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“Art and Reality” Forum opened in the Presidential Library
25 November 2011 in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library opened the first forum “Art and Reality”. Leading world art journalists, art critics and art historians will discuss the relations between the art critique and the modern art.
The press conference of the Presidential Library at the RIA Novosti agency
24 November 2011 in the regional media center of the RIA Novosti was held a press conference on the subject of “Electronic book: modern technology and book industry”. Representatives of book stores, publishers and experts of the Presidential Library expressed their views about the future of the e-book to journalists.
Specialists of the National Library of Finland visited the Presidential Library
24 November 2011 a delegation of the National Library of Finland visited the Presidential Library. The visit was of introductory kind.
The Consul General of the Republic of Hungary visited the Presidential Library
24 November 2011 the Consul General of the Republic of Hungary in St. Petersburg Sergey Syth officially visited the Presidential Library. During the visit he learned about the activities of the library.
Presidential Library signed cooperation agreement with Moscow Region
The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library signed a cooperation agreement with Moscow Region Government on November 22 2011 in Pushkino, Moscow Region. The joint work is to result in foundation of the Presidential Library’s branch in the region.
A special meeting devoted to the Presidential Library at the ASEEES Conference
17 to 20 November 2011 in Washington is held the 43th annual conference of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES). The conference is attended by over 1400 specialists from different countries of the world.
The present and the future of eBooks discussed in the Presidential Library
On November 18 2011 the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library ran a roundtable discussion “Electronic Book: Modern Technologies and Publishing”. Librarians, publishers and writers exchanged their ideas on a question: which are the prospects of eBooks and what is the demand for digital editions?
Open lecture center was launched at the Presidential Library
17 November 2011, on the eve of the 300th birthday anniversary of M. V. Lomonosov, the Presidential Library launched a video lecture center. The audience in the library as well as Internet users will have an opportunity to assist lectures of representatives of the leading academic and educational institutions of Russia.
President of the Central Election Commission of Russia Vladimir Churov in the Presidential Library
11 November 2011 President of the Central Election Commission of Russia Vladimir Ye. Churov visited the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.
Conference on destinies of Russian emigrants held in the Presidential Library
3 November 2011, in the context of the “Gallipoli Case” project, the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library hosted an International Theoretical and Practical Conference “Gallipoli Stand”. Scholars presented their researches on the tragic and little known page of the history of the White Guards movement.