International Conference
"Issyk-Kul: Libraries and Democratization of Society"

18th International Conference

"Issyk-Kul 2017. Libraries and Democratization of Society"

The Library and Information Consortium of the Kyrgyz Republic with the support of the International and civic organizations conducts the 18th Annual International Conference “Issyk-Kul 2017. Libraries and Democratization of Society.”

The Conference will be held at the “Issyk-Kul – Aurora” resort at the Issyk-Kul Lake on October 1-5, 2017.

Main topic of the 18th conference is “Kyrgyzstan Libraries in the Year of HMorality, Education and Culture”

There are a number of planned round table discussions and presentations on the following topics: 

Planned sections, round table discussions and presentations on the following topics:

• Electronic libraries and digital collections;
• Library education and information literacy programs;
• Innovative models of libraries development;
• Promotion of reading to the Year of Morality, Education, and Culture;
• Role of modern libraries in supporting of education and culture;
• Library services for people with disabilities;
• Library space as territory of tolerance;
• Public libraries as providers of knowledge and information.