The 11th All-Russian scientific and practical conference “Library collections in the digital era: traditional and electronic resources, acquisition and use.”

(March 29 - April 2, 2021, St. Petersburg)

General sponsor of the conference: Elsevier B.V.
Title sponsor: 100K20 – scientific publications subscription agency.
The conference is sponsored by METEC Company.
Information support: "University Book" (information and analytical journal).

Dear Colleagues!
We would like to invite you to take part in the work of the 11th All-Russian scientific and practical conference titled "Library collections in the digital era: traditional and electronic resources, acquisition, and use", which will be held in full-time remote mode in accordance with the epidemiological restrictions established by the authorities of St. Petersburg.

Library collection acquisition professionals, bibliographers, knowledge workers, other library specialists, publishers, aggregators of electronic resources and company representatives are invited to participate. Speakers, participants of plenary discussions and expert platforms, moderators of special events will be invited to participate in the in-person format by the Organizing Committee. In case the restrictions are removed and the conference format is changed, the information will be published on the conference website and sent to the registered participants by e-mail.

The conference program includes:

PLENARY REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS

FORMATION OF LIBRARY COLLECTIONS IN THE DIGITAL REALITY: PRINCIPLE TRENDS

• The book world in a new reality: post-COVID publishing strategies, potential and development drivers; lessons of the pandemic and new possibilities of libraries in the formation of library collections;
• National projects and the formation of library collections: first results
• National book platform as the basis of interaction between publishers and libraries
• Anti-crisis Procurement 2021: related to systemic measures of state support and the order of execution of the Presidential Decree of December 25, 2020. "List of instructions on taking additional measures of state support for organizations engaged in certain types of cultural activities in the Russian Federation in 2021 and 2022".
• Transfer of the Russian Book Chamber (RBC) functions to the Russian State Library (RSL): roadmap, optimization of functionality, fund integration, technology and new services.
• Legislative initiatives: systemic update of the law on legal deposit. Legal deposit of printed publications in electronic form: current state and prospects for development and use.
• National subscription and acquisition of library collections with scientific e-resources
• Upgrading the content policy of the Electronic Library System (EBS): network digital libraries, research and educational platforms, alternative formats of acquisitions and free content exchange. Partnership or optimizing behavior?

WORLD TRENDS OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

Reports and presentations of leading experts traditionally participating in the Conference:
representatives of the National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON), Russian subscription agencies for foreign electronic resources and printed publications in Russia: “100K20”, “METEC”, “World of Periodicals” and others, as well as foreign publishers and companies: “Elsevier”, “Springer Nature”, “John Wiley”, “Clarivate Analytics”, “Cambridge University Press”, “Oxford University Press”, “EBSCO Information Services”, “Wolters Kluwer Ovid”, “Thieme Publishing Group”, “ProQuest” and others, representing new trends, electronic resources and services for the development of science and education.

collections of NATIONAL LIBRARY of RUSSIA: PRESERVING THE PAST, configurate THE FUTURE

• collections in traditional and electronic environments;
• virtual projects aimed at the promotion of collections;
• new access opportunities: services for users.

Services provided by the libraries in time of restrictions

• Access organizing: new strategies;
• User services: solutions, experience, lessons.

EXPERT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PRODUCERS AND USERS OF EDUCATIONAL ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (APPOER)

• The trend of an open, unified access to resources in the electronic library system (EBS): what has already happened and what will happen in future? Collections of university publishers in the EBS.
• EBS as global educational platforms: how does it work now and what are the prospects?
• Universal statistics standards for EBS are not a myth. What has been agreed upon and what remains to be discussed?

LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO LIBRARY COLLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT

• “Accounting procedure for documents included in the library’s collections" - amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation № 1077;
• New National Standard of Russian Federation (GOST) related to the formation of library collections.
• Optimization draft law on public procurement (reduction of the quantity of supplier determination methods; electronic document management throughout the procurement cycle; unification of requirements to the participants actions, strengthening requirements for their qualifications, etc.)

TRAININGS AND PRESENTATIONS OF FOREIGN AND NATIONAL ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (INCLUDING ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES)

Registration of training participants will be organized in the working days of the Conference.

An exhibition of publishing products, information products and library equipment will be held as part of the Conference.

No participation fee is charged to libraries and public institutions representatives.

Participation fee for publishers, aggregators, and company representatives is 1,000 rubles (including VAT of 20%) for each participant from the company.

For registration it is necessary in accordance with the public offer on participation modalities in the Conference and exhibition to fill out Application form for participation in the conference and exhibition, Application form for publishing in the exhibition catalogue, Registration form for each participant from the company (registration form of the participant).

Applications for participation in the exhibition are accepted until March 12, 2021.

Registration is open until March 15, 2021 at the website of the NLR . In order to participate in the Conference please fill out a Registration form.

The Conference program will be posted on the Conference website. 

The Conference will be webcasted with the possibility of further publishing of presentations, video recordings and meetings transcripts on the Conference website.

Should you plan to make a report (presentation), we kindly ask you, upon registration, to get acquainted with the public offer and its Acceptance form.

Collection of materials resulting from the Conference is planned to prepare.

Deadline for submission of materials for publication is April 30, 2021.

Filling of the Registration Form fields confirming the participant’s consent to the publication of the Work and the transfer of the Work by the Rightholder/Licensor on the above terms and without the Acceptance of the Offer will be considered to have accepted the terms of the Offer and its Acceptance, i.e. the conclusion of a License Agreement with the Institution/Licensee.

The conference organizing committee reserves the right to select reports and presentations for inclusion into the conference program.

 

Contact information

For questions regarding the conference program please contact:

191069, St. Petersburg, Sadovaya ul., 18.
Library Collection Division of the Scientific and Methodological Department of the National Library of Russia
Irina Vsevolodovna Eidemiller
Tel.: (812) 718-86-13
e-mail: niobf@nlr.ru

Acquisitions Department of the National Library of Russia
Tatyana Viktorovna Petrusenko
Tel.: (812) 310-81-73, (812) 718-86-54
E-mail: t.petrusenko@nlr.ru

For questions regarding the conference registration please contact:

Information and Bibliographic Department of the National Library of Russia
Elena Valeryevna Braunova
Tel.: (812) 310-24-03
e-mail: braunova@nlr.ru

Anna Yuryevna Talya
Tel.: (812) 310-96-76
e-mail: a.talya@nlr.ru

For questions regarding participation of publishers and companies in the conference and exhibition:

Irina Vsevolodovna Eidemiller
Tel.: (812) 718-86-13
e-mail: i.eidemiller@nlr.ru

For questions regarding hotel accommodations and the cultural program:

Zlata Nikolaevna Gravshina.
Tel.: 8(952)236-31-96
E-mail: vgravshina@mail.ru