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Workpackage 1 of ANOVASOFIE was devoted to the establishment of a virtual library. This library contains country-specific key sociological texts, which have been selected in the way of a consultation process: Internet panels were offered to all members of the sociological community of the countries to post their recommendations.
The experimental discussion - panels were launched 2004 in Turkey (24 May - 10 July), Austria (10 May - 4 July) and Ireland (13 July - 26 October).
The panels are closed now, but the discussions will still remain accessible under http://www.ANOVASOFIE.net/austria, http://www.ANOVASOFIE.net/turkey and http://www.ANOVASOFIE.net/ireland.
In general, two topics were discussed:
1) What are the sociological publications in each country describing best its society?
2) What are the sociological books (or articles) in each country representing best the style of sociological work done there?
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Whereas the aim of the first topic is to give foreigners a quick access to reliable sociological information about a particular country, the aim of the second topic was to provide impressions about the national styles of doing sociology. The second aim can not just be detected from the content of discussion. We discovered soon that in each county the pattern of discussion was very different. This, too, gives in some respect an impression how national sociological professions work. Therefore, the discussions on the internet can also be understood as a controlled micro study into the discourse cultures of national sociological professions, which will enable us to understand the preferences of these research communities concerning theories, methods and topics in order to overcome the sociological fragmentation in Europe.
The report presents a documentation of the panel activities in Austria, Ireland and Turkey (enriched with corrected and more comprehensive data). Additionally the ANOVASOFIE - Consortium decided to provide further data which will be useful for a deeper understanding of sociology in Europe by offering comparative data with regard to the history of sociology in the three selected countries.
Reports on web discussions 
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