GENERAL INFORMATION
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International Library, Information, and Analytical
Center (ILIAC) is a non-profit US-based and US-registered corporation
of international status set up to contribute to the development of
educational, scientific, cultural, and business cooperation between
Russia and the CIS, and the USA and other countries.
ILIAC is an information gateway to Russia and the
CIS countries for the American public, primarily in library and
information field, but also in wider areas of culture, science and
education.
ILIAC is the U.S. organization described in section
501 (c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and acts in accordance
with Article of Incorporation and Bylaws.
ILIAC is:
- an associative member of the International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions
- a member of the International Association of Users and Developers
of Electronic Libraries and New Information Technologies (ELNIT)
- a coorganizer of major international conferences “CRIMEA” and
“LIBCOM” in library-information sphere
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GOALS & TASKS
ILIAC GOALS
To ensure efficient and multidimensional
international cooperation in library and information field, to
contribute to the development of sci-tech, cultural and educational
links between Russia and the CIS and the USA and other countries.
ILIAC MAJOR TASKS
1.Organization of international professional
research, study and training programs on current problems of library,
information and publishing business, web technologies, legal and other
aspects of the information society development.
2.Serving as a multi-purpose clearing house and a
gateway to library and information resources of Russia and the CIS
3.Consulting and providing information
business contacts in science, culture and education
4.Organization and participation in joint actions,
programs and projects of compatriots, cooperation with Russian-speaking
diaspora in the United States and other countries.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Plural management body
The Board of Directors meets at least once each year. It develops
the Corporation strategy, summarizes its annual professional and
financial results. Board of Directors’ resolutions are obligatory for
implementation. The Board of Directors has 12 members; one-third of the
total membership can be renewed each year.
Yakov Shrayberg, Board Chair; Director
General of the Russian National Public Library for Science and
Technology and ILIAC President, Moscow, Russia
Dan Davidson, President, American Councils
for International Education, Washington, DC, USA
Maurice J. Freedman, Past President of
American Library Association, Publisher, The U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D
Librarian, Mount Kisco, NY, USA
Edward Kasinec, Staff Advisor, Education,
Programming and Exhibitions Department, the New York Public Library,
New York, NY, USA
Irina Lynden, Deputy Director General for
International Activities, National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg,
Russia
Ernest Di Mattia, President and
Executive Director, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT, USA
Boris Marshak, Executive Director,
International Association of Users and Developers of Electronic
Libraries and New Information Technologies, Moscow, Russia
Vladimir Podoprigora, Director for
Research and Development, “AS-Complect” company, Moscow, Russia
Victor Temiraev, Rector, Gorsky State
Agrarian University, Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia – Alania,
Russia
Vladimir Vishnevsky, Director General,
“Information and Network Technologies Implementation” Scientific and
Production Company, Moscow, Russia
Valentina Volynets, Deputy Director,
Library for Science and Technology, “Kiev Polytechnic Institute”
National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
Dmitry Zhukov, Director General,
"Akademintorg" Federal State Unitary Enterprise, Russian Academy of
Science, Moscow, Russia
ADVISORY COUNCIL
provides advice and assistance in project implementation
Vladimir Podoprigora, Advisory Council
Chair; Director for Research and Development, “AS-Complect” company,
Moscow, Russia
Ekaterina Genieva, Director General,
M.I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow,
Russia
Vladimir Grachev, Advisor to General
Director, Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation; Chair, Public
Council and Commission on State Ecological Control, Federal Service for
Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Control, Moscow, Russia
Vasily Drigaylo, Director, Library for
Science and Technology, “Kiev Polytechnic Institute” National Technical
University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
Victoria Spain, Editor, Library Hi-Tech
News, Boston, USA
Kama Urmurzina, President, Republican
Library for Science and Technology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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