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AMERICA 2007

LIBRARIANSHIP, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND EDUCATION IN THE USA AND CANADA

Annual International Professional Program

Washington, DC, USA – New York, NY, USA – Toronto, Canada

March 11-22, 2007

The International Library Information and Analytical Center (ILIAC) and the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology for the ninth time organize a visit of specialists and managers in library and education sphere and related areas to the USA and Canada for participating in the annual international workshop “Digital Resources and International Information Exchange: East-West”, professional visits to major libraries, universities and companies in the USA and Canada, meetings and round tables with leading experts and heads of libraries and universities.

Sunday, March 11 Moscow, Russia – Washington, DC, USA flight
Monday, March 12 Visit to the Library of Congress. Washington, DC, USA
Tuesday, March 13 Washington, DC:
9th International Workshop “Digital Resources and International Information Exchange: East-West”, Session 1:
"International Cooperation in Digital Information: Projects and Ideas "
On the premises of the American Councils for International Education
Wednesday, March 14 Travel to New York, NY
Thursday, March 15 Greater New York City area: 
9th International Workshop “Digital Resources and International Information Exchange: East-West”, Session 2:
"Planning for Growth: The Impact of Digital Information on Libraries in Russia, Europe and the United States"
On the premises of Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
Official opening of the "Russian Libraries in America"
Friday, March 16 Visit to the New York Public Library and the exhibition: “Russia Imagined, 1825-1925: The Art and Impact of Fedor Solntsev.”
Sunday, March 18 Travel to Canada.
Tuesday, March 20 Toronto, Canada:
9th International Workshop “Digital Resources and International Information Exchange: East-West”, Session 3:
"University Libraries and e-learning in the Provision of Educational Technology"
Wednesday, March 21 Flight to Moscow
Thursday, March 22 Arrival in Moscow

Contacts:
Moscow, Russia: Tel: 7-495-623-4124, Fax: 7-495-621-9862, E-mail: puti@gpntb.ru,
kv@gpntb.ru
Washington, DC: Tel: 1-202-463-7566, Fax: 1-202-463-7582, E-mail: iliac@iliac.org


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