Libraries and society: Interregional conference “Traditional library in the electronic environment: new directions of the activity” to be held in Krasnoyarsk

From 22 to 26 September 2014 the State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk) in conjunction with the State Scientific Library of the Krasnoyarsk Krai holds in Krasnoyarsk the interregional scientific conference "Traditional library in an electronic environment: new directions of the activity".

The purpose of the conference: a comprehensive discussion of current issues in the field of library and information activities.

Topics for discussion at the conference:

- Traditional and electronic document resources and library and information services in the context of globalization and the information of the society.

- Electronic libraries: total perspective or segment in the development of librarianship.

- Scientific Electronic Libraries: the challenges and modern solutions.

- Future directions of the library and information industry based on electronic resources and technologies.

- Diversification of the electronic system of scholarly communication.

- Electronic resources for science and education: content, services, promotions.

- Information support of scientific research: traditions and innovations.

- Presentation of electronic resources generated by agencies, in external information systems.

- Library in social networks

- Electronic management.

- Humanistic mission of libraries in the digital age.

- The modern reader-user; change of the information model.

- A picture of the libraries: diagnosis and methods of attracting professionals and improve their skills.

- Dynamics of the profile of university and secondary vocational education of the Siberian-Far-Eastern region (XX - beginning of XXI century).