National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

07.10.2019

11th Belarusian-Russian scientific seminar on book culture problems to be held in Moscow

On October 9, 2019, Moscow will host the 11th Belarusian-Russian scientific seminar “Modern Problems of Book Culture: Main Trends and Prospects of Development”, which will be held under the auspices of the Scientific Council on Book Publishing and Book Culture of the International Association of Academies of Sciences (IAAS). The seminar is organized by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Yakub Kolas Central Scientific Library of the NAS of Belarus, the Book Culture Research Center of the FSBI of Science “Scientific and Publishing Center “Science” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences “History of World Culture”, the IAAS, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation, the Business and Cultural Complex of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Education (RAE), the Department of Education and Culture, the Scientific Council on Reading Problems.

The seminar aims at discussing issues of both fundamental and applied nature, namely the following ones:

  • Book culture. The essential meaning of the concept
  • Book in the information society
  • Problems of studying old prints
  • As part of the scientific event, a meeting of the Permanent Round Table on Reading Problems of the RAE “Reading as a Means of Communication” will be held, the RAE Scientific Council on Reading Problems being its organizer.

    On October 9, a meeting of the Bureau of the IAAS Scientific Council on Book Publishing will also be held. It will discuss issues related to both the scientific and organizational activities of the Council. The scientific seminar will be held in Moscow (Maroseyka St., 17/6) in the Business and Cultural Complex of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation. It will start on October 9, at 9:30 a.m.