Culture: from Information to Knowledge

The role of culture in the knowledge based society, Moscow, 7 - 9 April 2003

This international conference aims to bring together professionals and policy makers from libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions to debate the digital era of culture and its impact on the development of knowledge based societies. The conference should improve communication between memory institutions in Russia, CIS and their counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe, the EU and the USA. In the context of the IST Programme of the European Commission the conference will foster the dissemination and exploitation of IST project results in Russia, showcase best practice in cultural heritage and technology of Russia and create opportunities for future international co-operation.
The conference marks the 175th anniversary of the Russian State Library and is organised in conjunction with the RSL-Mellon Foundation project, and the EU funded CULTIVATE Russia project. It will take place in the Russian State Library. The conference is under the patronage of the Russian Ministry of Culture.
The conference will combine Rumyantsev Readings, Cultivate-Russia final conference and RSL-Melon Foundation project conference. Traditionally the Rumyantsev Readings at the Russian State Library is an annual event organised by the RSL for a Russian audience in honour of its founder, Count Rumyantsev. 2003 marks a new departure aimed at a Russian and international audience in collaboration with Cultivate Russia and the Mellon Foundation.
The conference will be accompanied by an exhibition, which will include a forum or partner- finding for future international projects.
ORGANISERS,· Russian State Library ,· CULTIVATE RUSSIA ,· Mellon Foundation ,· Russian Ministry of Culture
TOPICS,policy, strategic and legal issues, Licensing, IPR, Digital rights management , The socio-economic value of digital cultural heritage, National strategies , Culture and knowledge based society, International co-operation in the digital cultural heritage sector
Technical Issues, Standards , Virtual reality, Digitisation and digital repositories, Access to diverse cultural content, Preservation of digital objects , Application of existing technologies to the cultural sector
Societal Issues: the impact of digital culture on, Life-long learning , Edutainment, E-inclusion , Cultural Traditions , Linguistic diversity, New services for the citizen (including e-democracy and administration)
Professional Issues, Changing roles of professionals in cultural institutions, Management of partnerships in service delivery , Good practice and Case Studies
Case Studies, Presentation of national and international projects
INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM THE FOLLOWING SECTORS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE:
The Cultural Heritage Sector: Museums, Archives, Libraries,The Government Sector, International Organisations, Local authorities,National and international agencies with programmes in the cultural sector,Library, Museum, Archive Associations ,University, Research, Academic institutions ,SMEs from the Multimedia & Internet sector,EU projects partners ,Education Sector ,1C 1 Industries, Media & Related Sectors
Conference languages are English and Russian. All conference events are free of charge.
Help will be given with visa and accommodation arrangements., Cultural visits to Moscow museums and theatres are planned.
Abstracts of papers should be submitted no later than 31.12.2002. ,Accepted full papers must be submitted by 01.03.2003.
More Information at http://www.cultivate.ru and http://www.rsl.ru,On-line registration at http://www.conf.cultivate.ru - (closed),Programme at http://www.conf.cultivate.ru/2003/english/str_25.html
CONTACTS,E-mail: [e-mail]
[phone] Nadezhda Brakker,[phone] Kirill Nasedkin,[phone] Sergey Kazantsev