Useful resources
By the reason of scheduled sanitary and profilactic day National Library will resume its working hours at 2 pm.
At present Division of National Bibliographic Databases Formation replenishes the AILS electronic database with materials of Uzbekistan studies.
As of August 18 - 22, 2014 the electronic catalog was replenished with 79 bibliographic records of newspapers articles, 31 records of journals articles, in total 392 bibliographic records were edited.
Regarding issuing of International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for local publications, the National Library issued 122 ISBN numbers (books for adults 106, books for children – 16). 29 contracts were composed.
On the last day of the General Conference and Assembly of the International Federation of library associations and institutions (IFLA) the completion of the meetings in the following sections:
• Copyright issues
• Libraries in social processes
• The issues of digitization and creation of electronic resources
• Issues of conservation and management of documentary cultural heritage.
Interest was aroused by segment - knowledge Management with the theme of "Knowledge in the digital age. Changes in libraries. The role of libraries". We heard 4 of the report. The first report from the Bavarian state library devoted to the issues of contemporary challenge to libraries, as well as the preparation of the publication, life publications after publication. Second report was by the Humboldt University in Berlin.
One of the major events of the day was the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).The Conference was held in the Lobby of the Ville Hotel. The meeting was attended by Heads and specialists of the National libraries from over 50 countries such as Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Vietnam, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, Sweden, USA, Russia, Uzbekistan, Slovenia, Swaziland, Qatar, Morocco, South Africa and many more.
On August 18 th in Lyon Convention Centre (Convention Centre) the International forum of librarians was continued. Congress continued its work, plenary sessions and section in 29 various fields related to information and library activities.
A plenary meeting of the President of IFLA attracted great interest of participants. IFLA President opened the meeting and set the tone for all performances by presenting the Lyon Declaration prepared for the Congress.
5 reports were presented on the session. The first report focused on the issues of access to information related to the literacy and competence of the readers (users), new technologies and trends, as well as the role of libraries in improving information literacy. According to report the informational content increases 2 times per year.
On August 17th, Lyon Convention Centre (Convention Centre) held an official Opening Ceremony for 80th IFLA Congress.
80th General Conference and Assembly of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) brings together specialists from all over the world to exchange ideas, share experiences, present for discussion of new information technologies and achievements in librarianship.