The 6th All-Russian scientific and practical conference
“Library collections in the digital era: traditional and electronic resources, acquisition and use.”
(March 28 – April 2, 2016, St. Petersburg)
General conference sponsor: Elsevier B.V.
Title sponsor: 100K20 – official representative Springer Nature in Russia
The conference is sponsored by KONEK Ltd.
Media sponsorship: "University Book" information and analytical journal.
Dear Colleagues!
We would like to invite you to participate in the 6th All-Russian scientific and practical conference titled "Library collections in the digital era: traditional and electronic resources, acquisition, and use," which will be held on March 28 - April 2, 2016, at the National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg.
Library collection acquisition professionals, bibliographers, knowledge workers and other library specialists, publishers, aggregators of electronic resources and company representatives are invited to participate.
Conference organizers:
Russian Library Association, Library Collection Development Division; National Library of Russia (Information and Bibliographic Department, Acquisitions Department, Library Collections Division and Reading Center of the Research Methodology Department of Library Science); Elsevier B.V.
The conference program includes
Plenary discussions
- Reforming the legislative system on legal deposit of electronic documents. Electronic publications and “print on demand” publications as objects of legal deposit legislation. Analysis of domestic and international experience. Search for a balance among the interests of authors, publishers, libraries and users.
- National Electronic Library (NEL). Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow...? Possibilities of using the NEL resources by regional and municipal libraries. Methods of content selection for inclusion into NEL.
Panel discussions and roundtables
- Book publishing in Russia in 2015-2016: assessments, trends, analyses, forecasts.
- Russian and International electronic resources market development outlook (e-books, digital libraries, subscription-based electronic resources, online shops, electronic services, cloud technologies, etc.).
- Electronic Library System (ELS) trends in 2016 - new service platforms for science and education
- Promotion of electronic resources. Business models of publisher and aggregator interaction with libraries
- Who is considered a library acquisition expert?
BUSINESS SPEED DATING: BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF PUBLISHERS, AGGREGATORS, NEW PROJECTS, BOOKS, ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
MASTER CLASS. “CITATION INDEXES FOR SEARCH AND CREATION OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT METHOD TO EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES”
TRAININGS AND PRESENTATIONS OF FOREIGN AND NATIONAL ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (INCLUDING AWARD OF CERTIFICATES)
ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY COLLECTIONS IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT: MODERN MODELS, ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONS, REMOTE RESOURCES, INTERNALLY GENERATED RESOURCES
- Subscription-based and open access electronic resources: search, selection, testing, maintenance
- Libraries’ experience in the acquisition and use of electronic resources. Corporate use of subscription-based electronic resources
- Electronic and traditional library collections: issues related to interaction and interdependence. The optimum balance of traditional and electronic resources
- Peculiarities related to acquisition of small-circulation scientific literature
- Organizational and methodological aspects related to the provision of access to electronic resources
- Information support in the acquisition of library collections
LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO LIBRARY COLLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT
- Russian Library Association’s regulation titled “Library collections recordkeeping procedures with comments and attachments.” Stocktaking of traditional and electronic library collections under current conditions: collection registration, accounting and statistical recordkeeping
- New form of statistical recordkeeping (6 NK form approved by Order No.671 of the Federal State Statistics Service dated 30 December 2015)
- Relevant issues related to library acquisitions practices under Federal Law №44-FZ “On the contract system in the state and municipal procurement of goods, works and services”
- Acquisitions of library collections under federal laws restricting access to information (Federal Law No. 436-FZ “On children protection from the information harmful to their health and development”, Federal Law No. 114-FZ “On counteracting extremist activities”, Federal Law No. 101-FZ “On amendments to Federal Law “On the state language of the Russian Federation” and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation concerning the improvement of legal regulation concerning deployment of Russian language”, etc.
- New National standards of Russian Federation titled “Library collections. Technologies related to the development of library collections”, “Acquisition of documents collections. Terms and definitions”, “Electronic documents. Basic types. Imprint. Technological characteristics” and others.
An exhibition of publishing products, information products and library equipment will be held as part of the conference.
In order to participate in the conference please fill out a registration form at the NLR website.
No participation fee is charged to libraries and public institutions representatives.
Participation fee for publishers, aggregators, and company representatives is 1,000 rubles (including VAT of 18%).
Application forms for participation in the exhibition are accepted until March 11, 2016. Registration is open until March 14, 2016 at the website of the National Library of Russia.
Please send by email () a title of your report or presentation, as well as a brief summary, for inclusion into the program by March 5, 2016 (in .doc file format). Late submissions will not be accepted.
Conference materials will be published. We kindly ask that you save copies of illustrations (used in your presentations) in .jpg format with a resolution of 300 dpi.
The conference will be audio/video recorded to allow for transcripts to be published.
This information letter does not constitute a public offer.
The conference organizing committee reserves the right to select reports and presentations for inclusion into the conference program.
March 28, 2016 – Arrival. Check-in at hotels.
March 29 - April 1, 2016 - Conference.
April 2, 2016 - Check out. Departure.
Contact information
For questions regarding the conference program please contact:
191069, St. Petersburg, Sadovaya Str., 18.
Library Collection Division of the Scientific and Methodological Department of Library Science, the National Library of Russia
Irina Vsevolodovna Eidemiller
Tel.: (812) 718-86-13
e-mail:
Acquisitions Department of the National Library of Russia
Tatiana Viktorovna Petrusenko
Tel.: (812) 310-81-73, (812) 718-86-54
E-mail:
Information and Bibliographic Department of the National Library of Russia
Elena Valeryevna Braunova
Tel.: (812) 310-24-03
e-mail:
Nina Vasilevna Abaksheva
Tel.: (812) 718-85-73
e-mail:
For questions regarding participation of publishers and companies in the conference and the exhibition:
Irina Vsevolodovna Eidemiller
Tel.: (812) 718-86-13
e-mail:
For questions regarding hotel accommodations and the cultural program:
Zlata Nikolaevna Gravshina.
Tel.: 8(952)236-31-96
E-mail: vgravshina@mail.ru