National Academic Library and Information System

FORUM 2011

THE NALIS PROJECT: ONE YEAR LATER

09:30–09:35    Dincho Krastev, Executive Director of NALISF
Opening

09:35–09:45   Welcome – the US Ambassador in Bulgaria HE James B. Warlick

09:45-09:55   Welcome - Carl H. Pforzheimer III, Co-Chairman of America for Bulgaria Foundation

09:55-10:00   Awarding Adrian Pavlov, the author of the NALISF slogan

10:00-10:10   Sabina Aneva, Deputy Executive Director
The NALIS Project: Latest Achievements (in Bulgarian)

10:10-10:30    Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Keeper of Special Collections and Associate Director, UK.
Special Collections. Exhibitions and public engagement activity

10:30-11:15    First Session
American and European Digital Cultural Heritage Project Initiatives: DPLA - Digital Public Library of America

Session Moderator:
Dincho Krastev, Executive Director of NALISF

Participants:
Robert Darnton, University Librarian, Harvard University
David Ferriero, The Archivist of the United States
Deanna Marcum, Library of Congress, Associate Librarian for Library Services

11:15-11:45    Coffee break

11.45-13.30    Second Session
American and European Digital Cultural Heritage Project Initiatives: European and Bulgarian Perspectives

Session Moderator:
Dincho Krastev, Executive Director of NALISF

Participants:
Antonella Fresa, ICCU -MiBAC (Ministry of Culture, Italy). A Data Infrastructure for Digital Cultural Heritage
Vanya Grashkina, President of the Bulgarian Library and Information Association. Digitisation in Bulgarian Libraries (in Bulgarian)
Axel Kaschte, Ex Libris Strategy Director Europe. Ex Libris Strategy