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The Presidential Library summed up the results of the «Foreign View» photo contest
1 November 2011, in the context of the “Dialogue: Russia – Republic of Korea” International Forum, in the Presidential Library were summed up the results of the II International photo contest «Foreign View».
Mikhail Shemyakin, a painter, became a patron of the Presidential Library
30 October 2011 Russian and American painter and sculptor, Honorary Doctor of the St. Francisco University Mikhail Shemyakin paid a visit to the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.
Sergey P. Kapitsa became a patron of the Presidential Library
28 October 2011 the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library hosted an eminent Russian scholar, editor in chief of the “V mire nauki” (Russian: “In the world of science”) journal and anchorman of popular science TV program “Ochevidnoye - neveroyatnoye” (Russian: “Evident - unbelievable”) S. P. Kapitsa.
Integration of culture and history in digital environment discussed in the Presidential Library
27 October 2011 the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library hosted the Second Theoretical and Practical Conference “Cultural Heritage: Integration of Resources in Digital Environment”. Librarians, archivists and museum workers of Russia considered the issues of unification of regional holdings into electronic information resources.
The third session of the Academic Council in the Presidential Library
26 October 2011 in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library took place the third session of the Academic Council. The heads of the leading scientific, cultural and educational institutions – members of the Council – discussed future plans for the development of co-operation with the Presidential Library.
Problems of the modern higher education discussed in the Presidential Library
26 October 2011 in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library with the informational support of RIA “Novosti” took place a round table “What to teach and how to teach?”.
The Presidential Library signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Library of Czech Republic
24 October 2011 took place the official signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and Co-operation between the Presidential Library and the National Library of Czech Republic. The document will be the base for the future collaboration of the parties in the field of scientific and technological exchange.
Presidential Library holds a workshop on cataloging methods for documents and their digital copies
October 24–26 2011 the Presidential Library is running the first workshop intended for libraries and other institutions which are partners of the library or are planning to cooperate with the Presidential Library in the area of digital content exchange.
Media Industry Leaders Annual Conference held in the Presidential Library
19 October 2011 the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library hosted the 3rd annual Conference “Media sphere 2012”. Representatives of the leading media companies discussed the problems of co-existence of traditional mass media and new media.
Advanced technologies in medicine were discussed in the Presidential Library
12 October 2011 the Presidential Library held a conference attended by specialists from the clinic of the Presidential Property Management Department of the Russian Federation. The attendees discussed urgent issues of applying advanced technology in medicine