XII Scientific and Practical Conference "Cultural Heritage: Integration of Resources in the Digital Space"

The Presidential Library, the Federal Archival Agency, the Union of Russian Museums, the Russian Library Association, the Ministry of Culture of Rostov Region and the Don State Public Library are holding the XII Scientific and Practical Conference "Cultural Heritage: Integration of Resources in the Digital Space" as part of the Annual Integration Forum.

The conference will take place on October 12-15, 2021 at the Don State Public Library in Rostov-on-Don and the Presidential Library in St. Petersburg. Most of the events will be broadcast live.

Issues of digital transformation of libraries, problems of integrating resources of libraries, archives and museums in the framework of joint projects, creating the basis for interaction between libraries and museums, issues of creating model libraries will be considered at the conference.

Offsite meeting of the heads of regional centers of access to the resources of the Presidential Library will be held in Rostov-on-Don as part of the conference on October 12, 2021. Rostov-on-Don, on October 13-14, will hold plenary and breakout sessions of the XII Scientific and Practical Conference "Cultural Heritage: Integration of Resources in the Digital Space", a panel discussion "Modern models for the presentation of bibliographic information" and a round table on the problems of creating model libraries.

A round table "The peasant question in Russia and Europe in the 19th century: modern methods of study in the digital environment" will be held at the Presidential Library’s site on October 13. The following topics are supposed to be discussed: topical issues in modern research; the situation of peasants in Russia and Europe in the 19th century; archive collections spotlighting the state of the peasant problem; features of the abolition of serfdom in the territory of the Russian Empire; the role of peasant reform in the socio-economic development of Russia; the formation of collections on the peasant issue in the digital environment.

A round table "Photographic heritage - a digital cast of the history of the state" will be held at the Presidential Library on October 12, 2021. The event will focus on the history of photography in Russia; topical issues of preservation of photographic heritage; problems and features of the restoration of photographs; photographic documents as a source on the history of Russian statehood; collections of photographs in libraries, museums, archives; personal and family photographic archives; possibilities and forms of presentation of photographic documents: albums, exhibitions, digital collections, etc.

Representatives of libraries, archives, museums, educational and scientific institutions, public associations and organizations of the federal and regional levels are invited to take part in the conference, which will be held in a face-to-face and remote format using video communication.

Attendance forms in the conference as speakers are accepted until September 24, 2021, as listeners - until October 1, 2021.

Registration for events in St. Petersburg is carried out on the Presidential Library portal in the Conferences section.

Registration for events in Rostov-on-Don is carried out on the Don State Public Library’s portal.

More information about the conference is available on the Presidential Library’s portal in the Conferences section.

Event program

Accreditation of media representatives is until 11:00 October 8, 2021.

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to the following e-mail addresses: media@prlib.ru, pechnikova@prlib.ru Tatyana Pechnikova, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 534; mob. 7 921 998-06-78..

The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.

We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2, participants and guests of the event - through entrance № 1.

In order to reduce the risks of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the use of personal protective equipment during the event is mandatory for all attendees.