ICSTI, the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information, offers a unique forum for interaction between organizations that create, disseminate and use scientific and technical information. ICSTI's mission cuts across scientific and technical disciplines, as well as international borders, to give member organizations the benefit of a truly global community.

In addition to Microsoft, the National Agriculture Library (US) and IFLA (the International Federation of Library Associations), who all joined ICSTI in 2008, we are pleased to announce confirmation of both Molecular Connections PVT Ltd, and the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors, as new members, and to welcome back INIS (the International Nuclear Information System) who have rejoined.

ICSTI's 2009 Winter Meeting will be held in Paris on 28 February - 2 March. The meeting, which this year does not require attendees to pay a registration fee, includes, on the morning of Monday 2 March, a half-day Workshop organized by the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) on 'Primary Data in Libraries'; a meeting with members of the Executive Board of CODATA, to discuss issues of common interest and opportunities for collaboration, will be held on the afternoon of Monday 2 March. For more details please see the Events page.

ICSTI's 2009 Summer Conference will take place in Ottawa on 9-10 June, followed by the General Assembly Meetings on 11-12 June. Hosted by CISTI, the Canadian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, this year's conference theme is 'Managing Data for Science'. For early program and speaker details, as well as venue, accommodation and sponsor information, and the registration forms, please go to the Events page and click through to the conference website.