval;
- The development of software agents and their role and evolving function in collecting knowledge over the networks.

Another relevant aspect is related to the exploitation of information stored in systems and their integration into other information systems to improve communication between disparate environments. This approach has been developed within the SESAM project which addresses the exploitation of library catalogues for ready-to-use information on academic material.

The SESAM project has been undertaken by a research group consisting of: the Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (IT); 3D Informatica (IT); the University of Central Lancashire (UK); the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven (B) and the Universita La Sapienza (IT).
For further information, please contact:

3D Informatica srl
Ms. Maria Morvillo
via Vittorio Veneto 108
I-00187 Roma
Tel./Fax +39-6-4745435
E-mail: mm@3di.it