Conference title: Scientific libraries in culture and civilization: activity and everyday life
Poznań, June 15 - 17, 2005, new auditorium building, Poznań University of Technology,
Piotrowo/Berdychowo St.
Main organizer: Main Library of Poznań University of Technology
Co-organizers: Poznań Foundation of Scientific Libraries; the Poznań branch of Polish Librarians Association; Scientific Information Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poznań branch; PUT Students' Union
Conference description: goals and suggested programme
The conference refers to a previous one organized by the Main Library of PUT in 1998, entitled, The world of electronic library in a standard scientific library. Its materials, including in-conference discussions, have been published thanks to the financial help received from the Ministry of National Education and Sport.
The present conference has a wider scope of interest than that of 1998 and aims to see a library as a cultural and civilization institution of the beginnings of the 21st century.
The goal of the conference is an attempt at analyzing and answering the following questions:
- how much Polish technical and universal libraries (state and private) include the "philosophy of action" among their tasks to better serve readers and users;
- to what extent do they use in their everyday life (according to "every day life philosophy") the library traditions of long standing, as well as specialist knowledge and professional experience;
- how well they are prepared to take part in the globalization process as well as cultural and civilization changes in communities surrounding the libraries.
The program is to include the following topics:
- discussion on the holistic nature of a scientific library (changes in structure, long-term activity versus trends in management concepts, the influence of tradition versus modern activity);
- globalization processes in a library (from the library in a national state to the library in a network state, from the library in a guardian state to the library in a neo-liberal state);
- the evolution of library catalogues (distributed catalogs and NUKat National Union catalog, model of structural catalog); also internet directories and guides in usage (branch directories, information search on WEB, development possibilities;
- the presence of electronic civilization in a library (attempt at description of the civilization, at least 10 years of electronic resources' usage research, digital collections and services);
- usage of information and communication technologies (in academic education and scientific and technical research);
- views on the educational status of a librarian and scientific information specialist in a library (training forms available, levels of education - comparison and evaluation, abilities and knowledge in educational programs).
Discussion on the above topics is planned, as we think it is the vital element of the scientific meeting.
Media coverage: EBIB Electronic Library
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