The National Library of Belarus is inviting to take part in the ХІІ International Bibliological Conference “The Book Culture of Belarus: A Look through the Centuries”.
Time: 7–8 April, 2016.
Location: the National Library of Belarus (Minsk, Niezaliežnasci Ave., 116).
Topics of the conference:
- 500 years of Belarusian book printing: suggestions to celebrate its anniversary in 2017.
- The handwritten bookishness of Belarus.
- Belarusian manuscripts and printed books in domestic and foreign collections.
- The decoration of manuscripts and printed books.
- The heritage of Francisk Skaryna and his followers.
- Belarusian printing houses in the XVI–XVIІІ centuries.
- The Belarusian book in the ХIХ–ХХ centuries.
- The printing house of Marcin Kuchta, the newspapers Naša niva and Naša dolia, the publishing partnership Zahlianie sonca i ǔ naša akonca: the 110th anniversary.
- The modern Belarusian book.
- Book trade and the Belarusian book.
- The role and place of the book in modern information and communications environment.
- Futuristic predictions of the future of the book.
- The national document and the national bibliography: the theory, history and prospects of development.
- Adam Sakilčyk, the Belarusian bibliographer: the 120th birth anniversary.
- The book in museum space.
- Virtual book exhibitions.
Working langugaes: Belarusian, Russian, Polish, English.
Participation requirements:
To take part in the conference as a speaker or attendee, please, register online.
Papers and reports
The set of conference papers is projected for publication. We accept original papers of scientific and applied value. The organizing committee is authorized to select papers for reading at the conference and articles for publication. Please submit your paper by e-mail kireeva@nlb.by not later than on 1 March, 2016.
Format requirements for papers:
- The author’s/coauthor’s full name, surname, patronymic (if any), the full name of the organization, city, country; the full name, surname, patronymic (if any) of a person who will present the paper at the conference, the title of the paper.
- The paper with the annotation in Russian and English, drawings and addendums should be up to 6 pages, format А4, Times New Roman, type size 13, 1.5 line spacing, file type DOC or RTF (Microsoft Word).
- The reference list after the main body of your paper should be ordered alphabetically. The references in square brackets should be at the end of the sentence, for example [3, с. 15].
- The summary in Russian should be is up to 700 symbols (including spaces), the summary in English – up to 500 symbols (including spaces).
Meals, lodging and transportation fees are paid by participants of the conference.
Coordinator:
Halina Kireeva
Telephones: (+375 17) 293 27 81, 293 27 82.
Fax: (+375 17) 266 37 06.
E-mail: kireeva@nlb.by, sapega@nlb.by
