Conference program

The program will be posted later.

Topics scheduled for discussion:

• Joint social initiatives implemented by cultural, scientific and educational institutions, mass media and business in the pandemic period;
• Project activity of libraries: idea – implementation – promotion;
• Statutory legal support of library activity under pandemic conditions;
• Strategic planning and evaluation of libraries’ activity;
• The COVID-19 pandemic as an incentive for digital transformation of libraries;
• Conception of Open Access and role of libraries in its realization in the pandemic period;
• Digital libraries and online-resources in library-information space: new approaches to creation and provision of access under pandemic conditions; balance between accessibility of information and protection of intellectual property rights, search of consensus;
• The library in the system of preservation of historic and cultural memory of the society: digital information resources of libraries on regional geography and local lore;
• Approaches to documentary collection usage under pandemic conditions;
• Innovation approaches to organization of user service under pandemic conditions;
• The library as the third place in the pandemic period;
• Libraries and social media: seizing opportunities for development of services;
• Safety of library staff in the pandemic period: problems and approaches to optimization of activities;
• Professional competencies of librarians under lockdown restrictions: strengths and weaknesses;
• Remote work of librarians: issues of organization, control, regulation, methodical and legal support;
• Libraries design and reorganization of library space: approaches to ensuring safety of staff and users in the pandemic period.