4TH NALIS CONFERENCE
The challenge to collaborate in the digital age
The fourth international forum, organised by the NALIS Foundation with the support of America for Bulgaria Foundation, took place on 12 May 2015 in Sofia. Special guests were delegates of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture, members of Parliament and other official guests, representatives of the NALIS Foundation, its founders and associates, libraries and universities, museums, NGOs and other cultural organisations. The event was opened by Vanya Kastreva, Deputy Minister of Education, and Carl H. Pforzheimer III, Co-Chairman of the America for Bulgaria Foundation. The lecturers were representatives of leading libraries and library networks from Europe and the US, who shared their experience in local and global collaboration in connection with projects about digitisation, creative re-use of digitised cultural heritage, citizens participation and cooperation not only within the library community, but also with the IT community. (See the forum programme.)
| Deputy Minister of Education Vanya Kastreva opens the forum, highlighting the importance of libraries for education. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
The lecturers, AFB representatives and other official guests among the auditory. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
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| Carl H. Pforzheimer III greets the guests and organisers of the conference and talks about the activities of the NALIS Foundation and the opportunities for its future development. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
Kevin Aspergen (President of the AUBG) and Vanya Tzankova (Director Impact Assessment and Evaluation in AFB) in an informal conversation. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
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| Sabina Aneva makes a short presentation of the NALIS activities and reminds of the contribution of her late predecessor Dincho Krastev, who had inspired the NALIS project. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
Jo Rademakers (LIBIS) and Evgeni Dimitrov (NALIS) discuss the best practices of their organisations. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
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| Roumen Avramov and Nicola Stoyanov (NALIS) and Sofia Katsarska (director of the Panitza Library in AUBG) in the auditory. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
Antonella Fresa presents different international projects financed by the European Commission and highlighted the successful participation of NALIS in the EuropeanaPhotography project accomplished in January 2015. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
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| Jo Rademakers discusses the fast introduction of the new technologies and their integration in the process of education. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
Ekaterina Dikova in the auditory. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
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| Richard Ovenden, Ann Thornton, Carl and Betty Pforzheimer in an informal conversation during the coffee pause. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
Wolfgang Hamedinger describes the structure of the Austrian Library Network and the mechanisms for collaboration with certain Austrian official institutions. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
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| Aneta Doncheva (SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library) talks with Wolfgang Hamedinger about the history of the Austrian Library Network. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
Sabina Aneva with Vanya Tzankova, Carl Pforzheimer, Jo Rademakers and Wolfgang Hamedinger. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
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| Richard Ovenden presents several key examples of cooperation of the Bodleian Libraries with citizens and institutions all over the world. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
Ann Thornton speaks about the inclusion of volunteers in different projects of the New York Public Library. (Photo: E. Voleva) |
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