The University of Szeged has become the largest university of Hungary outside the capital with the integration of several universities and colleges in 2000 under the name of the University of Szeged, whose history dates back over 400 years ago.  Nowadays, it constitutes not only a reference centre of knowledge with outstanding facilities (as the Education and Information Center), but also a crucial actor of innovation in Hungary. The Department of Library and Information Science is currently developing its INFORMATORIUM, a 110 square meter ultra-high tech information visualization, processing and service center, a new generation space for design and manage the information flow in academic environment. It provides excellent features for the coordination and performance of research projects.

Lazlo Karvalics; Born in Budapest, Hungary. MA in History, Literature and Linguistics; PhD and Hab. in History, ELTE,Budapest. He is Founding director of the BME-UNESCO Information Society Research Institute; associate professor, Head, Department of Library and Human Information Science,University of Szeged. Fulbright Research Scholar, George Washington University, Center ofInternational Science and Technology Policy (CISTP). Teaching and research on social impacts of information technology, comparative analysis of national information strategies, information history and education in the information age. Invited expert in several EU-projects and events. Has written books, studies and plenty of small articles for the dissemination of the "Information Society thinking" and Internet-culture. (Some more strokes on his biography in domusBITae Circulus page -Advisory board-)