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The National Library of Belarus will host Library as a Cultural Phenomenon, the 7th International Congress on October 21–22, 2020.
The 2020 Congress is dedicated to the local studies as the main direction to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of countries and peoples.

Key Organizers
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus
National Library of Belarus

Congress Discussion Topics

• History and culture of countries, regions, localities as areas of modern research.
• Country studies, local studies, area studies, native studies.
• Organization of local studies in the libraries, its normative and methodological support.
• Local studies through bibliography.
• Area bibliography.
• National bibliography.
• Exteriorics.
• Bibliographic resources and projects of local studies.
• Local studies collections of libraries and other organizations.
• Local studies in the system of allied scientific disciplines and activities.
• Local studies of museums.
• Local studies activities of archival institutions.
• Local studies and educational environment.
• Local studies and tourism.
• Local studies through history.
• Local studies through literature.
• Local studies through church.
• Amateur local studies.
• Local studies in a digital environment.
• Electronic information resources of local and regional studies.
• Popularization of local studies and regional knowledge as the activity vector for libraries, museums, archives.
• Local studies and the media.
• Local studies content in the internet space.
• The role of the current printed output in preserving and promoting the historical and cultural heritage of countries and regions.
• Local studies projects as an effective form of cooperation (libraries, archives, museums, etc.; state, public organizations, ethnic and cultural communities).
• Local studies through prominent figures.

Within the framework of the Congress, the following events have been planned:

• Plenary session
• Section meeting;
• Virtual exhibition space for electronic information resources and printed output;
• Sections activities on the topics of the Congress;
• Final session

Working Languages

• Belarusian
• Russian
• English

We invite specialists of libraries, museums, archives, research organizations, educational institutions, centers of folk art, amateur historians, developers and content creators, representatives of public and cultural organizations of Belarusians in foreign countries, and other interested parties to participate in the congress.

Congress Organization

The events will be held online and in the building of the Library.

The link to the broadcast will be given before the event on the portal of the Library, the registered participants will receive notification vie e-mail.

To participate as a guest, you should register online no later than October 15, 2020.

To make a report, you should register online and send the file with the report to secretar@nlb.by no later than October 20, 2020.

Procedure
Reports at the plenary meeting shall be up to 20 minutes, and up to 10 minutes at the sessional meetings.

Requirements for the Reports
Materials are to be published before the start of the Congress.
Report a title, a full name of the author/co-author, position, academic degree, name of the organization, city, country; full name of the presenting person.
The volume of the report, together with annotations, drawings, supplements, diagrams etc., should be no more than 6 A4 pages, Times New Roman, 13 pt, 1.5 line spacing, rtf, doc or docx file types.
Annotations should be in Russian with a maximum of 700 characters (including spaces).
Accepted are original works of scientific and applied significance.

The organizing committee reserves the right to select reports for the congress and materials for publication in the collection.

Presentation Requirements
The file type is ppt Microsoft PowerPoint.

The Main Venue
National Library of Belarus
Niezaležnasci Ave., 116, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.

Contacts:

Mrs Natalya Esis
(8 017) 266 37 07, e-mail: secretar@nlb.by

Mrs Irina Gryadovkina
(8 017) 293 28 26, e-mail: i_gryadovkina@nlb.by

Mrs Marina Pshibytko (for participants from the Republic of Belarus)
(8 017) 266 37 70, e-mail: m_pshibytko@nlb.by

Mrs Marina Valchak (for foreign participants)
(8 017) 293 27 64, e-mail: ird@nlb.by