Libraries and society: The XXI International Conference “Crimea 2014” – Libraries and Information Resources in the Modern World of Science, Culture, Education and Business” in Crimea

The XXI International Conference "Crimea 2014" - "Libraries and Information Resources in the Modern World of Science, Culture, Education and Business" takes place on 7-15 June 2014 in Sudak (the Republic of Crimea).

This is the world-wide professional forum for specialists and leaders of libraries, publishing houses, book trading and bookselling organizations, museums, archives, information centers, universities, colleges, computer and Internet companies, business, law, institutions of science, culture and education.

The theme 2014: "The new library and a new reader in the new information and communication environment of the XXI century".

The following main topics and sections works, seminars, round tables and presentations are supposed to be discussed at the conference:

- Information society, world information infrastructure. Projects of the international cooperation. 

- The National libraries and national information resources.

- Development of preservation of resources. Interaction of libraries, book publishers and book market.

- Digital libraries and online resources in a modern library and information space.

- Automated and Corporate Library Systems and Technologies.

- Information Support of Education, Research and Management.

- Information and Linguistic Support of Library and Information Systems. Bibliographic Formats. Metadata. Standards and protocols for data exchange.

- Library specialists, Profession and Education. Development of Educational Technologies in the era of Information Society.

- Problems of formation of library holdings in national languages.

- Regional, municipal public libraries: new technology.

- Library and Information Services for the Disabled.

- Libraries, Museums and Archives in the Global Information and Culture.

- Ethics and security of electronic information.

- Ecological Information and Ecological Culture.

- Legal and regulatory information. Official publications. Copyright and intellectual property.

- Recent developments and reading programs.

- Management of libraries, library and other professional associations.

- Library science, bibliology. Library statistics.

- Medical Information Resources and Systems. Hospital libraries. Bibliotherapy.

- Problems of reading and information literacy of children and youth.

- Library – territory of tolerance. Library and policy.

- Innovation in science, culture and education: role of libraries.