This is a reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for the call for presentations for the European Library Automation Group (ELAG) Conference, 22 – 24 April, 2009, Bratislava, Slovakia. Theme : New tools of the trade Web 2.0, social networking applications, blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, facetted searching, semantic linking and digital documents are just some of the new developments that are rapidly changing the systems environment in libraries and what users expect from the systems that they use. To respond to these challenges, systems librarians and developers need to "re-tool": they need to discover and master new ways of developing and applying informatics to solve information problems. The ELAG 2009 Conference is calling for presentations on new tools including: - innovative software, applications and environments - emerging formats, protocols and standards - new ways of applying existing standards - new procedures and techniques Place: Bratislava, Slovakia Host: University Library of Bratislava (Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave) Dates: 22 - 24 April, 2009 Deadline: 24 November, 2008 Address: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] ELAG is Europe's premier conference on the application of information technology in libraries and documentation centres. Further information is available on the 2008 conference website at http://indico.ulib.sk/elag2009 ____________________________________________ Ron Davies European Commission - Directorate General for Education and Culture Culture, Multilingualism and Communication Central Library of the Commission * +32-2-299.56.98 (direct phone) * +32-2-295.68.26 (fax) * http://europa.eu/comm/dgs/education_culture/index_en.htm