Conferences, seminars and round tables in 2019

1st quarter

January

"Popularization of reading as a way of intellectual development of personality" (January 24, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Press House)

February

26th Minsk International Book Fair (February 6–10, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Exhibition Center "BelExpo")
Programme

Seminars by the Virtual Reading Room for Libraries of Brest (February 19, 20, Republic of Belarus, Brest, Brest Regional Library named after M. Gorky, Brest State Technical University)

Workshops on the Virtual Reading Room in Gomel (February 21, 22, Republic of Belarus, Gomel, Gomel State University named after Francysk Skaryna, Gomel State Technical University, Gomel Regional Universal Library named after V.I. Lenin)

Virtual Methodical Consultation «Republican Contest "Library as the Center of National Culture": Organization and Execution» (February 21, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)

March

Regional seminar for directors of public libraries (March 5, Republic of Belarus, Gomel, Gomel Regional Public Library named after V.I. Lenin)

Workshop on the Consolidated e-Catalog (March 5–6, Republic of Belarus, Vitebsk, Vitebsk Regional Library named after V.I. Lenin)

Workshop on Wiley’s Resources for Research and Practice  (March 13, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)
The presentation of Sergey Paramonov
Site of the seminar

Regional meeting for directors of public library networks "The State and Main Directions of Library Development in Regional Libraries" (March 14, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Minsk Regional Library named after A.S. Pushkin)

International Conference “Museums in the 21st century. Actualization of the museum space: architecture, exhibitions and educational programs” (March 14–15, Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, the State Hermitage Museum)

Seminar "The Information Resources of the Virtual Reading Room of the National Library of Belarus for Science and Education" (March 18, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, University of Civil Protection of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus)

Seminar "Libraries and Book Culture of Belarus: From Past to Future" (March 20, Republic of Belarus, Vitebsk, Vitebsk Regional Library named after Lenin)

Seminar "Eternal meeting’s unfading light: this is a book!", timed to the Day of the Orthodox Book (March 21, Republic of Belarus, Lida, Lida District Library named after Yanka Kupala)

Seminar "Libraries and Book Culture of Belarus: From Past to Future" (March 27, Republic of Belarus, Mogilev, Mogilev Regional Library named after Lenin)

Scientific and Practical Seminar "Sources on Genealogy in Belarusian Archives and Libraries" (March 27, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, the National Library of Belarus)

2nd quarter

April

Seminar "The Information Resources of the Springer Nature Publishing House for Research and Higher Education" (April 2, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)
Site of the conference

Seminar "Libraries and Book Culture of Belarus: From Past to Future" (April 3, Republic of Belarus, Grodno, Grodno Regional Scientific Library named after Karsky)

15th International Bibliology Conference (April 4–5, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)

Workshop “The System of Integrated Search on EBSCO Discovery Service: implementation and practice in the National Library of Belarus" (April 8, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)
Andrei Sokolov’s presentation
Douglas Heinz’s presentation

International research and practice conference “Museums of the 21st Century: New Meanings, New Space, New Images” (April 9-10, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)

The 26th International Specialized Anniversary Forum on Telecommunications, Information and Banking Technologies "TIBO" (April 9–12, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Football Arena)

Seminar "Libraries and Book Culture of Belarus: from Past to Future" (April 10, Brest, Brest Regional Library, Belarus)

Seminar “Intellectual Property in the Republic of Belarus. Software and databases" (April 17, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)
Site of the seminar

13th International Conference “Central Asia: Information and Library Resources in Science, Education, Culture and Business” (April 24–25, Uzbekistan, Urgench)

International Scientific and Practical Conference "Rumyantsev Readings 2019" (April 23–24, Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian State library)

8th International Scientific and Practical Conference "International-level scientific publications: strategy and tactics of management and development" (April 23–26, Russian Federation, Moscow, congress center, hotel complex "Vega")

May

All-Russian Library Congress: the 24th Annual Conference of the Russian Library Association (May 11–17, Russian Federation, Tula)

Scientific-practical conference “The Book and Reading in the Digital Age” (May 15–18, Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, state residence “Ala-Archa”)

22nd General Meeting of Members of the LAE on "The National Libraries of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Book and Reading in the Life of the Digital Generation” (May 17, Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek)

EBSCO Electronic Resources for Research and Education: Journal and Book Collections in the Virtual Reading Room of the National Library of Belarus (May 21, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)
Site of the seminar
Presentation by Andrei Sokolov
Presentation by Tamila Mirkamalova

Seminar and presentation of electronic information resources of the virtual reading room (May 22–23, Republic of Belarus, Grodno, Grodno State Agrarian University, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Grodno State Medical University)

International Conference "Archives and Museums as Institutions of Social Memory" (May 27–28, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)
Conference Programme

“ProQuest electronic resources in the information landscape of modern libraries and universities” seminar (May 28, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)
Presentation by Anna Trifonova

5th International Scientific Conference “Berkov Readings. Book culture in the context of international contacts” (May 28–30, Republic of Belarus, Pinsk, Museum of the Belarusian Polesie)
Site of the conference

Seminars-presentations of electronic information resources (May 28–29, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Academy of Management under the President of the Republic of Belarus, Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology)
Presentation by Natalya Kalitseva

Annual scientific-practical conference “The Spiritual Revival of Society and the Orthodox Book” as part of the 25th Cyril and Methodius Scientific Readings (May 30–31, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Central Library of the Belarusian Exarchate)

June

Republican School of Library Directors (June 13–14, Republic of Belarus, Orsha, Centralized Library System of Orsha)

27th International Scientific Conference "St. Petersburg and Belarusian Culture" (June 14, Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russian National Library)

3rd quarter

July

Sixth Forum of Belarusian and Russian Regions (July 16–18, Russian Federation, St. Petersburg)

August

CIS Caucus: Numerous Meeting of Delegates from CIS Countries at IFLA-2019  (August 26, Greece, Athens)
General Conference and Assembly of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (August 24–30, Greece, Athens) (IFLA)
Site of the IFLA Congress (World Library and Information Congress – WLIC)

September

26th Day of Belarusian Written Language (September 1, Republic of Belarus, Grodno Region, Slonim)

Republican round table "Brest. 1000 years of history in documents and materials" (Republic of Belarus, Brest, Brest Regional Library named after M. Gorky)
Programme

International conference "Books in the formation of the intellectual culture of the nation" (September 10–12, Republic of Belarus, Brest)

The 16th session of the International Library and Philosophy School “The Modern Library in the Context of National Programs for the Development of Culture, Education, and Science” (September 17–19, Kaliningrad, Russia)

International scientific and practical conference "Libraries and Museums in the Modern Educational and Socio-cultural Environment: the preservation of traditions and development prospects" (September 24–26, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts)
Programme

Seminar "Storage of Documents in an Organization: Creation and Operation of an Archive, Selection of Documents for Storage and Destruction" (September 27, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)

Conference "Libraries as Mobile Information Centers" (September 28, Azerbaijan, Baku, National Library of Azerbaijan )

4th quarter

October

Museums of Belarus National Forum (October 4–6, Republic of Belarus)

Breakout session for directors of Belarusian pedagogical colleges “Actual Issues of Training Teachers with Secondary Special Education” (October 11, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)

6th International Congress "The Library as a Phenomenon of Culture" (October 16–17, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)
Site of the Congress

International conference "The Development of National Literatures and Reading in the CIS Countries" (October 30–31, Russian Federation, Moscow)

November

Roundtable Discussion on the Brest Bible (November 14, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)

5th International Scientific and Practical Conference on Vitebsk Region (November 21, Republic of Belarus, Vitebsk, Vitebsk Regional Library named after V.I. Lenin)

5th International Scientific Conference “Simeon of Polotsk: Worldview, Socio-Political and Literary Activities” (November 21–22, Republic of Belarus, Polotsk, National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve)
Conference Program

5th Belorussian Christmas Readings “The Great Victory: Heritage and Heirs” (November 29, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, National Library of Belarus)

December

Workshops in Orsha on publicly available resources and the virtual reading room (December 16 and 17, Republic of Belarus, Orsha)

Scientific roundtable "Book Culture Monuments of Orsha District: from the Primer of Spiridon Sobol to the present day" (December 19, Republic of Belarus, Orsha)