Sofia 2002 Conference
Libraries, Civil Society, and Social Development.
November 14-16, 2002

  The President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Georgi Parvanov, welcomes
the Conference participants to Sofia and to the Conference

 

Herbert Achleitner, Emporia State University, also welcomes the participants.

 

  Katarzyna Materska from Warsaw University, Poland, speaks about knowledge management

 

Audrone Glosiene, Vilnius University, Lithuania,
speaks on Distance Education for Librarians

Nancy Bolt, Colorado State Library, describes the
Colorado/Bulgarian Partner Library Program

Terry Weech reports on Teaching about the Civil Society in LIS Education

Gordana Ljubanovic, National Library of Serbia, presents her paper on a LIS Education Consortium

Karmen Stular Sotosek, Vice President of the
Union of Slovene Library Associations, and
others, listen to the translation of presentations

Alexandra Vranes of Belgrad University, Serbia, presents her paper
on Libraries as Promoters of Cultural Diversity and Intellectual Freedom.

Wanda Dole from Washburn, University, USA, speaks on Strategic Planning

Nadya Terzieva from the New Bulgarian University Library,
speaks on Academic Libraries and Knowledge Transactions

The audience listens intently to the presenters at the conference

 Jan Verhoeven representing Saxion Hogeschool Ijselland, talks about
Placement and Professional Development in Library Schools.

Alexander Dimchev, University of Sofia, Closes the Conference

As a closing event,  Roel Rietberg on the left and Jan Verhoeven on the right lead
the group (Michel Willemsen, Maartje Vrolijk, Remco Nijland, and Peter Sparreboom)
in singing the praise of the conference organizers in having presented a successful conference

Terry, Etleva Domi, from the National library of Albania, Alexandra Vranes
rom Serbia and another colleague at the end of the conference.

 

Terry with Wanda Dole, Herbert Achleitner, Prof. Boriana Hristova, Director of the Bulgarian National Library,
and Alexander Dimchev at the end of the conference as people say goodbye in front of the Conference Banner.

For photos of people met at conference receptions, poster sessions, and breaks, see: People
For photos of arrival and some excursions during the stay in Sofia, see: Excursions
Photos of visits to the National Library, the National History Museum, and to Boyana Church at: Visits

For the Conference Program, follow the links from: http://slim.emporia.edu/globenet/sofia2002/main.html

Photos from Sofia 2000 conference can be found at: http://leep.lis.uiuc.eduhttp://cpanel.ischool.illinois.edu/~weech/sofia/Sofia-2000/SofiaGlobe00.htm
Photos from Terry's first trip to Bulgaria (April, 2000) may be seen at: http://cpanel.ischool.illinois.edu/~weech/sofia/sofia-libraries00.htm

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