Mr. Jan Simko
Institute of Scientific and technical Information for Agriculture (ISTIA), Slovak Republic
Mrs. Marcela Chrenekova
Institute of Scientific and technical Information for Agriculture (ISTIA), Slovak Republic
Jan Simko, Marcela Chrenekova, and michal Demes (of the Slovak Republic) at their
poster session on ISTIA at the USAIN/IAALD Conference. They presented much of the same
information to the NAL staff during their Beltsville visit.
Keith Russell (right) introduces Michal Demes (with laptop), Marcela Chrenekova
(behind Demes), and Jan Simko (who was taking photo), for their presentation to the NAL
staff.
Michal Demes of the Slovak Republic and Barbara Hutchison of Tuscon, Arizona,
consult the World Wide Web during the USAIN/IAALD Conference.
Mr. Michal Demes, Director of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information for Agriculture (ISTIA), Slovak Republic, with two of his staff, Mr. Jan Simko and Mrs. Marcela Chrenekova visited NAL on March 24 and 25, 1997, prior to attending the U.S./Central and Eastern European Agricultural Libraries Round Table and the joint USAIN/IAALDconference in Tucson.
Mr. Demes is an energetic and creative leader in the Central and Eastern European
agricultural library and information community. He has especially led the Roundtable
region on information-sharing and WWW activities. On March 25, he and his colleagues gave
a presentation tothe NAL staff about their organization and shared their ideas on ways in
which U.S. and European libraries might enhance cooperative relationships through the use
of technology.
__Maria Pisa