[Modern information technology and the collection and exchange of biomedical and biochemical information]

Information technology as a new and powerful tool in the hands of scientists should provide efficient use of large amount of data. Every day scientific population put into circulation about 30000 printed pages containing different forms of information. Handling of such amount of written materials is "Sisyphean task" and now can be performed by computer which is powerful tool for accessing and analyzing large quantity of data. Many faculties, institutes and persons have access to networks but average user despite the power of the technology can often be frustrated by the simple questions: "What is my colleague's e-mail address? How can I most effectively find relevant information? How will I use e-mail, gopher or WWW? Who will help me learn more?" In the text I will try to give short answers on this and some other questions. I will also try to explain how we can use some new ways of communications, how to reach recent programs and information from wide areas of interest but specially from biochemistry and biomedicine.