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Conference Program L LIBCOM-2008 I B Twelfth International Conference C and Exhibition O M Information Technologies, Computer Systems, and Publications for Libraries Conference Program Yershovo Health Complex, Zvenigorod, Moscow Region, Russia November 17–21, 2008 2 ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORS The main organizer — Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology Federal Agency for Science and Innovations Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation International Association of Users and Developers of Electronic Libraries and New Information Technologies (ELNIT International Association) Moscow State University of Culture and Arts «Yershovo» Health Complex INFORMATION SPONSORS «Nauchnye i tekhnicheskie biblioteki» («Scientific and Technical Libraries») Journal «Universitetskaya kniga» («Academic Book») Journal «Region-tsentr» («Region-Center») Journal «Knizhnaya undustriya» («Book Industry») «Biblioteka v shkole» («Library at School») Newspaper Web-sites: www.gpntb.ru www.iliac.org 3 Conference Scientific Advisory Board Oleg Kurenkov, Director General, «Yershovo» Health Complex Evgeny Kuzmin, Chair, Russian Committee, «Information for All» UNESCO Program; President, Interregional Center for Library Cooperation Boris Loginov, Director General, LIBNET National Information and Library Center; Director General, Central Scientific Medical Library, I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy Tatyana Manilova, Deputy Director, Division of Cultural Heritage – Head, Department of Libraries and Archives, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia Alexander Mazuritsky, Dean, Faculty of Information Resources, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts Alexander Plemnek, Executive Director, Association of Regional Library Consortia (ARBICON) Valery Sudarenkov, Member of Council of Federation of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly; Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Alexander Suvorinov, Head, Division of Innovative Development and Infrastructure, Federal Agency for Science and Innovations Yakov Shrayberg, Director General, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology; President, International Association of Users and Developers of Electronic Libraries and New Information Technologies (ELNIT International Association); Chair of LIBCOM-2008 Conference Organizing Committee 4 CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR Yakov Shrayberg, Director General, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology; President, International Association of Users and Developers of Electronic Libraries and New Information Technologies (ELNIT International Association), Moscow, Russia DEPUTY CHAIRS Boris Marshak, First Deputy Director General for Research and Information Technologies, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology; Executive Director, ELNIT International Association, Moscow, Russia Mikhail Goncharov, Director, Internet Technologies Development and Maintenance Center, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Vladimir Medvedenko, Deputy Director General, «Yershovo» Health Complex, Zvenigorod, Moscow Region, Russia COORDINATOR Svetlana Zolotinskaya, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Darya Aminova, Head, PR Service, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Valentina Anisimova, Senior Researcher, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Valentina Arapova, Section Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Leonid Belousov, Sales Director, BIONT Company, Evpatoria, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Yury Belousov, Technician, BIONT Company, Evpatoria, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Vitaly Belikov, Deputy Director, Laspi Company, Veseloe settlement, Zaporozhye Region, Ukraine Lyubov Bondarenko, Supervisor and Coordinator, Faculty of Information Resources, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Moscow, Russia Alexander Brodovsky, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Elena Bychkova, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Kseniya Volkova, Assistant to General Director, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia 5 Tatyana Volodina, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Feliks Voroysky, Leading Researcher, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Nadezhda Garmashova, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Kira Gorbuleva, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Elena Goryshkina, Branch Activities Coordinator, Branch Director, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Galina Evstigneeva, Deputy Director General for Library and Information Resources, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Inna Ermilina, Senior Researcher, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Nina Ermolaeva, Researcher, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Ekaterina Zaytseva, Director, Center of Research, Design and Development of Automated Library Information Systems, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Lyudmila Zaytseva, Technologist, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Marina Zaluzhskaya, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Yury Zaslavsky, Director, Scanning Center, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Karina Ivina, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Information Resources, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia Tatyana Kirilenko, Section Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Alexander Klimenko, Director, Laspi Company, Evpatoria, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Yury Klimenko, Manager, Laspi Company, Evpatoria, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Kirill Kolosov, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Elena Komarova, Technologist, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Boris Konchenko, Instructor, Laspi Company, Evpatoria, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Galina Krylova, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Irina Kublo, Accountant, ELNIT International Association, Moscow, Russia Andrey Kuzmin, Controller, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Anna Kulikova, Section Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Nataliya Kuchiyak, Section Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia 6 Elena Lindeman, Deputy Director General for Library and Information Services, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Konstantin Loshkarev, Head of Cultural and Sports Club, «Yershovo» Health Complex, Zvenigorod, Moscow Region, Russia Vera Maslyakova, Manager, ELNIT International Association, Moscow, Russia Elena Masyutina, Deputy Executive Director, ELNIT International Association, Moscow, Russia Olga Menshikova, Chief Accountant, ELNIT International Association, Moscow, Russia Andrey Moiseev, Section Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Valentina Morozova, Section Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Vladimir Morozov, Chief Instructor, Laspi Company, Veseloe settlement, Zaporozhye Region, Ukraine Yury Morozov, Chief Instructor, Laspi Company, Veseloe settlement, Zaporozhye Region, Ukraine Vera Nikolaeva, Deputy Head, Division of Libraries and Archives, Department of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia Yuliya Nikolaeva, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Nadezhda Novikova, Division Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Lyudmila Ochagova, Section Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Evgeniya Podmorina, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Vadim Pokutnev, Associate Professor, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia Galina Potapova, Section Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Olga Putilina, Department Head, Business Information Department, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology; Executive Secretary, ELNIT International Association, Moscow, Russia Marina Ragimova, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Valery Razvodovsky, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Vladimir Rozhnov, Programmer, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Konstantin Sboychakov, Senior Researcher, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia Tatyana Semenikhina, Senior Librarian, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow,
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