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14th Annual EINIRAS Conference
30 September - 1 October 2004, Helsinki, Finland

30 September 2004

09.30 - 09.45 Opening addresses by Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs Tapani Vaahtoranta and EINIRAS President Anna Borrull

 

Session 1

09.45 - 10.45 An Introduction to Finnish Foreign Policy and International Affairs in the Nordic Region, Dr Hanna Ojanen, Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
  
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break
  
11.15 - 12.00

The Role of Information Technology in Crisis Management (46KB)
Kristiina Rinkineva, Programme Director, Crisis Management Capabilities Programme at Crisis Management Initiative, Office of President Ahtisaari
  

12.00 - 13.15 EINIRAS BUSINESS I:
a) Task Group reports
- Task Group I: EuroThesaurus
- Task Group II: Information and Communication Technology
- EINIRAS website developments
b) Preparations for the election of EINIRAS president
c) Use of Electronic Resources: International Relations and Area Studies - A Survey, (301KB)
Eva Sodomova, Head of Library and Archives Division, Council of Europe
  
13.15 - 14.30 Lunch

 

Session 2

14.30 - 15.30 The Information Needs of a Politician
Remarks of Dr Tarja Cronberg, Member of Parliament, and of Ria Freiermuth, Personal Assistant to Parliament Member and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Liisa Jaakonsaari.
  
16.00 - 16.25 Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights and NorDoc Development Libraries Network, (653KB)
Svend Erik Lindberg-Hansen, Head of the DCISM Library
Elcano Royal Institute, Jesús Alonso Regalado, Documentalist
  
16.25 - 17.00 EINIRAS BUSINESS II:
a) Results of the Presidential elections: Anna Borrull from CIDOB, Barcelona, was elected President of EINIRAS for the period 2004-2007
b) New edition of International Relations and Security Network, ISN, website, Chris Pallaris, ISN Editor
c) Discussion on Online Services and Relations Survey from Session 1
d) Group photo
  
17.00 End of session

 


1 October 2004

  

Session 3

09.30 - 10.15 Open Access - what it means and what is there for EINIRAS libraries (1.2MB)
Bo-Christer Björk, Professor, Swedish School of Economics and Business; Finnoa
  
10.15 - 11.00 Archiving of Radio and Television Material - A Case Study of a Future Finnish Radio and Television Archive (54KB)
Dr. Henry Bacon, Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of Helsinki
  
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
  
11.30 - 12.15 Electronic Document Management System I: Electronic Desktop: Case: The New Intranet in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (181KB)
Johanna Hartman, Head of Information Services, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
  
12.15 - 13.00 Electronic Document Management System II: Building Digital Web Archives for Future Scholars (394KB)
Jani Stenvall, Senior Systems Librarian, Helsinki University Library - National Library of Finland
  
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
  

Session 4

14.30 - 15.15 Mobile Library Services - A pioneer Case Study in Helsinki University (313KB)
Jukka Englund, Director of Research and Development, National Library of Health Sciences, Terkko
  
15.15 - 15.30 Coffee break
  
15.30 - 16.15 Practical and Ethical Difficulties in Doing Research on Terrorism Issues (40KB)
Toby Archer, Researcher, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
  
16.15 - 16.45 Library of Parliament
Timo Turja, Chief Information Specialist, Library of Parliament
  
16.45 - 17.00 End of Conference
  
17.00 - 18.00 GUIDED VISIT IN THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
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