Cooperation between Austrian and Slovenian libraries

Nearly 60 people gathered on 13–14 May 2004 in Maribor (Slovenia) for a conference about the “Cooperation between Austrian and Slovenian libraries” [1]. Austrians and Slovenians haven been neighbours and friends, as well as common citizens, for centuries and cooperation has taken place in the past in many areas, incl. Librarianship. The date chosen for the conference has been chosen with a special reason: since 1 May 2004 are both Austria and Slovenia, neighbours, EU-countries. The conference has been organized jointly by the Library of the University of Maribor and the Culture Forum (Cultural Attache) of the Germany Embassy in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. There were 15 speakers from both nations and the proceedings have been published in the original language of the speakers, e.g., German and Slovenian, and there are English-language abstracts of all presentations [2]. The topics highlighted are: