Books and Events: Trends, Projects, Achievements in the Light of the 34th Moscow International Book Fair
https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2021-70-5-551-559
Abstract
The leading event for the library and publishing sector — the 34th Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF) — took place on September 24—27, 2021 at the Central Exhibition Complex “Expocentre”. The forum was held in a “hybrid format”, foreign participants joined the events online. There were announced the winners of the National competition “Book of the Year — 2021” and the 9th Competition of the Russian Library Association “The Best Professional Book of the Year — 2021”.
The business program of the MIBF contained sectoral conferences and round tables devoted to the insight of state of the book industry. The 2nd International Conference “The World Book Industry in new realities: new technologies, new challenges, new prospects”, the sectoral conference “The Russian Book Market — 2021”, the round table “Books in the city” took place at the Fair. The MIBF outlined the vectors of the development of modern culture, creative industries and creative entrepreneurship in the context of books; prospects for the development of new formats for the reorganization of territories and the formation of a stable local identity; intersection points of interests of citizens, local and federal authorities, business and cultural institutions. The article summed up the overall results of the MIBF.
About the Author
Elena N. VolkhonskayaRussian Federation
3/5 Vozdvizhenka Str., Moscow, 119019, Russia
ORCID 0000-0003-2685-3696
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Review
For citations:
Volkhonskaya E.N. Books and Events: Trends, Projects, Achievements in the Light of the 34th Moscow International Book Fair. Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science]. 2021;70(5):551-559. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2021-70-5-551-559