Wednesday, 8 November

1:00 - 2:00 REGISTRATION

2:00 - 2:30 OPENING REMARKS
                  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Dimchev, University of Sofia
                  Prof. Dr. Herbert K. Achleitner, Emporia State University
                  Prof. Dr. Robert Grover, Emporia State University
                  Prof. Dr. Raina Garzilova, Vice Minister of Culture

2:30 - 3:45 SESSION ONE
                 PERSPECTIVES IN LIBRARY EDUCATION I
                 Convener: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Terry Weech

Prof. Dr. Robert Grover, Emporia State University
                Trends in Library and Information Studies Education

Prof. Roel Rietberg, University of Applied Sciences Ijselland
                Organizational Aspects of the Deventer Curriculum Reform

Prof. Martin Van Veen, University of Applied Sciences Ijselland
                The Knowledge Society and the Curriculum of the Deventer Library School

3:45 - 4:00 BREAK

4:00 - 5:00 INFORMATION LITERACY & THE CITIZEN
                  Convener: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tatiana Yanakieva

Dr. Barbara Hull, University of Teesside
                 Can Librarians Help the Socially Excluded to Surmount the Barriers to Electronic Information?

Rob Davies, MDR Partners, and Ioannis Trohopoulos, Veria Public Library
                 Public Libraries, Public Information, Digital Literacy and the Citizen

Jasmina Ninkov, City Library of Belgrade 
                Internet Revolution and Libraries: Was Borges Right?

5:15 - 6:00 BUS TO UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA, PRESIDENT’S HALL

6:00 - 7:00 RECEPTION
Convener: Prof. Dr. Ani Gergova, President of the Union of Librarian and Information Services Officers

Graham P. Cornish, President, UK Library Association
                 Do Not Spoil the Jigsaw Puzzle: The Role of Librarians in the Age of the Internet

7:00 - 8:30 BANQUET
 

Thursday, 9 November

7:00 - 8:30   BREAKFAST

8:30 - 10:30 SESSION TWO
                   INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
                   Convener: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexandra Dipchikova

Dr. Judith Broady-Preston, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
                     Information Management in the Corporate Sector: An Analysis of the Training and Education Needs in the Age of the Internet

Susan Fowler, S.G. Fowler and Associates
                     Information Brokering Opportunities

Prof. Jitka Hurych, Northern Illinois University
                     Knowledge Management or Information Management? What is the Difference?

Dr. Hilary McLellan, McLellan Wyatt Digital
                     Stories in Information and Knowledge Management

10:30 - 10:45 BREAK

10:45 - 12:00 NETWORKING
                    Convener: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Krassimir Petkov

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Dimchev, University of Sofia
                     Bulgarian Libraries in the Global Network Environment

Dr. Dincho Krastev, Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
                     Three Years Living with EARN, Five Years with Internet: An Optimistic Story of a Pessimist

Lars Leon, University of Kansas
                     Improving Access to Information through Interlibrary Loan Best Practices

Gordana Ljubanovic, City Library of Belgrade
                    Fast Libraries of Serbia, or, Building an Infrastructure for the Serbian Library Network

12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH

1:30 - 2:45 SESSION THREE
                COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
                Convener: Bradley Schaffner

Phil Coles, Blackwell’s Book Services Ltd.
                  Role of Commercial Vendors in Collection Development and Acquisitions

Vania Grashkina, "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library
                  Internet and the Perspectives for Development of the Library Collections

Dr. Nicoletta Mattioli Hary, University of Dayton
                  A Methodology for Enhancing Religion Collections in East EuropeanLibraries

2:45 - 3:00 BREAK

3:00 - 4:15 PRESERVATION
                  Convener: Vania Grashkina

Tatiana Nicolova-Houston, University of Texas at Austin
                   The Internet and the Virtual Scriptorium of Slavic Medieval Manuscripts:Preservation and Access

Bradley L. Schaffner & Brian J. Baird, University of Kansas
                    Simple Steps for Evaluating the Condition of Slavic Collections

Borjana Savova, Open Society Foundation
                    The Open Society Foundation and the Development of Bulgarian Libraries

6:30 DINNER

Friday, 10 November

7:00 - 8:30 BREAKFAST

8:30 - 9:45 SESSION FOUR
                  LIBRARIES AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
                Convener: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dincho Krastev

Krassimira Anguelova, University of Sofia
                     Integrative Contacts of Academic Libraries in the Information Society

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexandra Dipchikova, "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library
                     New Information Technologies and the Challenge Before Catalogers in Bulgaria

Dr. Katarzyna Materska, University of Warsaw
                     Business Information and Libraries in Poland

9:45 - 10:00 BREAK

10:00 - 11:15 ELECTRONIC INFORMATION
                    Convener: Prof. Jitka Hurych

Elena Janakieva, "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library
                     Reference Services and Internet

Michael Lemke, Fachochschule Hannover, University of Applied Sciences and Arts
                     The Electronic Library: User’s View and User Aids

James Van Roekel, Sam Houston State University
                     Electronic Books: Portable Access to Digital Information

12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 - 2:00 SESSION FIVE
                    PERSPECTIVES IN LIBRARY EDUCATION II
                    Convener: Prof. Dr. Robert Grover

Susan Hornby, Manchester Metropolitan University
                     The Janus-face of Information Professionals

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Krassimir Petkov, University of Sofia
                     Curriculum of Courses on Internet in Library Schools Worldwide

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Terry Weech, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                     LIS Professional Development and Training from an International Perspective: Three Models that Have Responded to the Librarianship in the Age of the Internet.

2:00 CLOSING REMARKS