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The opening of the First scientific and practical conference “Cultural Heritage. Information Resources Integration: practice of regional electronic information resources (EIR) creation of cultural institutions”
Within the framework of implementation of resolutions of the Council under the President of Russia concerning the development of information society in the Russian Federation of July 8 2010 the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library is preparing the first scientific and practical conference entitled “Cultural Heritage. Information Resources Integration: practice of regional electronic information resources (EIR) creation of cultural institutions”. The conference will be held on October 28 2010 at the Presidential Library: St. Petersburg, Senate Square, 3.
Conference will bring into focus the following issues:
1. Current state and prospects of electronic information resources creation at libraries, archives and museums.
2. State-of-the-art technologies for data creation, preservation, and management and providing access to digital information resources.
3. Practice of information technologies introduction in cultural institutions and archives.
4. The role and place of regional cultural institutions and archives for electronic information resources development in the Russian Federation.
The conference will bring together leading archives and institutions of cultural sector both of the federal level and regions of Russia. The conference has been co-organized by the Union of Russian Museums and the Federal Archival Agency. Special attention will be turned to the development of electronic creation, preservation and access environment for electronic information resources of historical and cultural importance in the Russian Federation. Representatives of the following organizations will share their experience in creation and utilization of electronic information resources:
-The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library and the Presidential Library Regional Center in Tyumen
- Ministry of Culture, Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Archival Agency on Archives of Perm krai
The program of the scientific and practical conference will cover a plenary session and sections.
All the conference participants will have a tour around the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library and familiarize themselves with facilities of modern scanning equipment.
For participation in the conference please call (812) 305-16-53.