“Transformation of Libraries and Library Systems in the Modern Conditions”: Annual Meeting of the Heads of Federal and Central Regional Libraries of Russia

Abstract

The article presents analytical review of the events and key presentations of the Annual Meeting of the Heads of Federal and Central Regional Libraries of Russia, held in St. Petersburg on 14—16 November, 2017. Within the framework of the Meeting there were organized the plenary sessions and round tables (“Transformation of library systems. Regulatory support”, “Program of support for children and young adults reading in the Russian Federation: challenges and opportunities”, and “Formation and use of the Union catalogue of the libraries of Russia”). The official ceremony of awarding the winners of the All-Russian contest “Librarian 2017”, established by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and carried out by the National Library of Russia and St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture under the auspices of the Russian Library Association. The report “On the status and prospects of the development of library-information activity in the Russian Federation” was presented by Vladimir V. Aristarkhov, the First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation. He outlined the main priorities of the development of librarianship in Russia. In the reports of the participants of the Meeting were raised the problems of preservation of library collections and training of library staff, as well as discussed the program of support for children and young adults reading in the Russian Federation, and other important issues of the development of librarianship in the country.