Conference Program

Preliminary Program

Wednesday November 3rd

8:00-9:00: Registration

9:00-10:00: Opening Remarks

Alexander Dimchev, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Herbert Achleitner, Emporia State University, USA
Diane Bailiff, Emporia State University, USA
Jim Agee, Emporia State University, USA
Boriana Hristova, "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library, Bulgaria
Vania Graskina, Union of Librarians and Information Services Officers, Bulgaria

10:00-10:15: Break

10:15-12:00: Session One ­ Library & Information Science Education
Convener: Brenda Hough, Emporia State University, USA

Audrone Glosiene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Training centre for library and information specialists in Lithuania: Working nationally and internationally

Aira Lepik, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Estonia
Postgraduate research training of information professionals: The case of Nordic and Baltic countries

Roel Rietberg, Saxion University for Professional Education, The Netherlands
Competence orientation in LIS education: Old wine in new barrels?

Terry L. Weech, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Globalization and cooperation concepts in library and information science curricula

Tatiana Yanakieva, Sofia University "St. Klement Ohridski", Bulgaria
Educational concepts in the LIS field in Bulgaria

12:00-1:30: LUNCH

1:30-3:15: Session Two ­ Information Technology
Convener: Alexandra Vranes, Belgrade University, Serbia

Rob Davies, UK
CALIMERA coordinating action in Europe

Biliana Alexandrova , American University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
AUBG Library's practices and shared experiences: A key factor in emancipation of Bulgarian libraries

Adolf Knoll, National Library of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Creating regional research environment for historical documents

Chutima Sacchanand, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand
Web-based instruction in library and information science: An experience of Thailand

Dmitry Varzonovtsev, Sofia University, Bulgaria
On-line revolution

3:15-3:30: Break

3:30-5:15: Session Three ­ User Education
Convener: Audrone Glosiene, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Judith Broady-Preston, University of Wales, Aberystwyth & Barbara Hull, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK
How effective is your information literacy training programme? Towards a toolkit for measuring the outcomes of information literacy programmes: report on research in progress

Maria Przastek-Samokova & Malgorzata Kisilowska, University of Warsaw, Poland
Identification of cultural differences in the process of communication with the users

Nina Shumanova & Krassimira Anguelova, Sofia University, Bulgaria
Electronic information literacy: Duty or challenge in user education?

Dobrinka Stoykova & Kristina Varbanova-Dencheva, College for Librarianship & Information Technology, Bulgaria
E-Learning and the libraries in Bulgaria

Aleksandra Vranes & Zorica Ivkovic-Savic, Belgrade University, Serbia
Bibliographic sources: Important tool for distance learning

7:00 ­ 8:30: Reception and Banquet

Thursday November 4th

8:30-10:15: Session Four - Cooperation
Convener: Tatiana Yanakieva, Sofia University "St. Klement Ohridski", Bulgaria

Snejina Bacheva, Institute of Oceanology, Bulgaria & Jan Haspeslagh, Flanders Marine Research Institute, Belgium
EURASLIC: European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres: A model for professional capacity building by community members

Jan Buruma, Deloitte, The Netherlands
Cooperation between libraries within Deloitte

Vania Grashkina, Union of Librarians and Information Services Officers & Iskra Mahaylova, Project Director, Bulgaria, & Nancy Bolt, Colorado State Librarian, USA
Project ABLE: An example for successful collaboration between libraries in Bulgaria and USA

Johan Koren, Murray State University, USA
Worldwide collaboration among libraries and librarians: Are we globalizing, glocalizing ­ or even grobalizing librarianship?

Nadya Terzieva, New Bulgarian University Library, Bulgaria
Bulgarian libraries cooperative initiatives and eIFL.net

10:15-10:30: Break

10:30-12:15: Session Five ­ National Libraries
Convener: Boriana Hristova, "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library, Bulgaria

Antonia Arahova, National Library of Greece, Greece
National libraries and academic libraries: Partners in e-educational national and global action

Zorka Cekicevska, National and University Library "St. Kliment Ohridski", Republic of Macedonia
Bibliographical databases of Balkan's nations

Etleva Domi, National Library of Albania, Albania
The Albanian libraries in the age of information and new technologies

Aneta Doncheva & Denitsa Krasteva, National Library of Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Regional cooperation between the national libraries

Vesna Injac, National Library of Serbia, Serbia
Where are we and where are we going: Strategy of the development of the digital library in the National Library of Serbia

12:15 -1:30: Lunch

1:30-3:15: Session Six -- Policy
Convener: Gretchen Hoffman, Emporia State University, USA

Rayna Gavrilova , University of Sofia, Bulgaria
The Lisbon agenda: The academic perspective

Sophia P. Grigoriadou, Myrofora Theodoridou & Athanassia Kipourou, Technological Education Institute of Serres, Greece
The impact of European community programmes to the development of Serres Technological Education Institution (TEI) Library

Rolf Hueper, University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Freedom of information laws

Plamen Miltenoff, St. Cloud State University, USA
Ethical dilemmas in libraries: An international perspective

3:15-3:30: Break

3:30-5:15: Session Seven ­ Current Issues
Convener: Adolf Knoll, National Library of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Ulrike Engel, K. G. Saur Verlag, Germany
The Gale Virtual Reference Library: Taking reference books to the next level

Gretchen Hoffman, Emporia State University, USA
The Statement of International Cataloguing Principles: A Global Cataloging Initiative

Ian M. Johnson, Aberdeen Business School, UK
Libraries and publishing: Time for new paradigms?

Sven Kuttner, University Library of Munich, Germany
E-Publishing of PhD theses: Development and experiences at the University Library of Munich

Suzanne Walters, Walters and Associates, USA
Library marketing that works

Friday November 5th

8:30-10:15: Session Eight ­ Academic Libraries
Convener: Aira Lepik, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Estonia

Linda Ashcroft, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Cooperation: The impact of e-learning on library services

Zaida Diaz, Gerri Foudy, & Yelena Luckert, University of Maryland Libraries, USA
From global to local: University of Maryland libraries and global citizenship, a case study

Wanda V. Dole & Anne Liebst, Washburn University, USA and Jitka M. Hurych, Northern Illinois University Libraries, USA
Core competencies for library leaders: Is assessment a core competency?

Ivanka Yankova & Elena Koicheva, University Library at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria
Dissemination of library information knowledge: Partnership between University Library and Faculty of History at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

10:15-10:30: Break

10:30-12:15: Session Nine ­ Current Issues
Convener: Anne Liebst, Emporia State University, USA

Alexandra Dipchikova & Antoaneta Totomanova, National Library, Bulgaria
Copyright, legal deposit & Bulgarian libraries

Milena Dobreva and Nikola Iconomov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Digital Preservation and Access to Cultural and Scientific Heritage: Presentation of the KT-DigiCult-Bg project

Brenda Hough, Emporia State University, USA
Public libraries and the public sphere

Dincho Krastev, CL-BAS, Bulgaria
National strategy for a digital library: Is it possible?

Patricia Wiebinga, Saxon University for Professional Education, The Netherlands
Knowledge management: A bridge between theory and practice

12:15-1:00: Closing Remarks