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Editor(s): Joaquim Filipe and José Cordeiro. Sponsored by INSTICC (the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication) and published by SCITEPRESS (Science and Technology Publications, Lda), this book contains proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST 2009). It’s main focus was on "Web Information Systems and Technologies", focusing on technological advances and business applications of web-based information systems, including research and application areas such as Internet Technology, Web Interfaces and Applications, Society, e-Business and e-Government, Web Intelligence and Mobile Information Systems. This event was sponsored by INSTICC (Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication). WEBIST was technically co-sponsored by WfMC and held in cooperation with ACM SIGMIS, ACM SIGWEB and WSA. WEBIST 2009 received 200 papers in total, with contributions from 53 different countries in all continents. To evaluate each submission, a double blind paper evaluation method was used: each paper was reviewed by at least two experts from the International Program Committee in a double-blind review process, and most papers had received 3 reviews or more.