Standing Committee of the IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Section on Acquisition and Collection development mid-term meeting

Place: Russian State Library, Vozdvizhenka 3/5, Entrance 3, floor 3, Conference room
Date: March 3–5, 2010

Standing Committee of the IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Section on Acquisition and Collection development mid-term meeting took place in March 3–5, 2010 in the Russian State Library. Representatives of librarian community from Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, USA and, of course, Russia took part in the event. Such meetings of the Standing IFLA Committee are corner stones of the future information centers development; they enhance professional advancement of regional and national Libraries as well. Unrestricted access to information is very important in the process of free and unbiased mind development, liberation of consciousness, propagation of peace and mutual understanding.

Speakers:

• Alexander I. Visly, Russian State library, General Director:
  ‘National libraries: Digital Future’
• Elena D. Zhabko, Boris Eltzin Presidential library, assistant director on informational resources:
  ‘Boris Eltzin Presidential Library- the Lines of Development’
• Pavel G. Arefiev,  Scientific digital library ‘E-library’, Director on marketing:
  ‘e-LIBRARY.RU: Russian Journals Full-text Database plus National Science Citation Index’
• Sharon Johnson, British Library, Head of Сollection Development Implementation
  ‘UK Legal Deposit in the digital age: organizational and operational challenges’
• Johannes Rudberg,  National Library of Sweden, Division Manager, Foreign Literature Division,
  ‘Foreign acquisitions in a national library-challenges and choices’
• Susanne Maier,  Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Acquisition Coordinator:
  ‘Building up Digital Collections at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin- Preussischer Kulturbesitz’
• Nadia Zilper,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department Head, Global Resources and Area Studies Collection Development:
  ‘University of North Carolina initiative on digitization of Andre Savine сollection of Russian émigré’

Conference programme

The Conference hosted representatives of:

• National Digital Library
• State Historic Public library
• Boris Eltsin Presidential library
• Russian State library
• Russian National library
• All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature
• Russian State Children library;
• Library for Natural Sciences of the RAS
• National Electronic Information Consortium.