ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

THE SIXTH WORLD PROFESSIONAL FORUM

«THE BOOK. CULTURE. EDUCATION. INNOVATIONS»

(«CRIMEA-2021»)

Sudak, Republic of Crimea, Russia, June 5–13, 2021

World professional forum for leadership and staff of libraries, publishing houses, book trade and book distribution businesses, museums, archives, information centers, universities, colleges, IT and Internet companies, for business, law, scientific, cultural, and educational institutions.

Sudak,
Republic of Crimea, Russia
June 5–13, 2021

June 5–6 – arrival and social program
June 7–11 – professional program
June 12–13 – departure (check-out by 12:00 pm on June 13)

Main organizers of the Forum

• Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology

• International Association of Users and Developers of Electronic Libraries and New IT (ELNIT)

Co-organizers

• Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

• Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

• Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media

• Russian State Library

• V. I. Vernadsky Non-governmental Ecological Foundation

• Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Crimea

• National Library Association «Libraries of the Future»

Interregional and local co-organizers

• I. Franko Crimean Republican Universal Scientific Library, Simferopol

• I. Gasprinsky Republican Crimean-Tatar Library, Simferopol

• “Sudak” Tourist and Health Center, Sudak

We welcome new co-organizers and sponsors.

The Sixth World Professional Forum «Crimea-2021» will be traditionally held in Sudak, an ancient town on the Crimean south-eastern coast. It is a climatic sea resort which main industry is wine-making.

The Forum main site is «Sudak» Tourist and Health Center, the town’s largest recreation facility set in the park on the Black Sea shore, in the picturesque bay beneath the majestic Sudak castle of the 14^th-15^th centuries.

THE FORUM WILL COMPRISE:

 The Twenty Seventh International Conference

«Libraries and information resources in the modern world of science, culture,
education and business»

2021 topic: «Libraries’ mission in the digital era»

 

The Conference program will be built around the following topics:

• E-libraries, digital collections, and collection digitization

• Library technologies and ILS software

• Strategies and integrated models for modern libraries in the digital era

• International cooperation in library, information, and education environment

• Publishing and book markets for libraries and education

• Copyright, legal aspects and Open Access

• Library education and information literacy

• Ecology, school libraries, reading

• Global information infrastructure, national information systems, and national libraries

• Innovative models for libraries, and other important problems and themes.

The Sixth Museum Assembly

«Preserving traditions, bringing in innovations: The Crimean museum site»

The Assembly will discuss the following topics:

• Memorial and literary museums

• Libraries in museums and museums in libraries

• Information technologies in museums and virtual museums

• Libraries and museums in the single space of information and culture

• Cultural heritage preservation

• From federal museums — to regional museums

• Visitors in museums: Modern sociocultural communication

The Third Scientific and Educational Symposium

«Building and developing the modern digital environment for education and science»

The Symposium will discuss the following topics:

• New generation of educational standards

• Digital resources and e-libraries for education in the sphere of culture

• Professional education and management in the education sector

The Fifth Industry Conference

«Book publishing and libraries: Vectors of cooperation»

 The Fifth General Conference of the National Library Association
«Libraries of the Future»

 

The Third International Conference on the global ecological problems

 

The Third Scientific Conference

«Scientometrics, bibliometrics, open data and publications in science»

 

Several sessions of library, information and other professional associations are planned to be held as well. The list of sections, round tables and side events will be continuously updated until finalized by the Forum Program Committee in April, 2021.

 

Call for papers

The Organizing Committee seeks original research and application-oriented papers, not previously presented elsewhere, which make new contribution to the above topics and correspond to the requirements below.

Papers are included into the Forum Program only if approved by the Program Committee Expert Group and provided that the registration fee has been paid (written guarantees will not be taken into consideration).

Please email the title of your paper to your regional coordinator (see contact information below) before the deadline of May 15, 2021.

The Program Committee has an exclusive right to make final decision on paper status: keynote paper, paper, communication, or poster, and to include it in an appropriate section or to decline it.

Time for presentation: Keynote papers — up to 20–25 minutes. Section and workshop papers — up to 15–20 minutes. Communications — up to 10 minutes.

Following the Forum, the Organizing Committee will publish the digital Proceedings. The Proceeding will be assigned the ISBN. Every paper in the Proceedings will be assigned UDC and DOI numbers and supplied with an abstract in English. The Proceedings will be available as open access web publication through the RNPLS&T website, eLibrary.ru (Science Electronic Library), and indexed in the Russian Index of Scientific Citation “RINTS” database and Crossref.

To be included into the Proceedings, the full text of your paper should be sent to your regional coordinator not later that on June 30, 2021.

 For paper submission guidelines please see The Proceedings section on the Forum website.

FORUM LANGUAGES: RUSSIAN, ENGLISH.

Simultaneous or consecutive interpretation will be provided.

Exhibition

Libraries, associations, publishers, universities, companies can take the opportunity to present their products and services at the «Crimea-2021» Exhibition.

Exhibition fee (stand rental) covers a desk, 2 chairs, partitions, header with company’s name and a power socket:

2m x 2m (standard) – 480 USD 4m x 2m (extended) – 960 USD

Computers, other equipment and furniture rental is available on a preliminary request at additional charge. Exhibitors may organize special presentations of their products and services upon preliminary communication with the Organizing Committee.

Participation terms

Please register for the Forum online: http://www.gpntb.ru/win/inter-events/crimea2021/eng/reg_f.php

Forum registration fee is $325 for a full participant and $190 for an accompanying person. Please note that a registered participant may be accompanied by up to 2 persons.

The registration fee for a full participant covers:

– Participation in the Forum professional program including access to the Exhibition

– A conference bag with information materials

– Forum participant’s badge

– Participation in the Forum opening and closing ceremonies and receptions

– Transfer from Simferopol Airport to Sudak and back on the dates of arrival (June 5, 6) and departure
(June 12, 13)

– One-day tour (to be offered in late May via the Forum web-site) and other social and cultural events.

You are kindly requested to register no later than May 10, 2021, as well as to pay the registration and accommodation fees. Please note that after the above date, the Organizing Committee will be unable to guarantee that the requested room category is available for your booking.

Accommodation fee (three meals a day included (FB)) is fixed, depends on the room category and covers the whole stay from noon June 5 through noon June 13, 2021, irrespective of the actual dates of arrival and departure within this period.

One-room apartment	Two-room apartment (Standard)	Two-room apartment (Superior)
Single $430	Single $520	Single $540
Double $290 (per person)	Double $340 (per person)	Double $350 (per person)

Please request information about suites, luxury suites from your regional coordinators.

Registration and accommodation fees include VAT.

Payment shall be made only against the invoice issued by the Organization Committee.

 Children are permitted to accompany parents participating in the Forum. Please note though that children of the age of 14 and under are not admitted into Forum auditoria and the exhibition area if unattended by their parents.

Please address all your questions to the Organizing Committee.

Contacts of regional coordinators:

Europe

Tel: +7(495) 698-93-27

E-mail: crimea.europe@gpntb.ru

The CIS countries:

Tel: +7(495) 698-93-27

E-mail: crimea.sng@gpntb.ru

North and South America:

Tel: +7(495) 698-93-05 (ext. 8040)

E-mail: crimea.america@gpntb.ru

Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania:

Tel: +7(495) 698-93-05 (ext. 8040)

E-mail: crimea.world@gpntb.ru

Mailing address: «Crimea 2021» Sixth World Professional Forum Organizing Committee, GPNTB, 17, 3^rd Khoroshevskaya st., 123298, Moscow, Russia

The Forum website:

http://www.gpntb.ru/win/inter-events/crimea2021/eng/

 YOU ARE WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL LAND OF CRIMEA AND THE BLACK SEA!