Information is situational.
It penetrates all individual and organisational levels of society. The rapid growth in available, but heterogeneous, full text and multimedia information through worldwide networks coincides with the shift into a more use and user-driven qualitative approaches to information. These trends suggest LIS to view its theories, research areas and practices in the perspectives of enhanced integration as well as inter-disciplinarity. The conference wishes to address the scientific efforts that are being made to embed technology and user characteristics in global approaches that take account of all of the factors that are of importance in information transfer. Niels Ole Pors , Denmark.