BOBCATSSS 2004 - RIGA LATVIA
JANUARY 26-28, 2004

The University of Latvia where the opening sessions of Bobcatsss 2004 were held.

Magnus Torstensson, Senior Lecturer from the Swedish LIS School (Borås) and
one of the co-hosts of the Conference, welcomes the participants to the reception.

Hungarians Peter Muranyi, Andras Giczi, Gabor Aldulaimi, and Gabor Peer sharing Hungarian food and drink.

Andras explaining the Hungarian food table to the Mistress of Ceremonies at the Reception while Peter looks on.

Gabor Peer and Terry sharing some excellent Hungarian wine

Students in traditional dress offering Latvian Bread to the participants

Ole Harbo from Denmark describing the Danish food available for tasting

Another student group presents their snack specialties for the attendees to sample.

Other participants in the reception that were sharing food from their country

Ruud Bruyns from the Netherlands (UPAE Network within Equal)
explains the Dutch contributions.

Dr Bruyns makes a point about the special Dutch food

Some of the participants toast the opening of the symposium with a song

The German participants present their wine and pastry specialty, which the Mistress
of Ceremonies holds in her hand

Terry enjoys tasting the food and drink from the participants' countries, as does
Ramune Petuchovaite from Lithuania and Ragnar Andreas Audunson from Norway

Yelena Jonsson-Lanevska and Terry discuss library education in Sweden and the U.S. at the Reception

Jessica Moyer from GSLIS, University of Illinois, USA, and Eva Vitez
from Hungary agree that the reception has been a success

For photos of the Conference Presentations see Bobcatsss2004Conf
For photos of sites around the city, see Riga

For photos of Bobcatsss 2003 in Poland, see Bobcats2003
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