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Press ReleasesSIRC Attends 11th IASI World Congress in Lausanne April 20, 2001: OTTAWA, CANADA - As part of the SIRCUIT 2001 World Tour, SIRC has stopped in Lausanne, Switzerland to attend and present at the 11th IASI (International Association for Sports Information) World Congress. Lausanne boasts the headquarters of the IOC, the Olympic Museum and 12 International Sports Federations; a perfect location to host a conference for those involved in sports information and documentation. Organized by the IOC, the global forum is addressing issues such as Sports Information Management, New Technology in Sports Information and Geographic Development of Sports Information. One of the main objectives of the conference is to facilitate scientific & technical exchanges related to sports information between countries, institutions and individuals. Jean-Michel Johnson, Director of Indexing Services at SIRC is presenting two papers at this conference. The first paper, entitled "Content Development and Management: Challenges and Opportunities" presents different aspects of the ongoing development of SIRC's SPORTDiscus database (complete paper available in PDF). The second, entitled "Home Delivery: Supplying up to date information to thousands of coaches and sport professionals" focuses on SIRCUIT, SIRC's communication service to coaches, athletes and sport professionals (complete paper available in PDF). This represents an excellent opportunity to
share information on such topics as the history and content
of the database, selection criteria, indexing guidelines,
international scope, and the SIRCUIT product. In so doing,
SIRC will have a hand in developing international co-operation
and understanding between information professionals and
users of the worldwide network of information related to
sport, physical activity and Olympism. SIRC (Sport Information Resource Centre), based in Ottawa Canada, is the world's leading bibliographic sport database producer and houses the most comprehensive collection of education sport information. SIRC provides educational and communication sport related products and services to universities, hospitals, researchers, coaches and sporting teams and communities both in Canada and around the world. Products and services offered by SIRC include: SportDiscus, SIRCDetective, SIRCRetriever, SIRCExpress and SIRCThesaurus. For more information on SIRC's line of products and services please contact: President and CEO SIRC Tel : +1 (613) 231-7472, Ext 224 Toll Free: +1 (800) 665-6413 North America Fax: +1 (613) 231-3739
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