Dear Friends, I would like to know, which was the world's first discussion forum to be initiated for Library and Information professionals and the year of its inception. List of readings on this topic ( History of Discussion forum for LIS professionals and total number of forums existing) will be highly appreciated. thanks in advance, g.k.manjunath ************************************************** CHIEF LIBRARIAN INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FILM CITY ROAD ( GEN.VAIDYA MARG ) SANTOSH NAGAR GOREGAON ( EAST ) MUMBAI - 400 065 INDIA e-mail : gkm@igidr.ac.in http:// www.igidr.ac.in/lib/library.htm phone 91-22-28490653 ************************************************