The 2006 Conference will feature Keynote Speaker, Michael Gorman, President of the American Library Association and Dean of Library Services at the Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno. Michael Gorman will be presenting "The role of libraries in access and preservation of cultural heritage."

For Further Information

Herbert Achleitner, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Library and Information Management
Emporia State University
P.O. Box 4025
Emporia, Kansas. 66801 USA
Email: hachleit@emporia.edu
Fax: 620.341.5233

Alexander Dimchev, Ph.D.
Dean
Faculty of Philosophy
University of Sofia
"St. Kliment Ohrdiski"
15 Tzar Osvobodite Blvd.
1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: dimchev_uni@abv.bg
Tel.(+359 2) 9871 046

Howard F. McGinn, Ph.D.
Dean of University Libraries
Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, New Jersey 07079-2671
E-mail: mcginnho@shu.edu

 

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Sofia 2006

“Globalization, Digitization, Access, and Preservation of Cultural Heritage”

8-10 November 2006, Sofia, Bulgaria

Sofia 2006 is under the patronage of his Excellency Mr. Georgi Pirinski , the Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria .  

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM.  

Wednesday, 8 November

9:00-10:00 Registration

10:00-11:00 Opening Remarks (Hall N 1)

Alexander Dimchev, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, Bulgaria

Herbert Achleitner, Emporia State University, USA

Howard McGinn, Seton Hall University Libraries, USA

His Excellency Mr. Georgi Perinski, Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria

Boryana Hristova, “St. St. Cyril and Methodius“ National Library, Bulgaria

Vanya Grashkina, President of the Union of Librarians and Information Services Officers, Bulgaria 

11:00-11:15 Break

The coffee breaks during the conference are sponsored by Backstage Library Works.

11:15-12:30 SESSION ONE - National Libraries (Hall N 1)

Convener: Vanya Grashkina, President of the Union of Librarians and Information Services Officers, Bulgaria

Ani Totomanova (“St. St. Cyril and Methodius” National Library, Bulgaria) 

Participation of the National Bibliographic Agency in the preservation of the written cultural heritage in an electronic environment

Ludmila Tikhonova (Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia)

The National Library of Russia in the changing society

Boryana Hristova (“St. St. Cyril and Methodius” National Library, Bulgaria) 

National cultural establishment

Aneta Doncheva (“St. St. Cyril and Methodius” National Library, Bulgaria) 

A project for a digital library in the Bulgarian National Library 

Zinaida Manzuch & Adolf Knoll, National Library of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Building digital access to cultural heritage in Europe: National libraries in context

12:30-13:45 Lunch (Hotel Rodina dining room)

13:00-17:00 SPECIAL CONCURRENT SESSION Student Poster Presentations Offsite: The "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library

13:45-15:00 SESSION TWO - Parallel Sessions

Hall N 1	Hall Maritza
2A: Libraries and Museums - Part One	2B: Cultural Heritage - Issues
Convener: Ludmila Tikhonova, Russian State Library	Convener: Howard McGinn, Seton Hall University Libraries, USA
Gary Pitkin, University of Northern Colorado, USA	Albina Moscicka, Institute of Geodosy and Cartography, Poland
Teaching and learning: The changing role of the academic library	Spatio-temporal information system about events of historical sources on the basis of Bible's regions
Anna Dzhaleva-Chonkova, Higher School of Transport, Bulgaria	Maria Przastek-Samokowa & Malgorzata Kisilowska, Institute of Information and Book Studies, Warsaw University, Poland
The concept of virtual museums of transport: Educational and cultural aspects	Information needs vs. cultural needs - what do they have in common?
Yasar Tonta, Hacettepe University, Turkey	Lois Searle, National Library of New Zealand
Libraries in the flat world: Are they becoming virtual destinations?	E-legal deposit in New Zealand
Angela Repanovici, Transylvania University Library, Romania	Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic, J.J. Strossmayer University, Croatia
Exploiting library resources in the knowledge society	Cultural heritage institutions in the digital age: Current models of collaboration

15:00-15:15 Break

15:15-16:15 SESSION THREE - Parallel Sessions

Hall N 1	Hall Maritza
3A: Issues of Access	3B: LIS Education - Part One
Convener: Adolf Knoll, National Library of the Czech Republic	Convener: Judith Broady-Preston, University of Wales, UK
Brian Rosenblum, University of Kansas Libraries, USA	Leif Kajberg, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark
Open access and institutional repositories	Library and information science education in Europe: Some comments on collaborative structures and perspectives of internationalization
Jon Giullian, University of Kansas Libraries, USA	Terry Weech, University of Illinois, USA, & Heather Lea Moulaison, The College of New Jersey Library, USA
"Goodbye doesn't mean forever:" Selection strategies for the transfer of Slavica to off-site remote storage	Traditional and digital library science education: Skills for a digital environment
Lars Leon, University of Kansas Libraries, USA	Anna Maria Tammaro, University di Parma, Italy
Providing article-based inforamtion to patrons: Some options to consider	The curriculum for digital libraries in a European perspective

17:00 Busses DEPART for the University of Sofia (Front of Hotel Rodina) 18:00-19:00 Keynote Address (University of Sofia Main Building) Michael Gorman, President of the American Library Association "The Role of Libraries in Access and Preservation of Cultural Heritage" 19:00-21:00 Banquet (Restaurant, "The Egg"; University of Sofia Main Building) 21:00 Busses DEPART for the Hotel Rodina (Front of University of Sofia, Main Building)

Thursday, 9 November

9:00-10:30 SESSION FOUR - Parallel Sessions

Hall N 1	Hall Maritza
4A: Preservation	4B: Collaboration
Convener: Boryana Hristova, "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library, Bulgaria	Convener: Anna Maria Tammaro, University di Parma, Italy
Peter Stettner, Fachhochschule Hannover, Germany	Ian M. Johnson, Robert Gordon University, Scotland
Preservation and access to historical films: The example of Hannover	Cooperation and collaboration in journal acquisition and aggregation
Sven Kuttner, University of Munich, Germany	Rebecca Miller Banner, Emporia State University, USA & Ani Popova, City University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Torn - gnawed away - ruined, or how to interest your university for preservation management?	International collaboration: We are ABLE
Emily Ray, Yale University, USA	Jan Buruma, Buruma Company, The Netherlands
Yale University's successful emergency treatment model	European cooperation between libraries, museums, and archives
Reni Marcheva, "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library, Bulgaria	Linda Ashcroft, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Preservation at Bulgarian libraries: Past, present and future	Public libraries working in partnership
Patrick Ngulube, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Preserving and making public records and archives available for present and future generations in South Africa

10:30-10:45 Break

Visit the exhibitors during the break and be eligible to win a variety of
prizes. You must be present during the break to win.

10:45-12:00 SESSION FIVE - Parallel Sessions

Hall N 1	Hall Maritza
5A: Digitization and Cultural Heritage	5B: LIS Education: Part Two
Convener: Tatyana Yanakieva, "St Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia, Bulgaria	Convener: Leif Kajberg, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark
Vaska Sotirov-Djukic, Public Library of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Valentina Ilganaeva, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, Ukraine
Digitization of the local history collection as a main promoter of cultural heritage of the local community	Library information science (LIS) education: When is the end of transformation?
Alexandra Dipchikova, "St. St, Cyril and Methodius" National Library, Bulgaria, & Tatyana Yanakieva, "St Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia, Bulgaria	Judith Broady-Preston & Hugh Preston, University of Wales, UK
Bibliographic control and digitization of the cultural and historical heritage	Blurring the boundaries? Information studies education and professional development in England and Wales
Masssimo Menna, ICCU, Italy, & Marta Brunelli, Macerata University, Italy	John van de Pas & Patricia Wiebinga, Saxion Hogescholen, Netherlands
The manuscripts' digitization project "Rinascimento Virtuale" as a model for preservation of European cultural heritage	LIS developments in Deventer, the Netherlands
Zhivka Radeva & Kaloian Zdravkov, Veliko Tarnovo Regional Public Library, Bulgaria	Asefeh Asemi & Hasan Siamian, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Database regarding local history and partnership between libraries in the conditions of globalization	Library and information science education in Iran

12:00-13:30 Lunch (Hotel Rodina dining room)

Time to...

Chat with colleagues

Make new friends

Catch up with old friends

13:30-14:45 SESSION SIX - Parallel Sessions

Hall N 1	Hall Maritza
6A: Cultural Heritage: Country Examples	6B: Libraries and Museums
Convener: Ian M. Johnson, Robert Gordon University, Scotland	Convener: Linda Ashcroft, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Howard McGinn, Paul Fisher & Marta Mestrovic Deyrup, Seton Hall University, USA	Elena Roseras Carcedo, ARTIUM, Basque Centre-Museum of Contemporary Art, Spain
United States Catholic digital heritage projects	The ARTIUM library as a digital space for contemporary cultural heritage
Ani Gergova, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, Bulgaria	Orhan Alav, Oguz Colak, Muammer Gocmen & Nuri Omuurbe, Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey
The future of the Bulgarian book heritage	The Burdur City Museum: A virtual tour. E-government project for the state planning organization of Turkey
Helina Tennasilm, The Estonian National Archive, Estonia	Mihaela Zecheru, Chamber of Deputies Library, Parliament of Romania
Using digital heritage: The Estonian experience	Romanian libraries in the globalization era
Zorka Cekicevska, National and University Library "St Kliment Ohridski," Macedonia	Manfred Mayer & Erich Renhart, University of Graz, Austria
The protection of written cultural heritage in the Republic of Macedonia	VESTIGA manuscript research center: from UNESCO's concept to best practices

14:45-15:00 Break

15:00-16:15 SESSION SEVEN - Parallel Sessions

Hall N 1	Hall Maritza
7A: Access in Practice	7B: Digitization in Practice
Convener: Gary Pitkin, University of Northern Colorado, USA	Convener: Alexandra Vranesh, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Alan Hopkins, Middlesex University, UK	Sybille Geisenheyner, Thomson, Germany
Future prospects for UNIMARC	Digitization only? Promoting research with a virtual archive
Sabina Aneva, Central Library of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria	Bradley Schaffner, Harvard University, USA
The application of MARC 21 at the Central Library as a tool of accessibility and preservation of medieval cultural heritage	A public/private partnership for digitization: the Russian Archives database project
Vanya Grashkina, President of the Union of Librarians and Information Services Officers, Bulgaria, Tania Todorova, "St. Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia, Bulgaria, & Tzvetanka Panova, British Council, Bulgaria	Laura Fernandez, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Access to electronic information for people with disabilities in Bulgarian libraries	Digital versus safeguard
Jim Agee, University of Northern Colorado, USA	Tatiana Nikolova-Houston, University of Texas at Austin, USA
A successful consortium in review: Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries	The quest for the hidden Slavic treasures: A case study in preservation, digitization, research, and interpretation of Slavic manuscripts

16:30-19:00 "Resources for Librarians" (Hall N1) This special session will present an opportunity to learn more about the products and services our exhibitors and sponsors can provide. The session will begin with a panel discussion "Write: Be Part of the Professional Conversation" featuring: Linda Ashcroft, editor of New Library World (Emerald) Ian Johnson, editor of Libri (K G Saur Verlag) Gary Pitkin, editor of Technical Services Quarterly (Haworth) These editors will give suggestions and ideas for getting articles published in the professional literature, as well as answer questions from the audience. 17:00-19:00 Sponsor presentations Conference sponsors and exhibitors explain how their products and services can serve as resources for you and your library. 17:00-17:20 Alibris 17:20-17:40 Brainy Broads 17:40-18:00 Elsevier 18:00-18:20 Ovid 18:20-18:40 Springer 18:40-19:00 Thomson

19:00-20:00 Supper (Hotel Rodina Restaurant)

Friday, 10 November

9:00-10:00 SESSION EIGHT - Digitization: Theoretical Issues (Hall N 1)

Convener: Rob Davies, UK

Marinus Swanepoel, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Confessions of a rich (digital) library

Ragnar Audunson, President, the European Association for Library and Information Education and Research (EUCLID), Norway

The public library potential in promoting social capital and community involvement in a digital and multicultural context

Elena Koicheva, "St. Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia, Bulgaria

European projects for digitization in the context of Political Initiative i2010

Kristina Varbanova-Dencheva, State Institute of Library Studies and Information technology, Bulgaria

Digital conversion as an object, method and strategy for education at the State Institute of Library Studies and Information Technologies

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:30 SESSION NINE - Policy (Hall N 1)

Convener: Ragnar Audunson, President of the European Association for Library and Information Education and Research (EUCLID), Norway

Etleva Domi, National Library of Albania

National politics on information technologies and information literacy

Ivanka Yankova, "St. Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia, Bulgaria

Preservation of a cultural inheritance

Rob Davies, UK

Initiatives on the re-use of public sector information and on the public domain

Aleksandra Vranesh & Zorica Ivkovich-Savich, University of Belgrade, Serbia

National and international information policies and projects

11:30-12:00 Closing Remarks

 

 

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