The round table will present the experience of modernizing the Central City Public Library, named after V.V. Mayakovsky, as well as the development experience of the library corporation of St. Petersburg. Topics to be discussed include the impact of modernization stages on the development of libraries, the sociocultural aspect of library modernization, and the creation of public and youth spaces based on and around libraries.
Moderators:
Elena Akhti, Deputy Director for Development, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Cultural Institution "Central City Public Library named after V.V. Mayakovsky."
Sergey Kuchumov, Deputy Director for Information Technologies, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Cultural Institution "Central City Public Library named after V.V. Mayakovsky."
Speakers:
1. Zoya Chalova, Director, Vladimir Mayakovsky Central City Public Library (Russia);
2. Irina Zolotova, Director, Centralized Library System of the Krasnoselsky District of St. Petersburg;
3. Lyudmila Minaeva, Director, Centralized Library System of the Resort District of St. Petersburg;
4. Marina Shvets, Director, Centralized Library System of the Krasnogvardeysky District of St. Petersburg;
5. Svetlana Gulchuk, Director, Centralized Library System of the Moscow District of St. Petersburg;
6. Natalia Yartseva, Director, Neva Centralized Library System of St. Petersburg;
7. Elena Matveeva, Director, Centralized System of State Public Libraries of Minsk;
8. Evgenia Fink, Director, State Library of Yugra;
9. Firuza Suleymanova, Head of the Project Office for Library Modernization, State Universal Scientific Library of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
10. Olga Kuzminykh, Deputy Director for Development, Murmansk State Regional Universal Scientific Library;
11. Svetlana Tarasova, Director, Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library;
12. Vadim Duda, General Director of the Russian State Library, President of the Russian Library Association.