The future of photography legacy will be discussed in the Presidential Library

A round table focused on “The future of photography legacy: on the issues of identification and representation” will take place in the Presidential Library on October 5, 2017, at 1 pm MSK. The event is organized within the framework of the Annual Integration Forum of the VIII Scientific and Practical Conference “Cultural heritage: An integration of the resources in the digital environment.”

The experts will appear with the reports on the popularization of photographic and video evidences, the new opportunities for the building of regional photo archives in the digital environment and much more. The staff employees of the Presidential Library will tell about methods of processing photographs for the electronic fund.

Apart from major agenda, the event’s participants will learn about the photography art projects of the Presidential Library. Among them is the “Foreign View” International Multimedia Competition, “Siberia.doc,” “Siberia: it's just you’re drop-dead gorgeous!” and “Caucasus.doc.” In addition, within the framework of the round table, the problems of digital archiving in Russian museums will be reviewed.

Industry-specific experts of ministries and departments from the regions, the heads of regional, sectorial, museum archives of photo and video documents, the owners of private collections, the leads of regional TV channels and production studios are invited to participate in the event in video-conferencing connection.

The Integration Forum of the VIII Scientific and Practical Conference “Cultural heritage: An integration of the resources in the digital environment” is annually held in the Presidential Library. The experts will discuss the state and the prospects of an embodiment of the digital resources at the national and regional levels, organizing effective information retrieval, and a number of other topical issues. There are the panel discussions, round tables, and specific sections in this year’s taking place on October 5—6 forum agenda.

An accreditation of the media representatives will last until 3 pm on October 4, 2017.

Please, submit your applications for accreditation in the attached form with the “Media accreditation” note in subject line to Maria Perestoronina perestoronina@prlib.ru, Press Service of the Presidential Library, phone +7 (812) 305-16-21 (ext. 781), mobile: +7 (921) 099-97-52.

Your application on the attached form must specify a media name, a full name of media representative, a date and a place of the representative’s birth, full passport or picture id details (series, number, when and by what body it was issued, place of residence), a carry-on equipment (including notebooks and tablet computers), and the contact phone numbers.

Please be advised, that the event participants and guests enter the Presidential Library through the entrance № 1, and the media representatives — through the entrance № 2 by appointment only and without any exceptions upon presentment of passport or picture id.