The International Theoretical and Practical Conference

The National Library of Russia

CENSORSHIP AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION:
the Past and the Present
The National Library of Russia, March 16-18, 2005

THE PROGRAM

March, 16
165/2 Moskovsky prospect,
National Library of Russia

9.00 Conference Registration
10.00 - 11.00 Official welcome
Conference Hall
Simultaneous interpretation

Zaitsev Vladimir N., Director General, National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Burov Nikolay V., Chair, Committee of Culture and Art, Saint Petersburg Government, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Kuzmin Evgenii I., Head of Archives and Libraries Department, Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
Sturges Paul, Chair FAIFE IFLA, Professor, Loughborough University, Great Britain
Fitzsimmons Richard, Director of the Library, Penn State Worthington Scranton, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

11.00 - 13.00. Plenary Session


Simultaneous interpretation

Chairman Vladimir R. Firsov, Deputy Director General, National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Russian transit: from a cult of privacy to culture of the information and knowledge. Political and legal aspects.

Monahov Viktor N., Institute of State Policy and Law of Russian Academy of Sciences, UNESCO Russian Committee "Information for all", Moscow, Russia

The Role of Libraries in Strengthening Democracy and the Culture of Interdependence.
Myers Sondra, International, Civil and Cultural Projects, Washington, USA

11.30 - 12.00. Coffee

New Approaches and Methods to Research Censorship.
Ekholm Kai, Helsinki University Library of Finland, Helsinki, Finland

Censorship and National Information Creativity of Different Historical Epoch.
Zhirkov Gennadiy V., Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Whether there is an Opportunity of Restoration of Censorship in Russia?
Blyum Arlen V., Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

12.45 - 13.10. Excursion to the New building of the National Library of Russia
13.10 - 14.00. Interval

Section "The Forming of an Information Society and the Problems of Censorship and Access to Information"
March, 16
14.00-17.30.
Conference Hall
Consequent interpretation

Chairman Irina Lynden, University of Rhode Island, USA

On Guard: American Librarians Against Censorship during the Cold War and the War on Terrorism.
Lynden Irina, University of Rhode Island, USA

Legal Regulation in Sphere of Information.
Shevtsova Elena V., Interparliamentary Assembly Council, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Libraries as Publishers: Increasing Asses to Scholarly Literature.
Hawkins Kevin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

15.30 - 16.00. Coffee

The Transformation of the Role of National Libraries as a Key to the Transformation of our Informational- Knowledgeable Society.
Arahova Antonia, National Library of Greece, Athens and Kapidakis Sarantos, Ionio University, Greece

Some Possible Consequences of Development of the Information Society.
Konashev Michail B., Institute of Natural Sciences and Techniques History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Stand paper:


Libraries and Censorship: Experience of the Democratic Countries.
Ravinskij Dmitrii K., National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Section "The History of Censorship in Russia"
March, 16
14.00-18. 00.
Reading Room, 2 floor

Chairman Gennadiy V. Zhirkov, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Censorship and Social-Cultural Context of Historical Knowledge in Russia in the Second Half of the 19-th Century.
Chirskova Irina M., Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow, Russia

Royal Court Censorship of Prime Necessities.
Grigoriev Sergey I., European University in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Military Censorship in Russia in the Beginning of the 20-th Century: (on Materials of Kursk Province).
Saltyk Galina A., Kursk State University, Kursk, Russia

Censorship: the Part and the Whole (the 19-th Century).
Makushin Leonid M., Ural State University of M. Gorky, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Censorship of the Petersburg Newspapers at the End of the 19-th Century.
Sonina Elena S., Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

15.30 - 16. 00. Coffee

"The Collection of Clauses Prohibited by Censorship in 1862" and the Constitutional Movement in Russia.
Gusman Leonid Yu., Russian State Pedagogical University of A.I.Gertsen, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Morals in the Estimation of Censor V.F.Odoevsky.
Parshukova Nadezhda A., Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Censorship of the Ethnic Seal in Russia.
Arakelyan Flora A., Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Yakov Brafman as the Censor of the Jewish Compositions.
Elyashevich Dmitrii A., Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts, Russia

History of Censorship Institutions in Malorossiya in the 19-th and the early 20-th Century.
Grinchenko Natalia A., National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia and Patrusheva Natalia G., National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Intelligency and Problem of the Freedom of Speech during the First Russian Revolution.
Shelaeva Alla A., Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Censorship of the Soviet Press of Nationality Languages in Leningrad in the 1920-s and 1930-s.
Smirnova Tamara M., Saint Petersburg State University of Space Instrument Making, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Second World War: how in the USSR Prepared for the Information on War Crimes.
Sorokina Marina Yu., Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia

Section "The Forming of an Information Society and the Problems of Censorship and Access to Information"
March, 17
10.00-11.30.
Conference Hall
Simultaneous interpretation


Chairman Paul Sturges, Chair FAIFE IFLA, Professor, Loughborough University, Great Britain

From Fighting Censorship to Promoting Transparency.
Paul Sturges, Chair FAIFE IFLA, Professor, Loughborough University, Great Britain

The IFLA Internet Manifesto session. Discussion

11.30 - 12.00. Coffee

12.00 - 13.00.
Consequent interpretation

Chairman Monachov Viktor N. Institute of State Policy and Law of Russian Academy of Sciences, UNESCO Russian Committee "Information for all", Moscow, Russia

Freedom of Expression in the Digital Environment: Contemporary Issues in Estonia.
Moldre Aile, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Estonia

Information Culture in Subjective Measurement of the Vital World of the Person.
Sergeeva Olga V., Volgograd State University, Volgograd, Russia

Section "The History of Censorship in Russia"
March, 17
10.00-13.00
Reading Room, 2 floor

Chairman Anton V. Likhomanov, National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Medieval Censorship and Heresies: Technics of Amalgamation.
Alekseev Alexey I., National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Censorship at the Moscow University of the 18-th Century ("Before Novikov" the Period).
Kosmolinskaya Galina A., Science Centre of Book Culture Researches, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

The Books Withdrawn at the Petersburg Port Customs House, and their Owners (1800).
Somov Vladimir A., Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, Saint Petersburg, Russia

"Library for Reading" and Censorship.
Scherbakova Galina I., Tolyatti State University, Tolyatti, Russia

I.S.Aksakov's Newspaper "Russia" and Censorship.
Badalyan Dmitrii A., European University in Saint Petersburg, Russia

11.30 - 12.00. Coffee

Drama Censorship during Nikolay's I Epoch and its Role in Formation of Repertoir of Russian Theatre of the 19-th Century.
Kasumova Anastasiya Ya., Saint Petersburg Academy of Theatre Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia

History of Drama Censorship (on the Material of the Collection "Drama Censorship" in the Petersburg Theatrical Library).
Fedyahina Elena G., Theatre Library, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Censorship and the First Libraries in Siberia.
Degaltseva Ekaterina A., Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Censorship in the Activities of the Financial Institutions of Russian Province in the Second Part of the 19 th and the Early 20-th Century.
Kuznetsova Ludmila A., Museum of Regional Ethnography, Kursk, Russia

13.00 - 13.50. Interval

Section "The History of Censorship in Different Countries"
March, 17
14.00-17.30
Conference Hall
Consequent interpretation

Chairman Nikolay V. Nikolaev, National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Censorship of Books in the Great Princedom Lithuanian.
Nikolaev Nikolay V., National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Censorship in the State Library of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Fitzsimmons Richard, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Export of Censorship: the 20-th Century Russian Literature in Greece.
Ioannidu Alexandra, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

Role of the Person of the Censor in Censorship of the Latvian Books: (to 1918).
Limane Lilija, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

15.30 - 16 00. Coffee

Decline of the Soviet Censorship and Democratisation of Libraries in Latvia: 1985 - 1990.
Strale Aina, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Forms of Censorship in Serbia: since the Second World War until Today.
Stevanovic Milica, Public Library Krusevac, Serbia and Montenegro

Scientific Libraries of Latvia and Censorship (1945 - 1965).
Zanders Viesturs, Latvian University, Riga, Latvia

Censorship in Libraries of Latvia during the Years of the Second Soviet Occupation (1944 - 1974).
Dreimane Jana, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Section "The History of Censorship in Russia"
March, 17
14.00-17.30
Reading Room, 2 floor

Chairman Michail B. Konashev, Institute of Natural Sciences and Techniques History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Post Censorship in Russia up to 1917: Official and Secret.
Izmozik Vladlen S., North-West State Technological University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Uncensored Editions in Siberia during Revolution of the 1905-s - 1907-s.
Kuruskanova Natalia P., Omsk State Technological University, Omsk, Russia

"Free Russia the Light Future … Waits": N. Novombergskii and his Work "Clearing of the Seal in France, Germany, England and Russia".
Likhomanov Anton V., National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Censorship Legislation and the Copyright in the Russian Empire of the 19-th Century.
Raskin David I., Russian State History Archive, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Editions Forbidden by Censorship, in S.J.Vitte's Personal Collection.
Cheparuhin Vladimir V., State Polytechnical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

15.30 - 16.00. Coffee

Fighting with Pornography under the Tsars and the Bolsheviks: a Comparative View on the Early 20-th Century Russian Censorship Policy.
Guichard Benjamin, Paris-1 Pantheon - Sorbonne University, France

The Prime Censorship Committee of the USSR between Authority and the Society in the 1920-s - 1930-s.
Zelenov Michail V., Volgo-Vyatsky Academy of Public Survey, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia

Censorship in Gorki Area (1938 - 1953).
Tortev Dmitrii G., Volgo-Vyatsky Academy of Public Survey, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia

The Mechanism of Restriction of the Information in View of the International Discredit of the USSR at the Beginning of the 1930-s (by the Example of Northern Edge).
Klepikov Nikolai N., Pomorsky State University, Arhangelsk, Russia

CONCLUSION
17 марта
17.00 - 17.30
Conference Hall
Consequent interpretation

Kuzmin Evgenii I., Head of Archives and Libraries Department, Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
Sturges Paul, Chair FAIFE IFLA, Professor, Loughborough University, Great Britain
Firsov Vladimir R. Deputy Director General, National Library of Russia. Saint Petersburg, Russia
Konashev Michail B., Deputy Director, Institute of Natural Sciences and Techniques History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Fitzsimmons Richard, Director of the Library, Penn State Worthington Scranton, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

March, 18
10.00. - 17.30
Cultural program

10.00 - 11.00 Visit to the Main Building National Library of Russia
11.30.- 13.30 Visit to the Russian Museum
13.30 - 14.00. Interval
14.00 - 16.00. Buss - Tour of the City
16.00 - 17.30. Visit to the Hermitage

 

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