The Tenth General Meeting of BAE

On November 18, 2008, at M.F. Akhundov Azerbaijan National Library took place the Tenth General Meeting of Non-Profit Partnership “Library Assembly of Eurasia” (BAE).

1. Carrying on cooperation with the CIS in the framework of joint work with the Permanent commission of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of member sates of the CIS for culture, information, and tourism and the Executive Committee of the CIS in the person of the department of cooperation in the field of science, education, and culture.
2. Approving the work on the development of a Model library codex for member states of the CIS and recommending its implementation in the CIS libraries.
3. Supporting the Conception of the development of information space on the basis of near-boundary libraries of member states of the CIS.
4. Commissioning National Library of Belarus, which the Minister of Culture is a Chairman of the Council for cultural cooperation, with the mission of monitoring interaction of BAE with this body of the Executive Committee of the CIS.
5. Including to the plan of BAE activity for 2009 the development of ways of rapprochement of legislations of member states of the CISregulating archives and libraries’ activity; development of ways of creation of standard documentation on electronic collections (resources) stock-taking; participation in the development of a law of intellectual property.
6. Commissioning of Russian State Library IFLA Russian office with the mission of monitoring the CIS libraries’ cooperation with IFLA; preparation of a regional meeting of librarians of the CIS on IFLA conference in Milan; nomination of candidates for IFLA permanent committees.
7. Nomination of candidates from the CIS national libraries members of BAE for IFLA Russian office and IFLA administrative bodies.
   
   

1. Taking notice of the information on the projects realization.
2. Participating of members of BAE in annual updating of “Publications of national libraries” database.
3. Commissioning initiators of the program Informkultura with engagement to complete the project and present its content, technological, and economic grounds.
   
   

1. Soliciting the Council of cultural cooperation of the CIS for approval of the project “Domes of the Commonwealth” and including the project to the plan of operation for 2009.
2. Examining of the project “Statistics and criteria of national libraries’ activity appreciation” by IFLA Russian office and national libraries of the CIS and introducing the project to the next meeting of BAE.
3. Forming of national delegations and participation of national libraries in the festival of cultures of member countries of EurAzES which takes place in May 2009 in Minsk.
   
   

1. Taking notice of the report on the activity of “Bulletin of Library Assembly of Eurasia”.
2. Creating an International editorial council of directors of national libraries of member states of the CIS, and heads of library associations.
3. Approving the membership of reporters of the journal or members responsible for organizing of materials from every member country of BAE.
4. Adapting a resolution on author’s emoluments as 1-5 copies of the journal with an author’s publication.
5. Asking authors for an annotation in English language.
6. Recommending members of BAE to support the journal by subscription and distribution.