This proceedings volume contains 68 papers. Subjects addressed include: access to information; the future of information managers/librarians; intelligent agents; changing roles of library users; disintermediation; Internet review sites; World Wide Web (WWW) search engines; Java; online searching; future of online education; integrated information education; Internet training programs; distance education; creating a global stock exchange; advocating global forest issues on the Internet; the internet in the Indian context, user needs; new media publishing; pricing models for electronic publishing; information infrastructure; marketing principles of the corporate information center; intranet; electronic current awareness; searching technologies and interfaces; automated patent searching; providing database services; electronic publishing and collection development; public administration information systems; delivery of business information; information on demand; delivery of business news; personally tailored news; imaging; mobile information systems; online scientific and technological information in Nigeria; Internet support for collaborative work; telecommunications; consumer online services in Europe; Minitel; distribution of professional databases on CD-ROM in the Russian information market; online database services in Japan and perspectives on Asia; information as a key resource on the corporate agenda; interactive WWW services; OMNI; online sources for competitor information; services for the digital library; preservation and access to manuscript collection of the Czech National Library; Spanish museum libraries network; web page authoring tools; and resource management in the electronic environment. Author and subject indexes are provided. (SWC)