ILIAC UK Ltd was established earlier this year to support Anglo-Russian co-operation and development through the Library and Information Services sector. Our Inaugural Conference "Modern trends in the development of library information technologies and digital libraries: Russian-British experience." will be held at the Royal County Hotel, Duke Street, Reading on Friday 3rd December. Leading speakers from Russia and the UK will present papers and a party of senior Russian librarians will be attending the conference. Our web site at www.iliacuk.co.uk/seminar-2004.html. provides further details and online registration. Norman Briggs, Managing Director, ILIAC UK Ltd