On November 2007 took place an international scientific electronic conference “Book culture of borderland of Eastern and Western Slavia” organized by Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for Slavonic Studies, National Library of Belarus, and Belarusian Library Association.
The conference was organized by Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for Slavonic Studies, National Library of Belarus, and Belarusian Library Association. Members of the organizational committee: Y.A. Labyntsev (Russia), L.L. Schavlinskaya (Russia), L.G. Kiryukhina (Belarus), G.V. Kireeva (Belarus), and T.I. Roschina (Belarus). The conference took place in the framework of Russian Academy of Sciences Presidium Fundamental Research Programme “Adaptation of peoples and cultures to the changes of the environment and social and man-caused transformations” (2006 – 2008).
Experts from Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, and Slovakian libraries, museums, and academic institutions participated in the conference. The conference included three sections: I. History of a book; II. Book collections; III. Folklore: writing and verbal. Participants of the conference discussed the issues concerning the research and safekeeping of the book culture of borderland of Eastern and Western Slavonic regions.
See for more details (in Russian): www.knizhkult.narod.ru
