Co-sponsored by the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice, under the aus pices of the Council of Europe, there were approximately 120 in attendance, the majority of whom came from government ministries in Hungary. The electronic information services market in Europe is not at all a homogenous market as it is in the United States. The European market is fragmented by different languages and technical, legal, and administrative barriers. Thus, the IMO conducts a user and executive panel survey, as well as a host and databse provider survey. The IMO also procures market studies and maintains an in-house market information database.
Workshops provide a forum for wider interaction with the information services market players.
The results of all these activities are made public through the IMO's annual report and a series of IMO working papers. The concluding outlook contains some remarks on the role of the IP matters in international trade negotiations. Contributors A.T. Agboola is Principal Librarian and Head, Technical Services of the Library, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. He obtained a Master of Library Studies at the Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom, in 1976. He previously worked in various capacities as a Libranan for the University of Lagos from 1976 to 1984.