Martin White has no doubts about the importance of attending Online Information. The papers and the exhibitors set the agenda for the following year, and, increasingly, attendees at both the conference and the exhibition are coming from outside what we might regard as information manager sector, and in doing so are redefining the sector. White feels that, without doubt, OI99 will be seen to mark the beginning of enterprise portal development in Europe. He is certain that we are going to see an interesting battle for control of the intranet portal business. Visitors wishing to register an interest for any of these special features should visit the exhibition section of the web site.
Places are limited and are allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis.
Finally, the Library Association is continuing to increase its involvement with special libraries and librarians. This year it will be running a new Workplace Libraries Clinic. Workplace Libraries initiative is designed to raise the profile of special librarians within their organisations. It provides essential information for exhibition visitors, conference delegates and members of the press, including a full exhibitor list, company profiles, new product information, full details of the conference programme and an online pre-registration facility. It also acts as a very useful portal for company information elsewhere on the web.