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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS
The "Crimea 2002"Conference is held under the aegis of IFLA The year 2002 topic: Electronic Resources and the Social Role of Libraries in the Future Main venue: Sudak, Cimea, Ukraine
Main organizer of the Conference:
Co-organizers of the Conference:
Local co-organizers
The participation of sponsors and other co-organizers is invited. The Ninth International Conference will be held in Sudak and in other famous Crimean towns: Alushta, Bakhchisaray, Belogorsk, Feodosia, Kerch, Koktebel, and Stary Krym. Sudak is one of the most beautiful and tranquil locales on the Crimean Black Sea coast. The history of Sudak dates to antiquity. It is a small Crimean town of unfailing charm, surrounded by fantastic mountains crowned with picturesque ruins of the medieval Genoese fortress. The Conference venue, "Sudak" Tourist and Health Center, is a complex of twenty modern buildings in a garden setting. The adjacent beach, some two kilometers long, might well be the best in the Crimea. The beach, restaurants, cafes and shops are located on the territory of Sudak Tourist and Health Center. Other Crimean towns that will welcome the participants in "Crimea 2002" Conference are also famous and popular outside of the Crimea. During the "Crimea 2002", the "Sudak" Tourist and Health Center will
accommodate only the participants in the Conference. The best conference
rooms in Alushta, Belogorsk, Feodosia, Kerch, Koktebel, and Stary Krym
will be placed at guest and satellite events disposal.
TOPICS
The following events have been included into the Conference Program by the decision of the Program Committee: Sections 2. Automated Library Systems and Technologies 3. Network Technologies, Multimedia and the Internet in Libraries 4. Digital Libraries 5. Libraries, Museums, and Archives in a Single Information and Cultural Environment 6. Library Staff, Profession and Education 7. Information and Linguistic Support of Library and Information Systems 8. Development and Preservation of Library Collections 9. Problems of Access to Environmental Information. Library as a Center of Ecological Culture 10. Libraries, Book Publishers and Book Sellers in a Single Information Environment 11. Corporate Library and Information Systems 12. Legal and Business Information 13. ILL and Document Delivery 14. Libraries of the Turk Community: Interaction and Cooperation Priorities Workshops 1. The Fortune of Books and Archives Collections: Its Past, Present and Future 2. The Ethics and Security of Electronic Information 3. Children, Computers and the Internet: Issues of Reading and Information Literacy from Schools and Libraries Perspective 4. The Role of Libraries in Supporting Education of the Blind in Russia: A New Level of Support 5. Library, Municipal and Regional Information 6. Information and Library Support for Education 7. Electronic Document Delivery: A Corporate Perspective. "National System of ILL and Document Delivery in Russia" (in the framework of Section 13) 8. Cultural Policy and Libraries 9. IRBIS Standing School and Workshop Summer Session of 2002: "New IRBIS Versions and New Technologies for Libraries" Round Tables 1. Round Table: Electronic Document Delivery 2. Special IFLA Round Table "Management of Library Associations" Meeting 3. UNESCO Program "Information for Everybody" 4. Advisory Round Table: Practical Use of UDC, BBC and Dewey Classification Schemes, UNIMARC, MARC 21 and RUSMARC bibliographic formats (in the framework of Section 7). 5. Round Table " Information Support for the Environmental Problems of the Black Sea and Azov Sea Regions" (in the framework of Section 9) 6. Round Table "The Role of Libraries in the Lives of Outstanding Representatives of Science and Culture" 7. Round Table "Libraries Historical Destiny in the 21st Century Perspective" 8. Round Table "Rural Information and Bibliographic Service: Issues and Decisions" 2. Annual Conference of the International Association of Users and Developers of Electronic Libraries and New Information Technologies (ELNIT) 3. Day of Open Society Institute - Russia (Soros Foundation) 2. Presentation of the IRBIS Library Automation System 3. Presentation of the Book by A. Nepomniashiy "History and Ethnography of Crimean Peoples: Bibliography and Archives (late XVIII - early XX century) The list of professional events will be continuously updated and will be finalized by the Program Committee by May 1, 2002. Your suggestions are welcome! The Organizing Committee seeks original research and application-oriented papers, not previously presented elsewhere, which make new contribution to the topics listed above. You are invited to submit an abstract and full text of your proposed paper for consideration by the Conference Program Committee in the electronic form. The following guidelines should be observed in the preparation and submission of your papers: 1. The abstract should be a precis of your paper and should not exceed 0.5-0.7 A4 page in length. 2. The heading should include the title of your paper, followed by the names and affiliations of the author(s) and the name and address, FAX number and email address of the author who will be presenting the paper at the Conference. 3. Abstracts for papers to be written and presented in the English language
should be sent to Dr. Lester
Abstracts for papers to be written and presented in the Russian or Ukrainian languages should be sent to Dr. Yakov Shraiberg, Chair, International Organizing Committee, and First Deputy Director, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, e-mail: shra@gpntb.ru 4. Upon acceptance of your paper proposal you will get a confirmation by the Conference Program Committee. 5. Full text of the accepted paper should be submitted in the electronic form to kmk@gpntb.ru in MS Word or text format. Full text shouldn't exceed 6 A4 pages. 7. The deadline for the receipt of both papers and abstracts is April 15, 2002. It is the Program Committee prerogative to determine the paper status (key note paper, paper, communication, poster paper) and to include accepted papers in corresponding sections or events. Plenary and guest speakers' papers are up to 30 minutes. Sections' and workshops' papers are up to 20 minutes. Communications are up to 10 minutes. Poster paper: 10 copies (to be provided by the speaker). CONFERENCE LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, and UKRAINIAN. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided at the Conference. Registration Conference registration fee is $200 for a full participant and $100 for an accompanying person. The registration fee covers: - participation in the Conference and a free ticket to the Vendor Exhibits - printed Conference proceedings and information materials - social and cultural events including a one-day tour, a concert, and Conference receptions - Simferopol - Sudak - Simferopol bus transfer on the dates of arrival (June 8-9) and departure (June 15-16) - transportation for guest events to other towns of Crimea - organizational expenses for visa support in Moscow and Kyiv. - a Conference badge Each participant may register up to 2 accompanying persons. ACCOMMODATION The accommodation fee (three meals a day included) is fixed and covers the whole stay from noon June 8 through noon June 16, 2002 irrespective of the actual dates of arrival and departure within this period. two-room apartment (prices per person) one-room apartment (prices per person) single $ 950 single $ 750 double $ 550 double $ 425 Room features: private bathroom, TV, refrigerator, telephone. Daily rates are possible upon the Organizing Committee authorization. EXHIBITION The Vendor Exhibits will be opened during the Conference to present information products, services, automated systems, software packages, CD-ROM products, books, journals, and other publications. Companies' presentations may be arranged on a preliminary request. Exhibition fee (stand rental) covers a table, 2 chairs, partitions, and a power socket: 2.5 m x 2 m (standard) $300 5 m x 2 m (extended) $500 Computers, other equipment and furniture rental are available on a preliminary request for an additional fee. NB! We are running out of available stands. Please make your reservation ASAP. PRIVILEGES AND DISCOUNTS Participants in several previous Crimean conferences are eligible for registration discounts. Sections' chairpersons and the Crimean Club members elected by the Conference Organizing Committee will be entitled to a free conference registration. LATE PAYMENT PENALTY Accommodation and registration fees, stand rental payments received after May 1 are subject to a 20% penalty. Please note that cancellations made after May 8 will result in no refund. ATTENTION! The Conference additional services: pre- and post-conference stay and tour program at "Sudak" Tourist and Health Center (May 25-June 7 or June 16-30). Special conference discount is available. For further information please contact the Organizing Committee. You are kindly requested to complete the registration form and send
it by fax or e-mail or register online no later than May 1, 2002
Arrival dates are June 8 and 9, 2002. Departure dates are June 15 and 16, 2002. Professional Program: June 10-14 For further information and general requests please contact the Organizing Committee: Tel: +7(095) 924-9458; +7(095) 923-9998 Fax: +7(095) 921-9862; +7(095) 925-9750 E-mail: CRIMEA2002@gpntb.ru Regional managers: North America, Central America and Caribbean: Tel: +7(095) 928-1340 E-mail: crimea.america@gpntb.ru Europe: Tel: +7(095) 924-9458 E-mail: crimea.europe@gpntb.ru South America, Asia, Africa, Australia: Tel: +7(095) 923-4124 E-mail: crimea.world@gpntb.ru The Conference Web-sites: http://www.iliac.org/crimea2002 http://www.gpntb.ru/win/inter-events/crimea2002 (for online registration also) YOU ARE WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL LAND OF CRIMEA AND THE BLACK SEA! |
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