There is online registration for participants of the VII International Bibliological Conference “Libraries and the policy of open access to information and knowledge” which takes place on November 10–11, 2011, at the National Library of Belarus.
The Bibliological Conference organizers:
- The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus
- Eurasian Library Assembly
- Belarusian Library Association
- The National Library of Belarus
Planned discussion topics: :
- Improvement of legislation and governmental regulation in the sphere of open access to information and knowledge.
- Library activities for implementation of the right to free access to information and knowledge.
- Public information and intellectual property protection.
- National and international programs on free access to information resources of public and special libraries.
- Simplified access to information and knowledge through the modern information technologies.
- Strategies of development of public information as an instrument of international cooperation.
- Provision of free access to information resources to socially vulnerable people.
- Development and cooperation of electronic libraries and archives.
- Interlibrary cooperation: traditions and prospects in the digital era
- Scientific management and human resources for innovative development of libraries.
- The book of Belarus: past, present, future.
Target participants: representatives of libraries, museums, archives, educational and research institutions, industries and other establishments, legislative and executive bodies and civil society organizations.
