Invitation to the THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF SLAVIC LIBRARIANS in Sarajevo - Tuzla, 18-23. April 2007
TERRA INCOGNITA : ART OF LIBRARIANSHIP
The project of the International Convention of Slavic Librarians in Sarajevo is designed to be an on-going international convention of Slavic librarians, to be held annually in Sarajevo to coincide with the Sarajevo Book Fair.
The primary aim is to enable representatives of foreign libraries, and in particular of their slavic departments, to familiarize themselves in greater detail with current publishing activities,increase the number of libraries procuring books and
periodicals and facilitate direct contacts between representatives of libraries from the USA ande Europe and librarians from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region in order to advance direct cooperation and increase the extent of interlibrary exchange.
The First International Convention of Slavic Librarians, held in Sarajevo from 22 to 24 April 2005, focused on the topic of THE BALKANS >FROM OUTSIDE - SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE IN THE COLLECTIONS OF WESTERN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN LIBRARIES. Following the highly successful conclusion of the first ICSL, the participants themselves, numbering some 100 from the USA, Europe and the region, proposed the
topic for the Second ICSL, held in Sarajevo and Mostar in April 2006: SLAVIC COLLECTIONS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES.
The Third International Convention of Slavic Librarians will take place in Sarajevo and Tuzla, 18-23. April 2007, under the motto : TERRA INCOGNITA: ART OF LIBRARIANSHIP / TERRA INCOGNITA: UMJETNOST BIBLIOTEKARSTVA
The organizing committee would like to invite the interested scholars, researchers and librarians to particpate, contribute to and discuss about the topics listed below in the Timetable.
TERRA INCOGNITA : ART OF LIBRARIANSHIP
Timetable of the THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF SLAVIC LIBRARIANS
1in Sarajevo - Tuzla, 28-23. April 2007
SARAJEVO:
Wednesday, 18 April 2007. Dom mladih "Skenderija, " Sarajevo
Registration of participants in Third ICSL
18.00 h - Opening of Sarajevo Book Fair and Reception for the participants of Third ICSL;
Gradska dvorana Skenderija
SARAJEVO
Thursday, 19 April 2007. Dom mladih "Skenderija, " Sarajevo
09.00 - 09.30 Introductory and Welcoming Addresses, Third International Convention of Slavic Librarians
09.30-10.30 Keynote Address: The Digital Future- Where Are We in the Digital Revolution?
Mr. Jens Redmer, Director, Google Book Search, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Russia
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12:00 Round Table Discussion (all participants) : Impact of Digitization on Libraries and Librarianship
Topic I: The Book Market's Role for Publishers, Booksellers, and Librarians
12.00-13.00
13.00-15.00: Break for lunch and visit to nearby Sarajevo Book Fair
Topic II: Quality Assurance in Libraries
15.00-16.30
16.30-17.00 Coffee break
17.00-17.45
19.00 Reception for Participants. Museum of Literature of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Hosted by Organizers of Third ICSL
SARAJEVO
Friday, 20 April 2007. Dom mladih "Skenderija, " Sarajevo
Topic III: Managing, Promoting, and Advertising Libraries
09.30-11.00
11,00-11,30 Coffee break
11.30- 13:00
-Break: Lunch, Visit to Old Town and Vjecnica (City Hall) in Sarajevo
Topic IV: Funding Libraries, Government, NGO, and private funding of
institutions of memory.
15.30-16.45
16.45-17.15 Coffee break
17.15-17.45
19.30 Exhibit Opening, Bosniak Institute, Sarajevo
"Bosnia and Herzegovina in Czech Sources," Presented by Slavonic Library, National Library of Czech Republic
Adin Ljuca, Curator and Author
Saturday, 21 April 2007.
8.30 Departure of participants in Third ICSL for Tuzla by bus
TUZLA
12.00 Arrival of participants in Third ICSL at Hotel "Bristol," Tuzla
Saturday, 21 April 2007. Galerija portreta (Portrait Gallery)
13.00-15.00 Lunch and Walking Tour of Tuzla. Visit to Memorial Park and Salt-Water Inland Lake
Topic V: Gathering and Preserving Documents from Wartime, 1990-1999
15.00-16.30
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break
Topic VI: The Users' Perspectives - What a User wants from a
Librarian
17.00-18.00
19.00 Reception for participants of Third ICSL
Hosted by Mr. Jasmin Imamovic, Mayor of Tuzla and Novelist
TUZLA
Sunday, 21 April 2007.
09.30-11.00 Conference Conclusions and Summary. Roundtable
Discussion with all participants. Galerija portreta (Portrait
Gallery), Tuzla
12.00 do 19.00 Excursion for participants in Third ICSL - Srebrenica;
Kozluk
20.00 Reception for participants in Third ICSL Hotel Bristol.Hosted
by Minister of Culture in Tuzla.
Monday, 23 April 2007. 08.00 Departure of participants.
NOTES:
* Speakers will be allotted 10 minutes for their presentation and
5 minutes for discussion.
* Moderators will conduct discussions after all presentations in
each session
* Kindly note it will not be possible to extend time or reschedule
our Conference.
* Please advise organizers of the tentative title of your
presentation.
* Audio-visual support will be available for all presentations.
* Simultaneous interpretation will be available for all conference
sessions.
* Organisators of Third ICSL and the City of Tuzla will provide
accommodation for the international participants of Third ICSL in
Hotel Bristol, Tuzla.
For detailed information, timetable, preliminary program and to
register for the participation please visit: http://www.openbook .ba/
Registration forms should be sent to: openbook@bih. net.ba, no later
than 25 March 2007.
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