Libraries and society: The All-Russian Library Congress in Kaliningrad

16 May 2016

The Russian Library Congress – the XXI Annual Conference of the Russian Library Association is held in Kaliningrad on 14-20 May 2016 - Library capital of Russia in 2016.

Congress, held annually RBA in May, on the eve of the All-Russian day of libraries - the main event of the year and the largest in the library field; it is open to representatives of all the libraries, information agencies, specialized universities and their partners, regardless of their membership in the RBA.

The Congress is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kaliningrad region.

The theme of the Congress in 2016: "Library and new technologies of cultural activity". Among the problems that are scheduled to be discussed: "Basics of state cultural policy" and "Strategy of the state cultural policy for the period up to 2030" in the practice of Russian libraries, a new stage of development of the National Electronic Library, the library's role in the social mission of culture, public-private partnership in cultural policy, library reading infrastructure, ensuring social equality of citizens in libraries, international cooperation.