- Worldwide Information Infrastructure, Interlibrary Cooperation, International Cooperation Projects
- National Libraries and National Information Resources
- Development and Preservation of Library Collections. Cooperation of Libraries, Publishers and Book Market.
- Online Technologies, CD-ROM, Electronic Publications and the Internet in Libraries
- Digital Libraries and Digital Resources. E-learning
- Automated Library Systems and Information Technologies
- Information Support of Education and Management
- Corporate Library and Information Systems, Corporate Technologies and Library Consortia
- Information and Linguistic Support of Library and Information Systems. Bibliographic Formats. Metadata. Data Exchange Standards and Protocols
- Library Staff, Profession and Education. Development of Educational Technologies in the Information Society Age
- Development of Library Collections in National Languages
- Libraries, Municipal Information and Regional Studies
- Library and Information Services for the Disabled
- Libraries, Museums, and Archives in the Global Information and Cultural Environment
- Ethics and Security of Electronic Information
- Environmental Protection Information and the Role of Libraries in Promoting Environmental Awareness of the Population
- Legal Information and Official Publications. Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
- Modern Programs and Problems of Reading. Authors and Libraries
- Libraries and Business in the Modern Information Environment
- Management of Libraries, Library and Other Professional Associations
- Library Science, Bibliography and Bibliology. Library Statistics
- Medical Information Resources and Systems. Hospital Libraries. Bibliotherapy
- Children, Computers, and the Internet. School Libraries and Computer Literacy
- Library as Tolerance Space. Library and Politics
- Innovations in Science, Culture, and Education: the role of libraries

The Organizing Committee seeks original research and application-oriented papers, not previously presented elsewhere, which make new contribution to the Conference topics. You are invited to submit an abstract of your proposed paper for consideration by the Conference Program Committee in the electronic form.

1. The abstract should be a precis of your paper up to 110 words.

2. The heading should include the paper title, followed by the names and affiliations of the author(s), city and country.

3. The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is April 1, 2010.

4. Abstracts for papers to be written and presented in the English language should be sent to your regional coordinator (please see contact information below).

5. Upon acceptance of your paper proposal you will get a confirmation by the Conference Program Committee.

6. Full texts of accepted papers should be sent in the electronic form to your regional coordinator.

Full text should be submitted in Word for Windows or ASCII format, charts, photographs and screenshots in JPG.

The paper total length including abstract, images, and annexes, shouldn't exceed 6 A4 pages.

7. The deadline for the receipt of papers is April 25, 2010.

Conference Proceedings are published on CD and on the conference Web site.

It is the prerogative of the Program Committee to determine the paper status: keynote paper, paper, communication, or poster, and to include it in the appropriate section. Plenary and guest speakers' papers are up to 30 minutes. Section and workshop papers are up to 20 minutes. Communications are up to 10 minutes. Poster paper: 10 copies (to be provided by the speaker). Papers are published in the Conference Proceedings only by decision of the Program Committee provided that the registration fee has been paid.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, and UKRAINIAN.

Simultaneous or consecutive interpretation will be provided at the Conference.

- participation in the Conference professional program including Vendor Exhibits
- Conference bag with Conference proceedings on CD and information materials
- participation in conference opening and closing ceremonies and receptions
- transportation to off-site events in other towns of Crimea
- a one-day tour and other social and cultural events
- Simferopol - Sudak - Simferopol bus transfer on the dates of arrival (June 5–6 and departure (June 12-13)
- organizational expenses for visa support in Kiev
- conference badge

The accommodation fee (three meals a day included) is fixed and covers the whole stay from noon June 5 through noon June 13, 2010 irrespective of the actual dates of arrival and departure within this period.

You are kindly requested to complete the registration form and send it by fax or e-mail or register online no later than April 1, 2010.

Libraries, associations, publishers, universities, companies can take the opportunity to present their products at the Crimea 2010 exhibition. Exhibitors may arrange special presentations of their products and services with prior notification of the Organizing Committee.

Exhibition fee (stand rental) covers a table, 2 chairs, partitions, and a power socket:

Computers, other equipment and furniture rental are available on a preliminary request for additional fee.

 Please note that children of 16 years of age and younger are not permitted into conference rooms and the exhibition area.

Please contact the Organizing Committee with all your requests:

Tel: +7(495) 624-9458; +7(495) 621-2490
Fax: +7(495) 621-9862; +7(495) 625-9750
Mailing address: "Crimea 2010" Organizing Committee, GPNTB, 12 Kuznetsky Most, GSP-6, K-31, Moscow, 107996, Russia

Regional managers:

tel: +7(495) 621-2490
e-mail crimea.america@gpntb.ru