After months of active preparations and four days of intense activities in an atmosphere of mutual sharing, the PNC 2004 Annual Conference in conjunction with PRDLA held in Academia Sinica, Taipei Taiwan from October 18~22 has come to a successful conclusion.

More than two hundred and fifty participants from over 14 countries came together to share their researches and knowledge in the field of Digital Libraries, Digital Museums, Digital Archives, GIS, Atlas, Metadata, e-Learning, e-Resource, Biodiversity, e-Science and Grid, ECAI Plenary and National Palace museum Plenary.

The program with Keynote Speech, delivered by Shou-chien SHIH, the Director of National Palace Museum, and two Plenary Sessions and nineteen Parallel Sessions generates an enormous momentum that carries over into the four-day Annual Conference and Joint meetings. The most impressive part of this conference was the diverse topics related to digitization of Libraries, Museums, GIS and the other collections, which not only bring enthusiastic responses, discussion and input but also reflects the main theme of this conference "Digital Libraries and Digital Collections in the Global Community".

When the finalized electronic proceeding, which contains the presentation materials and full papers, is ready, it will be made available on the http://www.PNCLink.org, and the same will also be sent to all participants. The additional information on the conference, including photos of speakers and various events, could be found at http://www.PNClink.org. Any comments about the CD-ROM Proceedings, please contact Ms. Emma Liao at emma@ccweb.sinica.edu.tw or call +886-2-2789-9380.