IT and libraries: Ninth scientific and practical conference “LIBNET 2010”

The Ninth scientific and practical conference “Members and users of the National Information Library Center LIBNET” (LIBNET 2010) is being held on November 22 – 26 2010 in Zvenigorod (Moscow Region).

The conference is attended by the delegation of the Presidential Library, headed by Ye.D. Zhabko, Director Deputy for Information Resources.

The multifaceted program of the conference covers a range of events, among them:

- Plenary session. High on the agenda: The concept of development of the All-Russian Information Library Computer Network LIBNET for 2011-2020; a new stage of development of the Master catalogue of Russia’s libraries, as a navigator for library resources and services; modern problems of cataloging.

- “Urgent problems of acquisition” conference, which brings together directors of libraries-members of the center, cataloguers, certified to work in the Master Catalogue of Russia’s Libraries (SKBR), librarians of acquisition departments, representatives of publishing and bookselling organizations.

- as well as roundtable discussions and training seminars for cataloguers.