Programme
09:00–09:30 Registration and coffee
09:30–11:20 PLENARY SITTING
09:30–09:45 Opening address
- Mindaugas Bastys, Chair of the Committee on the Development of Information Society,
Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania - Šarūnas Birutis, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
- Mantvydas Bekešius, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Li
09:45–10:15 The change of libraries’ roles in the context of the European Union information, science and cultural policy
Prof. Dr. Renaldas Gudauskas, Director General of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
10:15–10:30 The initiative “Public Libraries 2020”
Ilona Kish, Programme Director at Reading & Writing Foundation
10:30–11:00 Towards a digital library: national and European partnerships
Dr. Bas Savenije, Director General of the National Library of the Netherlands
11:00–11:20 Coffee break and discussion
11:20–13:00 SESSION I: European cultural heritage dissemination and innovation projects in 2004-2014
Chairs: Vidas Ramanavičius (Lithuania), Eugenijus Stratilatovas (Lithuania)
11:20–11:40 European projects at the British Library: widening access to cultural heritage
Janet Zmroczek, Head of European and American, Collections Division, the British Library
11:40–12:00 Libraries for Lithuanian Information Society: achievements and prospects
Ieva Žilionienė, Deputy Director, Information Society Development Committee under the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications
12:00–12:20 Digitization Monitoring System for the creation of added values of social, financial, cultural and innovation assets
Dr. Regina Varnienė-Janssen, Director of the National Centre of Digitization and Virtual Electronic Heritage System, the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
12:20–12:40 E-book lending in Lithuania: issues and opportunities
Eugenijus Stratilatovas, Head of Strategic Project Development Department, “Libraries for Innovation 2” project manager, the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
12:40–13:00 Parliamentary Library of the Republic of Moldova: current situation and prospects of development
Inga Baciu, Senior Adviser of Parliamentary Study Analysis Department, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova
Ala Marinescu, Head of Information Resources Department, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 SESSION II: LIBRARIES IN INFORMATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURAL POLICY
Chairs: Andris Vilks (Latvia), Sandra Leknickienė (Lithuania)
14:00–14:20 Development of European Libraries in the context of the European Union policy changes in 2004-2014
Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux, Project Director of Qatar National Library
14:20–14:40 The new National Library of Latvia as a place
Andris Vilks, Director of the National Library of Latvia
14:40–15:00 Links between the activities of Turkish libraries and the European Union science and cultural policy: case of the Librar-e Turkey project
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Küçük, Librar-e Turkey project, Hacettepe University, Turkey
15:00-15:20 Simply smart! Policy implications for the National Library of Estonia
Janne Andresoo, Director General of the National Library of Estonia
15:20–15:30 Closing address and discussion