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The European Library (TEL) - The Gate to Europe's Knowledge Milestone Conference Date : April 29 - 30, 2002 Location: Deutsche Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Organizer: Die Deutsche Bibliothek, TEL Project Partner In addition to print media, which are likely to retain their importance in many areas, networked publications, interactive and multimedia products and services will play an increasingly important role over the next few years. In order to structure the vast flood of information for the benefit of the individual scholar and decision-maker, and ultimately for every private citizen, WWW gateways and portals will need to be created and continuously upgraded. This task requires international co-operation on both technology and content. Nine European national libraries together with the Conference of European National Librarians are constructing the basis for such a portal concept in the project "The European Library" (TEL). "The European Library" (TEL) is an accompanying measure within the framework of the Key Action 3 of the IST-Programme (Information Societies Technologies) of the EU. On the basis of the decentralized digital and conventional holdings of the participating national libraries the technical, legal and context platform of a pan-European information server shall be created. In future the users can search all online catalogues of the European national libraries simultaneously with a single inquiry, proceeding from there to access their digital and conventional holdings and services. Definition and clarification of legal issues concerning copyright and licensing as well as a business model play an important role. The results of the first half period are going to be presented at the international conference. External speakers are going to supplement and to comment the Tel presentations in five topics. The topics: · National Libraries and Publishers · The business of Digital Libraries · Describing and Handling Digital Publications · The European Library: Proof of Concept · European Information Networks Participation is free of charge. Further information: http://www.europeanlibrary.org Registration (deadline April 2, 2002) Regina Weiss, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Adickesallee 1, 60322 Frankfurt am Main Phone + 49 +69 1525 - 1002, Fax + 49 +69 1525 - 1010, E-mail: [log in to unmask]